I am currently watching your oldest to newest vids. While watching this one, I asked myself "How does this allow someone to complete a call." Thanks to you I am now learning how the whole process works. It's pretty amazing.
Thanks for this. Similar units to these were still in use back when I was doing my apprenticeship in the 70s. It was part of our job to refurbish them. They were located in remote railway signal locations and used on a party line to call the signal box, railway stations or other signal locations using a call code. The units we worked on had a make/break button (press to make) and depending who you were calling depended on the (simple) code you rang out, controlling sig box was usually a long ring and other sig locations were a series of short rings. As a (very young) kid our farm had a party line as well and our code was 1 long + 3 short (B), next farm was 1 long + 1 short + 1 long (K), over the back was R and up the road was H. Exchange was 1 long, but without the make/break button, had to do it with the handle, generally 3 turns long, 1 turn short. Was great to see them again, brought back many great memories Thanks & Cheers 🇦🇺 🍺🍺
Thanks for sharing, I was wondering about a timeframe for the use of these, I was thinking they fell fully out of use much earlier like the '50s or so, it's very cool to learn that this old tech stayed kicking in some capacity all the way up into the '70s. Side note, I couldn't help but wonder if that "98" on the bottom might mean 1898. Probably not, it looks like some sort of manufacture or inspection code, but it's still a neat thought.
The signalbox DC autophones were an easier bet! No frantic winding, just press the code on one of four buttons (IIRC, red, black, green or white. Remember them? Our local 'box was two short presses on black). Incidentally, I worked in a shop in 73 that had 2 branches 1/4 mile apart, and we had a direct line between the two worked by these.
In the 1990s, there were still party lines in use in at least one area of Pennsylvania, although I can't say for sure what the equipment looked like. The stragglers didn't want to give up the shared lines!
i really like the way you respect the antiques while restoring them. the way you give them a home where they are safe is great too.keep up the good work :)
Fabulous restoration!!! Reminds me of a similar device I made in my high school (1968) Physics class. I went to a progressive all-girls high school at a time when it was rare for girls to take such classes. We made an a.m. radio. I very clandestinely threw a wooden thread spool with loosely wrapped copper wire out the second story classroom window, shimmied up a steel beam and secured the copper wire to the top of the bus awning for an antenna. Got 2 different stations! Thanks for the great memories!!
I am so impressed with your work . You might try a small ultrasound parts cleaner like jewelers use. This is my first time to make a comment online. This is a new beginning for me.
i'm a teeny bit disappointing that you didn't try and remagnetize the 3 big magnets. The thing is so old, it probably could use it, and it'd make it a more powerful magneto.
The charge is gone in an instant either way. Be fun to play with capacitors on the output like some have suggested. Just for some old school electrical fun.
How or What is the best way to re-charge an old magnet? is there a simple/easy way to do it home? Asking because I found an old 2-stroke engine with flywheel magneto and the magnet don't feel that strong.
Je ne pense pas qu'un jour il ait été comme ça. Même juste après sa fabrication. Magnifique travail. La famille Postel Vinay que je connais bien serait fière de cette restauration. Bravo !
Lots of work to make it beautiful. To avoid damaging the insulating laquer on coiled copper wires, they sell an electric motor cleaning spray, but the best way is dusting and dry paint brush, with mild soapy water if neccesary to clean grease. Many solvent sprays will eat the clear coat protection on the coils, especially old ones. Cool video. I'm subscribing!
THAT"S what that is. I have an antique patent model similar - it uses wooden blocks and wound string to depict the copper windings. Really neat! If more than 50% of an old piece's paint is intact I leave it alone.
Excellent job. You're like a pro now, attention to detail and commitment to do a job is what some of the other channels are missing. Can't wait to see what project comes next.
Nice! May this wonderful, small, but significant piece of 20th century product live on! Let us hope that future generations understand its significance, value and importance to their current life-existence. Cool restore, mate!
Nice work my friend. Not enough of our histories machinery and equipment is restored for future generations, it just gets shit canned without a second thought. Thank you sir.
