Originally Posted by muffin
As someone already stated it started life as Victrola Guts....

What it is NOW, you would need to ask the tinkerer....

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That is pretty interesting. So If that’s it, the spool is not a direct drive from the crank. Instead Appears the crank loads a coil spring and the spool turns from the spring tension without having to turn the handle while Loading the spool. Somebody with a good imagination it looks like if it is indeed a repurpose effort.