From: Dominic-Luc Webb 
To: scottythefiddler 
cc: Uwe Suessenberger , 
Reply-To: Dominic-Luc Webb 


On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, scottythefiddler wrote:

>
> Your wife is partly right, there is a lot of concrete work that is "ugly as
> sin".   One might consider something more decorative than a sonotube pier,
> for example casting a corrinthian column, with plinths and flutes.
> Alternatively, one could create a pier from footing level up to grade level,
> and fasten a precast column to this foundation, purchased at a garden
> center.   In fact, there is a lot of decorative statuary that could be used
> if one has an artistic flair.  Imagine a Venus di Milo supporting your
> scope, or Atlas, or even Galileo....food for thought.


Fare enough, one of mine was so ugly, I ground it against a piece of plate
iron. The result was a fine ground (down to 500 grit) concrete piece that
looked like polished stone found in some kind of decorative architectural
structure. I highly recommend trying your SiC grinding compound on concrete
if appearance matters. Grinding concrete against iron goes really fast,
relative to making a mirror.

Dominic

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