Work on the Astrolabe Generator is still in progress. Version 4 is coming along. Covid, job changes, life changes and laziness, combined with my tendency to hyper-focus on projects in rotation has meant that updates to this blog, and pushing out Version 4 will come slowly. I do respond to bug reports, and I am […]
Astrolabes were on display at Maker Faire Nova. The Maker Faire at George Mason University was this past Sunday. A good time was had by all. I had a prime site for my display and had a constant stream of visitors. On display were all my various paper versions of astrolabes and quadrants, along with […]
Back when I started this project, I looked into local workshops and maker spaces to see if any would enable me to do the sort of work I wanted to do. At that point I didn’t have the time or resources to make it happen, so I stuck to paper. Starting last year, I found […]
So, I’ve been busy. There will be several posts over the next few days, catching things up. Most importantly to me personally: I now have access to the tools and space to start working in something other than paper. I’ll be posting about the Nova-labs Maker-space at length later. Next, related to that, I now […]
One of my readers was kind enough to put together an Instructable on turning the output of my generator into a fully usable plastic instrument. How to Build a Customized Astrolabe Using a Laser Cutter: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Customized-Astrolabe-Using-a-Laser-/
As you can see, I’m still working at adding functionality. This release includes: Fixed bug in Arcs of the Signs. Both options now work. Expanded options for the sine/cosine grid scale on the astrolabe back: Grid divided by 60 or 100 Optional cosine lines Arcs and radials Lines for each degree option Under the hood: […]
Download it HERE Changes for 3.2: Fixed a bug in the formatting of the shadow square numbers. Added in an option to display all three twilight lines. Added the option of using a concentric calendar ring instead of the more common offset. Added the option to choose between a base 60 and the less used […]
As promised more upgrades are coming. Here is the first batch. The first astrolabe variation: The Universal Astrolabe. Added an optional Equation of Time scale to the back When the using the equation of time scale option is set the alidade will have a scale printed on it. To use, just rotate the alidade to […]
After much hard procrastination, I am happy to announce the release of version 3.0 of the Astrolabe Generator. The old Flash version was difficult to keep improving, and is no longer working in any case. The new, downloadable version has several bugs removed, and much expanded capabilities: Save to folder or zip file Print to […]
Yeah, I’m still plugging away, between burnout and other commitments I haven’t had a lot of time for this project. This has changed with the turning of the year. First up, I have made a major update to the Astrolabe Generator. I finally figured out a way to digitize a set of zodiac symbols and […]