Did you verify the poles of the magnets before repainting the black ends? I believe the black ends identified one of the poles (North or South), the end not painted black the other pole. If you mix them up the magnets will cause bucking currents within the coils and reduce your voltage and power output.
just think, I have a working TA-312 army field phone that has a tiny version of this inside its shell. Its old and will still knock the &^%$ out of a person holding the wires. I bet this thing could pulse a phone 20 miles away, so if its a novelty it can still rock you given the size of the magnets
He didn't. At around the 13 minute mark you see the three magnets were stuck together, which means the middle one was marked with the opposite polarity to the outside ones.
isodoublet was just coming to say the same thing. The three magnets were stuck together so one of them is painted differently than the other two. :( That’s disappointing. It was going so well.
He should hook up a multimeter to it and test the output voltage. Even a small magneto like that should generate at least 70 volts with enough current to light up a small, low-wattage incandescent light bulb. Actually, you have to be kind of careful playing around with magnetos because they can give you a nasty little shock!
As someone who is wreckless I wanna purposely not sand with the fibers on wood, but as the daughter of a woodworker the thought of doing that physical hurts
All of ur restorations are very good . But this isfrom one of your best restorations 👏👏👌 keep it up. Although those gears are exposed , apply some grease to it to protect it from wearing out and also will reduce noise.
This ist a really nice restoration again, but i was wondering if the center Magnet may be not correctly oriented. When the black paint marking is applied, the magnets stuck to each other, which should not be the case as the magnets must have equal field orientation for operation in this generator. When the magnets e.g. north poles are getting marked black, the poles should have repelled and would need to be forced to stay side by side. If they stuck together as seen in the video the orientation would be NSN or SNS. video at 13:26
Very nice work! I’ve been binge watching all your videos. FYI - when sanding wood, it’s usually best to sand in the direction of the grain. Going across the grain puts scratches across the grain that are hard to remove.
If he forgets how to put something together, he has the video of how he took it apart. (I hope that answers what you asked, I don't fully trust translate)
As an American, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that you also have flea markets overseas from me, and you use the same term for them as well! I'm a flea market NUT when the weather permits! Always learning something new from your channel, no matter how old the video! Keep up the great work!
You are so very good at what you do...What a beautiful job...I love the way it is so clean and shiny.I see you take pride in what you do. You are very talented...
The comment by Y B below is correct. I was a telephone technician for more than 20 years, and winding one of these sent alternating current down the phone wires to make the phone bell ring. The voltage that it generated would have been around 80-volts. Because a phone bell is operated by 2 electro-magnets, it requires alternating current to make them operate in turn, making the bell ring. Once the ringing has stopped, a telephone operates on around 48-volts DC during normal conversation.
I wouldn't have filed down the screws and cast pieces either, it's what gives the piece it's look .... That and as you could see it ended up exposing imperfections like air bubbles in the cast iron
I agree by the time it was all sanded down and filled with wood putty might as well just made a new box if wanted to to look new. Left the old box to somebody that would only restore it.
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I don't think it's impractical. If you watch the old movies, you can see, that all it took was about one seconds of twisting that thing, for making a call. The rest had to be done by the operator. And it's more environmentally friendly. Image all the applications that Grumpy John listed, plus even more he didn't write down, used by billions of people world wide - that would save the need for some nuclear plants. Also it has the big bonus, of being independent, in case of power failures, that's especially important for making emergency calls. With today's IP based telephony, the non availability of emergency calls leads to an increasing number of casualities. There are already statistics about this problem. The whole IP infrastructure is notoriously unreliable, and using this for emergency situations is like setting a fox to keep the geese.
Telephone magnetos can generate up to 100 volts, or even more with bigger 5-bar ones. And you don't even have to crank it that fast. Not only are they a cool display as an antique, but I can definitely think of a lot of practical uses! Hook up a small gas engine to it (like maybe even a weed eater engine) and you have a very light, portable emergency generator. Connect a rectifier to convert the output to DC, and you can use it to recharge batteries, power a radio, etc.
