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As I left the scrap yard the other day, one of the guys handed me this box well weathered from the sun. He had no idea what it was.
It was what was left of a very old telephone! I put it in the back of my pickup and went home. Today with nothing better to do,
I disassembled and oiled and cleaned, tapped some holes in the broken off bolts and generally got it back into working order.
I knew it was working because it shocked me several times while cranking it over. So, just for fun I connected up an LED 60 watt
equivalent bulb and it lights up brilliantly. I'm not sure what I will do with this treasure but it would be good enough to charge some
batteries for a transistor radio or something. Everything was stuck so I spent a few hours working on the bearing surfaces and
general cleanup. The magnets are marked so was able to easily disassemble the thing and get it back together and working.
I machined up a piece of brass to fashion out a crank handle. I suspect the original was made of wood but don't know for sure.
I had to take a lot of pictures to catch the light on while I used my other hand to take the photo. It needs to be mounted on a board
as it is ergonomically difficult to run as it is.
It's snowing up here today so a good day for playing in the shop.
It was what was left of a very old telephone! I put it in the back of my pickup and went home. Today with nothing better to do,
I disassembled and oiled and cleaned, tapped some holes in the broken off bolts and generally got it back into working order.
I knew it was working because it shocked me several times while cranking it over. So, just for fun I connected up an LED 60 watt
equivalent bulb and it lights up brilliantly. I'm not sure what I will do with this treasure but it would be good enough to charge some
batteries for a transistor radio or something. Everything was stuck so I spent a few hours working on the bearing surfaces and
general cleanup. The magnets are marked so was able to easily disassemble the thing and get it back together and working.
I machined up a piece of brass to fashion out a crank handle. I suspect the original was made of wood but don't know for sure.
I had to take a lot of pictures to catch the light on while I used my other hand to take the photo. It needs to be mounted on a board
as it is ergonomically difficult to run as it is.
It's snowing up here today so a good day for playing in the shop.