I can describe the piece on the machine that the crank fits into, but not the crank itself -- I've wondered exactly the same thing. It's a metal sleeve that sticks out from the side of the machine about a half-inch. There is a "slot" across that sleeve that is perpendicular to the edge on one side and tapered on the other -- meaning that if you use the slot to turn the sleeve in the correct direction the gears wind, and if you turn it the wrong direction it slides right up the tapering. This slot is about a quarter-inch deep. I've seen cranks that were shaped like keys, and cranks that looked like regular cranks, but I've never seen an original. All of the books I've seen that have pictures of Little Wonder phonographs always say that the cranks shown are not original.
I had a crank made by Charlie Weatherbee that has a small length of metal at the tip to fit in the sleeve for stability, and then has a "nail" across the crank to fit into the slots. Merle On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:31:44 -0500 "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> writes: > Can anyone provide me with a description of what an original little > wonder crank looks like? ID, OD, thread size, etc? > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 5:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] Trying to complete my Little Wonder phonograph > > I may have asked on this list before -- please forgive me if I have > (early Alzheimers... or at least that's a convenient excuse). > > I have had a Little Wonder phonograph for a number of years (you can > see > pictures on my site: > http://www.littlewonderrecords.com/gramophone.html > -- click on the >> at the bottom to scroll through the views). > > I am looking for an original crank and the thumbscrew that held the > reproducer in place. I'd even be willing to buy an entire Little > Wonder > phonograph to get those parts if anyone has one they'd like to part > with. > > Thanks! > > Merle > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
