POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : sluice : Re: sluice Server Time
31 Jul 2024 06:16:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: sluice  
From: stbenge
Date: 20 Feb 2010 15:19:16
Message: <4b8043c4$1@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Light levels look ok to me Sam.

Cool. That's what I wanted to hear :)

> Interesting construction (with excellent textures by the way).

It's really a cruddy model, considering the inaccuracies of the 
dimensions portrayed.

 >What is it used for? Water filtering?

A sluice box is used for separating gold from alluvium. It's a major 
step-up from the "golden fleece", a contrivance which was used as early 
as 5th century BC. A sluice box is much easier to clean :D


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