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Tom P
United States
Приєднався 26 січ 2022
I'm a computer engineer from Wyoming, and here I will have some videos about interesting electrical or mechanical projects / items I find interesting
Turning an old payphone into a wired intercom (reupload)
This is a short project involving integrating a wired intercom into an old payphone. Since the intercom parts were off the shelf it was really just a matter of wiring.
Reuploaded with some more details.
Reuploaded with some more details.
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DIY lighted horizon picture
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This was a not too complicated project where I split a metal print at the horizon and installed an LED strip to light it. The code is available here, though there is not much to it github.com/tdp301/Picture_Light
1930s Ronson "Touch Tip" lighter - how it works
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This is a lighter I recently obtained and fixed up. I thought it was cool how it worked so I describe here the gist of it.
Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade was so cool lighting his hand rolled cigarette with a similar lighter in 'The Maltese Falcon'.
I saw The Maltese Falcon for the first time not too long ago. I never saw anything quite like that until then. I looked into maybe trying to buy one, they go for THOUSANDS of dollars. Many of them like $5,000. I mean, they're cool but they're not that cool. Lol. But, cool lighter anyway man.
Need help cant find parts for 1930 Touch Tip Lighter need flint and weel Please help
can i buy it
This reminds me of a Ronson Touch Tip lighter. Its a tool of a gentleman, an eligant tool for a more civilized age.
Read the title dude.
Thank you. I was trying to picture it once i encountered it in a novel.
Hi, idk if you’re still active, but I’ve been considering buying a restored Octette from Ronson Repair. But how long can you leave the wand lit before it starts to burn the wick? Thanks.
How do you add fuel to it, and what type would you use?
It is just normal lighter fluid you would use in a zippo, and it pours into the spot the wand goes.
I have this lighter but have no idea how to add fuel, flint and wick! Can you help? Love your videos!
The fuel is just normal liquid lighter fluid (e.g. zippo) and pours into the wand hole, start with a small amount. The flint is replaced by removing the screw on the bottom and there should be a spring behind it that holds the flint against the striker. If you search on amazon or elsewhere for zippo part kits you should be able to find replacement springs, flints, and the small piece of metal that separates the flint from the spring. The spring should have some small amount of force but not too much, if it isn't sparking well you could add another spacer to make the spring stronger. For the wick you could check ebay, that's what I did.
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The price?
Nice work, Tom. Thanks!
Good video
Bogart uses this a lot in the Maltese Falcon, 1941.
I’m literally watching it right now! Was searching for it since it’s a dope way of lighting a cig.
Any idea how to replace the wick and what material to use?
I tried getting some normal lighter wick (for zippo, etc.) that is commonly sold and pulling the strands apart and tieing it up around the end. It worked alright but not super well. Later I got a reproduction wand instead which had a new wick built in, which worked better. Some people might sell just the wick part remade.
I have one of these but it’s missing the wand. I can’t find the exact style of the lighter anywhere so I don’t know which wand I should get. Any advice?
Ebay user beka-005 sells some reproduction wands that are decent. I'm not sure how to determine the exact style though if you can't find another picture of the same one. You could email the people at ronsonrepair.com , they might know.
Why doesn't the wick set the lighter fluid on fire when you put it back in the cannisters?
No air can get down into the canister once the wick is in place so the fire goes out
Because fire can’t exist without oxygen
Great video
Maybe one day I’ll get to own of these cool touch tip lighters, they are not cheep tho I’ll tell you that lol
I work for an antique company and we were in this house buying things the owner was selling and I saw one of these. I asked him how much he wanted for it and he said 20 bucks. I have never gotten my wallet out faster. It is missing the wand and I haven’t bought one yet…
This is so awesome! I could totally use an intercom system in our house! thanks for the idea!
Neat!
I have an old payphone shell just like this, and I've been wondering what in the hell I would do with it for nearly a decade 🤣 No longer! Thanks for the awesome idea!
Was not what I expected.
I have a RONSON MARV, do you know anything about it?
Hmm, no I am not familiar with that one
Man, this turned out amazing. Great idea!
Excellent project! It looks great. :D I'm curious if there was a specific reason you chose to use a MetroMini as the controller, or if that was just a controller you had on-hand that suited the project.
It was just one I had on hand that was fairly small
@@tomp6633 Gotcha. It's certainly a good microcontroller for the task. Thanks for the response!
cool
Found from reddit. I've been backlighting thrift store finds, this is lovely!
You and this video give me Red Green Show vibes.
Here before famous😁
That looks sick!