Eugene's Orrery Factory

After building our orrery, Eugene Sargent became something of an internet celebrity for a little bit (being posted on boing-boing may have helped a little). One thing I think surprised both of us was the number of people out there who would love to own a hand-built orrery (it's quite a bit more than none!). It turns out some of them were so intrigued that they also commissioned Eugene to make more. He's been at it for a while now and the new models are absolutely beautiful, I must say. I'm especially jealous of the 'date ring.' Ours only has a single mark which indicates the orrery's birthday so to go back or forward in time from that point requires some math. Speaking of math, evidently one of Eugene's new customers is from Switzerland and has helped him improve the accuracy of his calculations. Now he can honestly say his orrerys come with "swiss precision." But while I'm jealous of some of the improvements he's made, we can take some pride in the fact that ours is engraved #1. :)

Here are some other things Eugene's been up to if you're interested: Eugene's Recent Art

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[Taobao buy]

nous allons louer une voiture pour le week-end*_*