Rotary Dial Phone Revival – 4 – Final


This is the next and final step after dealing with the headset a few weeks ago.

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Rotary Dial Phone Revival – 2


This is the 2nd part of a multi post series about bringing back to life an old rotary dial phone.

After managing to interface with the dial itself in part 1  it’s now time to do something about the vintage, bells based, ringing mechanism.

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Rotary Dial Revival


I know it’s been a long time since my last post, but hey, at least I have an excuse…  he’s 2 and a half and knows no rest or the meaning of the phrase “staying still” 🙂

This is (hopefully) only the 1st part of a series, based around this ’70s Rotary Dial Phone from Eastern Europe. I inherited it from my grandad when he passed away a couple of years ago. This is the same phone that I remember from when I was a kid and would play with at my grandparents’ house… ok, ok, I’ll stop here with the nostalgia 🙂

So I can personally confirm it’s at least 35 years old, but probably more like 40 or 50. Most importantly it has quite a sentimental value for me, which means I have to be careful what I do with it !

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