OT: Spring Motor for a Movie Camera?

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OT: Spring Motor for a Movie Camera?

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Found this weird spring motor in with a box of phonograph motors. Couldn't figure out what kind of phonograph would use a motor like this. Finally, curiosity got the better of me and I went to the hardware store and got a couple nuts for the winding stem and wound it up. Now I think it's an old movie camera motor. Any other guesses?

Watch it in action on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OdPx_VbASo

Cliff
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Re: OT: Spring Motor for a Movie Camera?

Post by leadlike »

That's a movie camera motor. Taking a wild guess, I'd say from a Bolex L8 8mm pocket camera.
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