✅ SOLVED It spins, drum turns slowly, mechanical device.

[pepperj]

Cleaning up and came across this mechanical device.
The front horizontal thing spins, which turns the vertical, which turns the big sprocket on the right of the drum.
That turns the drum ever so slowly. Didn't spin it long enough to see if the drum turned the smaller sprocket.
Maker is Helycot
Made in Canada
Any ideas?

 

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[Tony in SC]

Don't know what it is but I like it! The part with the little round discs is a speed controller/governor.

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Not sure what it is, but it sure is cool! Love old mechanical stuff like that. I thought a rock tumbler at first, but I dont think its that.

 

[pepperj]

Don't know what it is but I like it! The part with the little round discs is a speed controller/governor.

Thanks

 

[pepperj]

Not sure what it is, but it sure is cool! Love old mechanical stuff like that. I thought a rock tumbler at first, but I dont think its that.

The speed control/balancer thing has to spin a couple dozen times, for the drum to turn a 1/8"

 

[releventchair]

First wild guess ..

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[Ekim14]

The inside of an old wind-up Victrola record player. Inside the drums you will find springs. The three wights are for timing and will spin as the record plays. The pin in the last photo would stick through the wooden top and that is the pin the record would go on.

 

[pepperj]

First wild guess ..

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Thanks for the ID, I will have to clean it up.

 

[pepperj]

The inside of an old wind-up Victrola record player. Inside the drums you will find springs. The three wights are for timing and will spin as the record plays. The pin in the last photo would stick through the wooden top and that is the pin the record would go on.

Thanks for the information on this one.

 

[Gare]

I think Relvelentchair IS VERY close with there idea