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Astro-Skeleton by Mark Frank and Buchanan of Chelmsford

http://www.my-time-machines.net/astro_index.htm

https://www.buchananclocks.com/no-6-astronomical-extraordinaire/

Staines and Son Orrery Makers

https://www.orrerydesign.com/

Ptolemaic Orrery

https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/58/1/1.42/2938122

Celestial Timing

NASA Planetary Fact Sheet

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/

Gear Profiles

Involute Gear Generator: Dr. Rainer Hessmer:

http://hessmer.org/gears/InvoluteSpurGearBuilder.html

Involute Tooth Profile Calculator: Martin Chick & Associates

http://computers.martinchick.com/spur_gear.html

Gear Cutting

Gears and Gear Cutting for Home Machinists by Ivan Law:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565239172/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Tooling

Glowforge Basic

https://glowforge.com/our-products

Sherline Lathe

https://www.sherline.com/product/40004100-lathe-dro/

LittleMachineShop MiniMill

https://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=3990

Rotary Table

https://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=2420

Electronics

Arduino Uno

https://store.arduino.cc/products/arduino-uno-rev3/

Autodriver

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13752

Stepper Motor

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9238

Addressable LEDs

https://www.adafruit.com/product/1460?length=1

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