- May 20, 2014
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Hello everybody, I thought I would start a new project. In this world of fancy cell phones and what not, I thought it would be a fun project to take my old telephone and get it up and working again. It is a 1907 hand crank wall telephone. It has 3 terminals at the top, and when I connected a makeshift telephone wire to it, I got a dial tone! I could even receive calls, and when I turned the crank, the rotary dial phone on the other side of my house would ring! Unfortunately, the ringer won't work when someone calls, and nobody can hear me. I don't think I am connecting it 100% correctly. Images of the telephone can be found at the following link:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108597432846332500829/photos/108597432846332500829/albums/6179744170998991121
The second image is of the inner workings of the phone, and the third image is the wire I hooked up to it. The last image is of the rotary dial phone that I was taking about (also very old- from the 1920s, but the newest phone that I own
). I figure that if the old rotary dial phone can work on the modern lines, the crank one might could too. I know that with the hand crank phone, I cannot make a call, but I would like to be able to receive calls successfully. I would also like to be able to use it without modifying it dramatically (without installing new parts and components). I know that this website is mostly for modern technologies, but I am not a member of any other organization with such a wealth of knowledge, and any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your help, and have a happy Thanksgiving to all!
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108597432846332500829/photos/108597432846332500829/albums/6179744170998991121
The second image is of the inner workings of the phone, and the third image is the wire I hooked up to it. The last image is of the rotary dial phone that I was taking about (also very old- from the 1920s, but the newest phone that I own
). I figure that if the old rotary dial phone can work on the modern lines, the crank one might could too. I know that with the hand crank phone, I cannot make a call, but I would like to be able to receive calls successfully. I would also like to be able to use it without modifying it dramatically (without installing new parts and components). I know that this website is mostly for modern technologies, but I am not a member of any other organization with such a wealth of knowledge, and any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your help, and have a happy Thanksgiving to all!
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