Out of all the restoration channels I have watched, you are by far the best. You’re the most thorough, the most detailed and the care and time and especially effort that you put into your restorations and your videos is supreme. Thank you for inspiring me and giving me a newfound appreciation for restoration and preserving antiquities. 👌👌👌
What to do:? hook it up in your house, the other to a bell/ring in your workshop. When your significant other needs you to come from the workshop, they 'dial' this box, and you hear a ring! (come and get dinner!!!)
I just watched this video for about the third time over the past year. One thing that you can do with it is make a clear cover for it and add all of the polished metal trim to it. With a wooden cover, you cannot see the inner workings or beauty of your hard work. 😎👍. You are a true master.
I enjoy your videos, but I think you would do well to get a selection of various size screwdrivers which better fit the screws. In this instance, a couple of gunsmiths screwdrivers would be a good choice.
Yes, you cannot beat old school screwdrivers I have a growing collection of old tools. But you have to make do with what you have until you find some reasonable priced ones keep a lookout at the flee market.
Thanks...I always wanted to take one of those apart when I was a kid. They looked like magic, gears, magnets 🧲, wires, nuts and bolts...and it would give you a shock! I imagined all the different things it could be hooked up to....Thanks
Make a module that has a capacitor bank that feeds a 5v step down converter, that powers a female USB port :) Good luck though, although it would work, it will take a very long time to charge a cell phone. Also, the difficulty in turning will be related to the amount of current supplying, so you will probably need to add an inline resistor before the capacitor bank to keep the handle from being totally locked up when the capacitors are uncharged.
@Michael DiLorenzo Capacitor bank would allow you to be a bit inconsistent with your crank speed, large enough and it will allow you to take momentary breaks.
@@rich1051414 you could use a few li-ion with a bridge rectifier and charge circuit so it would charge up and then you could plug in your phone using a 5v regulatior
You could if you stepped down the voltage and rectified it to DC...but why would you want to? I definitely wouldn't want to be sitting there, cranking it for an hour. Now if you hooked up a small engine to crank it instead, then you'd have a small, lightweight generator that you could use to recharge batteries or whatever else you want to do...THEN you'd be in business.
some pretty smart comments for youtube XD it's been a while since i was able to read something based entirely on physics that i agree with and i fully understand the principles behind but not the actual laws at hand, AKA i learned something without needing to learn a bunch of support material, and that is always the best isn't it?
you can attach a power supply to reduce the voltage (with 5x usb port, for you and your friends). if manual cranking becomes too hard, please consult an electrical engineer to install an electric motor for the drive. that there is not something on the market is a mystery to me ... :-)
@@flyagaric007 BS. If it wasn't for the French army the British would never have made it from Dunkirk. If it wasn't for the French resistance the landings wouldn't have been so successful. Too bad "Monty" was such an idiot.
Just a suggestion, I don't know if it would work but have you tried something like a rock tumbler to get the little hardware shiny? Then you wouldn't have to stand there for 2 hours getting the smallest screws shiny. Or maybe use a little vibrating machine. Just a thought. Either way it looks awesome. I love old school electric gadgets. What do you do with the stuff you restore? Edit; miss spelled a word.
thank you 😊, maybe i will make a machine like that, will be more easy, but i don’t know if can polish, i keep all for now, but i want to make some giveaways at 100K
I know here in the states Harbor Freight makes this vibration machine that comes with different size and shape ceramic beads that are for polishing. www.harborfreight.com/5-lb-metal-vibrator-tumbler-67617.html I don't know if you have anything like Harbor Freight in Europe but I'm sure you can find something. And I have no doubt you will be celebrating 1million subscribers one day. You do some awesome work.
@@TysyTube Pretty easy to make a tumbler but if you want a polished finish look into making a wet tumbler. People that reload often wet tumble their spent brass and it makes it look almost new. Might get on some gun forums to look around for ideas.
