The Astrolabe Generator 3.1

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 […]

Pennsic War 42 Followup

(Ok, so I’m a bit late with my essay “What I did on My Summer Vacation”, sue me.) I committed to three activities related to this project this past Pennsic: Firstly, I taught a pair of two-hour sessions of my class “The Astrolabe in Theory and Practice” at Pennsic University. In addition I displayed my […]

What I’ve been up to

Wow, how time flies. It is almost a year since I last posted here.  New Years Resolution: Post at least once a week. Yeah, let’s see how long That One lasts… Not that I’ve been idle. In the intervening months I have gotten quite a bit done, I just haven’t been sharing. Since my last […]

Current Progress

Even though I haven’t been posting, I have been busy. In addition to the changes to the Astrolabe Generator mentioned in the previous post, I was asked to teach a class at a small gathering of medieval reenactors last month, and so had to to get my class handout updated ahead of schedule, and a […]

Class Handouts Posted!

The new, updated handout and set of astrolabe files to be used in my upcoming Pennsic War class can be found linked on the right.