{"id":670,"date":"2012-07-30T09:03:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T13:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/?p=670"},"modified":"2025-08-05T21:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:19:21","slug":"orrery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"Orrery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the fourth grade when we made solar systems with coat hangers and styrofoam balls, I&#8217;ve wanted to build a more realistic Orrery but was never able to find a design or set of plans that inspired me. Having never worked with gears, I believed that designing my own was far beyond my skill level, but that\u2019s never stopped me before. After three months of study and design followed by seven months of machining, I came up with the following Orrery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_626\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"fancy\" href=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1411.png\" rel=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-626\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-626\" title=\"Orrery\" src=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1411-560x487.png\" alt=\"Orrery\" width=\"560\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1411-560x487.png 560w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1411-1024x890.png 1024w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1411.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orrery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_628\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"fancy\" href=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1430.png\" rel=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-628\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-628\" title=\"Orrery Calendar Gear\" src=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1430-560x373.png\" alt=\"Orrery Calendar Gear\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1430-560x373.png 560w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1430-1024x682.png 1024w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1430.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orrery Calendar Gear<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_624\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"fancy\" href=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1372.png\" rel=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-624\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-624\" title=\"Orrery\" src=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1372-560x409.png\" alt=\"Orrery\" width=\"560\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1372-560x409.png 560w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1372-1024x749.png 1024w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1372-180x130.png 180w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1372.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orrery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_630\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"fancy\" href=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1463a.png\" rel=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-630\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-630\" title=\"Orrery\" src=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1463a-560x476.png\" alt=\"Orrery\" width=\"560\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1463a-560x476.png 560w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1463a-1024x870.png 1024w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1463a.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orrery<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_623\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"fancy\" href=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1501.png\" rel=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-623\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-623\" title=\"Orrery Calendar Gear\" src=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1501-560x340.png\" alt=\"Orrery Calendar Gear\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1501-560x340.png 560w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1501-1024x622.png 1024w, http:\/\/zeamon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orrery1501.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orrery Calendar Gear<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Completed Orrery In Motion<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aj47IJW_DRA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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