Actually, setting up a personal phone system on ones property is relatively easy, and even the old ringer phones can be used. It is tremndous fun, and quite a novelty for guests to call other rooms on old dial and ringer phones 😃
The main problem is that the hand-cranked generator has magnets that have stopped being magnets due to age. So if you'd want it to be 100% functional, you'll need to get custom-made new magnets for it. That's pretty expensive. (I have a 1920's phone and the magnets are so weak that it's hard to tell that they used to be magnets.)
I'm amazed by how little rust there was on this, especially when the wood literally fell apart... ... this must have been taken care of for a while, or at least kept somewhere dry and clean-ish. Lovely restoration!
Kitty timestamps: 6:28 -> fluffy assistant Avril on duty, head patting duty 9:12 -> a meow in the background 13:19 -> phone duty for the orange fluff Awesome video, have a great day and may God bless you!
It could also be possible that it was used in an office setting so a secretary could listen and transcribe the conversation. The precursor to recording a phone call.
I watch a lot of restoration videos, I love them. I have to say this is one of the more interesting and satisfying restoration videos I've seen. The phone is absolutely beautiful. And I love that you used the original cords.
Encore une très jolie restauration ! Entre le travail réalisé, les mains de travailleur et les chants des petits oiseaux comme bande-son c'est super agréable à regarder tes vidéos.
Quelle bonheur de rentrer du travail et de voir qu'il y a une nouvelle vidéo ! Merci pour tes vidéos de qualités, c'est toujours un plaisir de les regarder
But how do you watch RU-vid on it?!?!? Where's the screen? 😉 Great restore! I absolutely love these old phones. I've always wanted one just for a decoration. My grandmother was a switchboard operator in the 30s and 40s.
Très belle restauration d'un Marty 1910 de première génération avec cadre en bois fruitier, laiton chromé et bakélite, plus tard simplifié par l'utilisation de sapin et de tôle peinte en noir dans les années 1940. Mise à part le problème de numérotation et la nécessité d'utiliser une batterie locale (pas de tension de ligne à l'époque) et une sonnette externe, ça devrait pouvoir fonctionner derrière une Bbox avec un petit montage électronique d'interface...
Actually having the wood come apart is a huge bonus. I found a Western Electric wood wall set in the trash in about the same condition. Being able to reglue all of the joints and clamp it makes for a really clean and thorough rebuild. Thanks for keeping the old school phones relevant.
I make miniature furniture for a dolls house I'm making and have to say you have given me plenty of ideas for more! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us.
Actually people tend to completely rewire older phones just so they can still be used. For either nostalgia or just want to know how it feels reasons. Its still cool as heck
The wiring is no problem, it's dialing out mostly. Before VOIP there used to be ISDN (which is digital) and before it there was the analogue POTS - plain old telephone system. POTS isn't really a standard per se, but at least it assumes either pulse or tone dialing. The phone shown here does none of those (you could argue it does the pulse thing, but pulse dialing implies some coding/interpretation of those pulses. This doesn't happen here.) In fact, the way it operates is beautifully displayed in the demo at the very end of the video (thumbs up, @LADB) So you absolutely can talk over it, provided a similar device is on the other end of a direct wire (putting one together is dead simple really) - but you can't really attach it to any current phone network without gutting it out and replacing pretty much everything but the speaker/mic. On a separate note, this is what I miss in this restoration - actual functionality. But it's simply not the goal here and I respect this.
Well done. I have one from 1905 and think of connecting it to my German Feldtelefon in my garage. My late father worked at Bell, PTT telefooncentrales, Alcatel, B-catel and KLM-Cargo. He always worked in the communication bussines and put up a 4-telephone set to connect all the rooms in our small house, in 1988. He was high educated in electronics.
Excelente trabajo 👏🏼 me sorprendió mucho como lavabas los cables, jajaja no se me hubiera ocurrido, todo sea para mantener la originalidad, saludos 🖖 a Avril 🐈
Greetings! Your attention to detail, the patience you exhibit during the restoration process and the final results of your pieces make your channel a definite must watch!! Merci!!
Beautifully done! Just don't see nickle plating like that anymore. Really loved the jute (assuming?) wrap strain relief's you did and the button separators...Excellent. And having the generator working is big bonus. Great Job, really enjoyed it Thank You!
This is such a cool channel, please keep posting. Not kidding I come home from stressful days / weeks, I watch and re-watch. It's so relaxing. We can all be like Avril, and watch. Nothing better than quiet work and a kitty to supervise 🙂
Very nice !! All polished up and looking great !! Wonder if this old phone could talk how many conversations and dirty secrets it could tell !! Very nice work as always !! Really enjoyed it !!👍👍
These old phones can still be used with effort, there’s just no easy way. You’d have to manually build/modify some things, but it’s been done, even without harming the internals.
