Building An Orrery (Part 4)

Building The Orrery’s Base

The Orrery’s base serves multiple purposes. In addition to being the support system for the Orrery, it contains a gear box underneath it to transmit the rotation of the hand crank up through the main shaft. It also provides a surface to engrave the year markers which, together with the calendar gear, indicate the date represented by the current position of the planets.

Milling The Orrery Base In Corian And Anodized Aluminum

Engraving The Orrery Base With A Diamond Drag Engraver

Assembling The Gearbox To Drive The Orrery

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