Gizmos on display

An old engraving tool that burned out. The motor rotor is kinda interesting, and spins on it's original bearings which are mounted in the small wooden brackets. Makes explanations of electrical magnetism far more interesting for the kids when it's hands-on.

Garrick really enjoyed the wall mounted engraver guts, so I decided to repeat the process with a modern 5.25' platter drive and an SSD. Lots of questions about how these work!! :D My fridge is covered in old HD magnets, so this was all the more interesting for him to investigate.