30 days Money Back GuaranteeMotorised Wooden Orrery Kit: planetary motion on your desk
Press the switch and the arms begin to turn, each planet tracing its own slow circle around the wooden Sun. An orrery is the oldest way of showing how the solar system moves, and building one is the quickest way to understand why the Moon has phases, why the seasons change and why Mars sometimes seems to go backwards in the sky. This kit gives you the mechanism in laser cut wood, with a small motor and gears that you fit yourself.
A working solar system model to build yourself
The pieces slot together without glue and the illustrated guide walks through each step, from the base and gear train to the planet arms. Once assembled, the motor drives the gears and the whole system turns at a steady, hypnotic pace. The finished model works as a teaching tool for a classroom, a science club or a home lesson, and as a kinetic sculpture that sits well on a bookshelf.
A gift for stargazers and builders
It suits anyone who likes watching the night sky and anyone who likes taking mechanisms apart to see how they work. Teenagers and adults enjoy the build; younger children enjoy watching it run. Is it fragile? The wood is sturdy and the gears are slowed down, so it survives being handled. Batteries are not included.
Motorised Wooden Orrery Kit: specifications
- Materials: laser cut wood, plastic gears, small electric motor
- Power: batteries (not included)
- Assembly: no glue, illustrated instructions
- Use: astronomy demonstration, STEM project, desk sculpture
- Gift idea for astronomy fans, teachers and model builders
Physics you can see on the table
Physics experiment kits turn laws that usually live in textbooks into something you can build and watch: a vortex spinning in water, an object floating on sound waves, planets orbiting a wooden sun. Each kit is a demonstration first and a lesson second, which is exactly the right order for a curious mind. Perfect for a rainy afternoon at home or a science club session. 👉 Back to physics experiment kitsCustomers who viewed this physics kit also looked at
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Rachel Whitmore –
Bought this for my 11 year old who has been obsessed with space since a school trip to the planetarium. We built it together on a rainy Sunday and it took about three hours, with only one bit that needed a second look at the instructions. When the motor kicked in and the Moon began circling the Earth she actually gasped, then spent ages explaining to her dad why we get eclipses. It now sits on her desk and gets switched on every evening.
Graham Procter –
Lovely little kit, the laser cut pieces fit together snugly and the gearing is clever to watch once it’s all running. Only reservation is that the motor hums a touch more than I expected, but you stop noticing after a few minutes.
Priya Nair –
cracking present for my brother, who loves a project. Took him an afternoon and he only needed a dab of wood glue on one arm that was a bit loose. Slightly pricey for the size but it looks smart on a bookshelf.
Margaret Doyle –
Got this for my grandson’s birthday. His smile when the little Earth started going round was lovely to see. Wonderful gift.
Tom Eastwood –
Third kit I’ve ordered from here and another solid one. Instructions are clear, the wood is smooth with no splintering, and delivery was quicker than the estimate. Would have liked a few more pages on the actual astronomy side of it, but the build itself is great fun.
Helen Sutcliffe –
Spot on. What I love is how a single small motor drives a train of gears so the Earth and Moon each move at their own pace, and you can see the relationship between them without any maths. Assembly was properly satisfying, and it’s become a talking point whenever friends visit.
Margaret Holloway –
bought this for my grandson Alfie who’s nine and he was glued to it all afternoon. Wouldn’t let me help with the fiddly bits either! Now it sits on his bedroom shelf and he explains to everyone why the Moon goes round the Earth. Chuffed to bits.
Daniel Pritchard –
Spot on. The laser cut pieces slotted together neatly and it took me an afternoon with a cuppa, then the little motor kicks in and the Earth carries the Moon round the Sun on its arm. Watching it run on my desk is oddly hypnotic.