On the healing bench today, a #candlestick #telephone - it’s a UK Post Office “Tele 180” made by Plessey in 1927
It’s the oldest phone I own!
It’s a little sorry for itself, with broken wires, paint in the mechanism, a stuck hook switch and slow dial… it’s not in original condition (bits have been overcleaned, or repainted) but I’m not worried about that.
The first move has been to get it all apart for cleaning!
#phone #vintagePhone #vintageTelephone #strowger #telecom #project
@ety my shenanigans are mostly on much older kit than your average home lab phone setup (#electromechanical #strowger!)
My preference for phone kit is “massive, heavy, and maintained with a spanner” 😂
I just throw a ton of tags at it (usually as many relevant ones as I can fit in the post) #TelephoneExchange #phoneExchange #pbx #vintagePhone are probably my most commonly used.
I’ve been hanging out with @CuTEL a bit over the last couple of years, so I also have some more modern #voip & #dect
You know it’s going well if I’ve had to get the diagrams out…
#telephone #phone #vintageTelephone #vintagePhone #strowger #TelephoneExchange