My Orrery

This is an orrery that I started working on back in March 2008. It should be finished by March 2009.

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[dontneed]

The publishers are lying! They say it's made of brass - it's not. Hold a magnet hear the "brass" pieces - they are strongly attracted, showing they are ferrous, not brass. I was wondering why the instructions say they are coated with a "protective laquer" and that you shouldn't try to clean or polish them. Why? You'd damage the brass plating!

[Kev888]

Have you contacted the publishers about this?

[deafguy2008]

am collecting this got my next 4 mags today i cant wait till its finnished hope it didnt do any damage when it fell over at the end

[Kev888]

I've got my 4 issues today aswell and I've added Uranus to my orrery :). By the way, I managed to grab the column before it hit the floor :P You can view pics of my orrery at bebo(dot)com/Kev8888

[lawrencefisk]

I am also building this orrery. Got to say I am waiting till i've collected ALL the bits though. in fear of breaking something lol.

[Kev888]

unless you have all the parts stored chronologically, i suggest working on it part-by-part as it can get confusing with all these bits and bobs of brass lying around.

[orrerystore]

can be bought on (triple w).orrery.cc

amazing orrery,valueable to have

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[yoonoose]

best music for an orrery :)

[rootinza11]

finished mine 2 weeks ago, made a quick vid.

[mjtunstall1976]

nice catch at the end lol yeah i am up to neptune

[mathstar107]

Actually, if you actually read the magazines, it says the gears are solid brass whilst the non-working parts are brass plated. If you hold a magnet next to the gears, it isn't attracted, ergo, the gears are indeed solid brass. They do actually say that the non-working parts are brass plated, so they are not lying.

[joefranjoe]

Hi, I've just added Neptune, I'm on issue 43. Can't wait to finish.

[yosser]

I enjoyed your video, particularly the bit at the end. I'm building the same thing, but I started at around issue 25, so I had to order a load of back issues.

Basically these people are driving me crazy, It's been about 8 weeks and they still haven't arrived desipite multiple phone calls, pleadings and promises.

Consequently my Solar system only goes out to the Earth, and then misses everything up to Saturn. Grr!

[astrodrane]

very nicely done :) oh and I did see your hand too :)