For a while now, I've been trying to think of a small wind-up motor that could be used for a power source. I had this funky old 8 mm movie camera sitting around the studio for years, but it wasn't until I found another, cooler-looking camera in a thrift store, that I thought of taking the ugly one apart and using the motor.

The challenge here was figuring out the joint at the elbow, once I made a prototype that worked smoothly, I knew this piece was going to turn out great.

I added a button, attached to the shutter control, that activates the motor when pushed. The motor runs one complete cycle, then stops, until the button is pushed again.

Multimedia Movie See it in action! 1.16 MB, QuickTime Need the plugin?