The Six Planet Genesis Orrery

I have been quiet recently, spending much of lockdown in the workshop designing and implementing new ideas. Saturn's axial tilt, Jupiter's Great Red Spot and base dials that measure a century to name but a few.

I will be writing about all the new additions on my websites blog post very soon.

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[harryrammer]

Jupiter’s Storm Spinning takes it to another level.

[isobar]

Stellar, astronomical, magnificent...they're not enough superlative adjectives in the English language to describe this piece of engineering.

[marian]

Super cool! I'd love to see a video showing how you design and build your orreries!

[nicholasrooksby]

Luna orbits Earth.
Phobos & Deimos orbit Mars.
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Almathea, Adlastea, Thebe & Hala orbit Jupiter.
Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan & Iapetus orbit Saturn.

[campbellmorrison]

Just gorgeous I hate to think how much this costs, I bought one of those cheap magazine based build your own and while its OK its not a patch on this. You get what you pay for I guess

[quercus.mechanica]

Yet another masterpiece. I like that the Great Red Spot is actually spinning. This means that your Jupiter is actually hollow and contains a mechanism. I’d really like to see it. Does it have a good precision or is it spinning at the most convenient speed to design? You’re now trying to put some gearing below the wooden base. Personally I prefer when everything is above the base.

Question: do you apply a protective coating to your brass parts? Mine end up getting dirty quite fast. Clickspring uses a polish paste enriched with wax but your pants aren’t that polished.

[sapphoenixthefirebird]

All that is needed is to add Uranus, Neptune, and dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris (and their moons)

[voldy]

Would be amazing if I could just buy the blueprint for this so I could make a 3d printed version or something.

[davidbooth]

If you want to know what I want for Christmas, that’s it!!

[snazzyostrich]

if you spin it fast enough will phobos die