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by awithrow 876 days ago
The doorbell for my house. It's from some point in the 1930s and has a small DC induction motor that drives a camshaft that operates hammers to strike the gongs.

It's a bit of a work in progress as the assembly needs adjusting and degunking in order to run. However, when hooked up to a generator, the motor spins right up