Pretty slick application here. A few bits and pieces crammed into a servo housing - use the existing gear train and motor for a crankable power source.

http://www.tearsoffire.org/twiki/bin/view/Projects/WindupFlashlight

There is video on the site, but he's getting hammered right now, so I've mirrored it here:

http://thelocust.org/tmp/recycled_servo_flashlight.avi


(I found this link here: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/04/how_to_make_a_windup_flashligh.html)



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