ORBIT Planetary Gear Spinner
59 kr. incl. VAT .
Printed to order. Allow a few extra days before it ships.
A fidget spinner designed to be felt and heard first: pinch the hub, flick the ring, and three planet gears orbit between your fingers while a printed spring ticks against 24 detents.
Prefer to print it yourself? The STL is a free download on its model page.
- Size
- About 75 mm across and 21 mm tall assembled.
- Material
- Multi colour PLA as standard, printed extra strong with dense infill for real spinning momentum.
- Colours
- Black ring with white numerals and braille, yellow sun, and assorted planet caps as standard, like the photos. Want different colours? Contact me before ordering.
- Delivery
- I make this to order in Denmark; shipping is shown at checkout.
- Returns
- 14-day right of withdrawal on printed items. See returns.
See this design in 3D
The interactive 3D preview is optional. I include the written description, photos and printed details on this page, so you do not need the preview to understand the design. It only loads when you activate it.
About this piece
Most fidget spinners are honestly a bit boring when you cannot see them: a blur, a faint hum, done. So I designed one that is meant to be felt and heard first. ORBIT is a planetary gear fidget spinner where the mechanism itself is the toy: you pinch the stationary centre hub, flick the outer ring, and three planet gears spin and orbit between your fingers while a printed spring ticks against 24 detents inside the rim. There are no bearings, no screws, no glue and no metal anywhere. The gear mechanism prints in place as one piece, and the hub assembles with a printed screw cap. The theme is the orbit itself. The hub cap carries a raised sun with eight rays, one longer than the rest as a tactile pointer. The three planet gears carry swappable press-fit caps with celestial symbols you can tell apart instantly by touch: the moon is a single smooth arc, the comet is a dome with three streaming tails, and the star is a zigzag ring of five points. The rim carries raised numerals 1, 2 and 3 with matching braille, and the grip flutes pause at each numbered station so you can find them by feel. Prefer a silent spinner? Print the smooth spacer instead of the click spring and swap them in seconds. The whole workflow is non-visual: the parts index on a hexagon, the cap screws down like a jar lid, and the included assembly instructions describe every step by touch. Designed end to end in screen-reader-accessible OpenSCAD.
Why I made it this way
- I made the mechanism the toy: three planet gears you feel orbiting between your fingers.
- I gave it a printed click spring with 24 detents, so you hear and feel every step of rotation.
- I put braille numerals and a tactile sun pointer on it, so you can count rotations by feel.
- I made the planet caps swappable, with a moon, comet, star and blank you can tell apart by touch.
- I wrote non-visual assembly instructions, so a blind maker can print and build it entirely by feel.
What arrives
If you choose the printed option, your spinner arrives assembled, broken in and clicking, with all four planet caps included. Prefer the silent spacer or other colours? Contact me before ordering.
Printing and finishing
I print each spinner to order in Denmark, assemble the hub, fit the caps, and spin-test the gears and click spring before packing.
Returns and digital files
Printed items have a 14-day right of withdrawal, plus your 2-year complaint right.
Payment is taken securely through Stripe, so I never see your card details. Questions first? Contact me.
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