@@TysyTube If you can find a small rock tumbler or make one, I put small brass or rusted steel pieces in mine with a few handfulls of small steel ball bearings and very short clippings of wire, along with a bit of hot soapy water. It removes a lot of rust and leaves brass gleaming, and doesnt harm pieces or make them look too new
@@TysyTube www.amazon.fr/SMARTRELOADER-SR737-Tumbler-Nano-220V/dp/B004ZIO2FM/ This is the one I use to polish brass cases. They work quite well, and can use many different polish media.
@@ct6502c It's pointless to add any capacitor. What purpose of it? Decoration? In AC circuits the any capacitor is a load which grows with rotates per time…
So impressed with your level of perfection on this restoration. Every screw gets polished, and first I was thinking, why is he doing that? Final product is a piece of art. Bravo.
i'm coming here from the late videos, and definetly you improved your skills, this is more like a "standard" restoration video, and now you have you own style, and improved very much the production ¡Congratulations!
It hurts me to see him using the smallest bit to tighten such large screws, especially since they're mostly brass. At the end, when he tightens the hand crank, you can clearly see it's leaving a mark.
He never tracked it, see in 13:24 - magnets should not attract when with same polarity, but on film does… Another film „let's polish f…unny thing, who cares about the laws of physics”
Beautiful restoration! Just me personally, I would have left the wood enclosure with the original stain, but cleaned it a bit. Just one of the things I love about wood is its great ability to tell the story of the machine.
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I am currently watching your oldest to newest vids. While watching this one, I asked myself "How does this allow someone to complete a call." Thanks to you I am now learning how the whole process works. It's pretty amazing.
Wait you live in France? or did you go there?
Thanks for this. Similar units to these were still in use back when I was doing my apprenticeship in the 70s. It was part of our job to refurbish them. They were located in remote railway signal locations and used on a party line to call the signal box, railway stations or other signal locations using a call code. The units we worked on had a make/break button (press to make) and depending who you were calling depended on the (simple) code you rang out, controlling sig box was usually a long ring and other sig locations were a series of short rings.
As a (very young) kid our farm had a party line as well and our code was 1 long + 3 short (B), next farm was 1 long + 1 short + 1 long (K), over the back was R and up the road was H. Exchange was 1 long, but without the make/break button, had to do it with the handle, generally 3 turns long, 1 turn short.
Was great to see them again, brought back many great memories
Thanks & Cheers
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Thanks for sharing, I was wondering about a timeframe for the use of these, I was thinking they fell fully out of use much earlier like the '50s or so, it's very cool to learn that this old tech stayed kicking in some capacity all the way up into the '70s.
Side note, I couldn't help but wonder if that "98" on the bottom might mean 1898. Probably not, it looks like some sort of manufacture or inspection code, but it's still a neat thought.
The signalbox DC autophones were an easier bet! No frantic winding, just press the code on one of four buttons (IIRC, red, black, green or white. Remember them? Our local 'box was two short presses on black). Incidentally, I worked in a shop in 73 that had 2 branches 1/4 mile apart, and we had a direct line between the two worked by these.
don't let your knowledge be lost please. transfer it down to younger generations.
In the 1990s, there were still party lines in use in at least one area of Pennsylvania, although I can't say for sure what the equipment looked like. The stragglers didn't want to give up the shared lines!
@@Jennsylvania hehh... for "stragglers" read "gossips".
i really like the way you respect the antiques while restoring them. the way you give them a home where they are safe is great too.keep up the good work :)
So is this an oldschool portable phone charger?
🤣🤣🤣🤣something like that
Hey man! You got a new video comming soon?
this question is for my mechanics i think 🤣
@@TysyTube Yeah and btw this is a great project, I wonder where you guys get these old school stuff
flea markets
Fabulous restoration!!! Reminds me of a similar device I made in my high school (1968) Physics class. I went to a progressive all-girls high school at a time when it was rare for girls to take such classes. We made an a.m. radio. I very clandestinely threw a wooden thread spool with loosely wrapped copper wire out the second story classroom window, shimmied up a steel beam and secured the copper wire to the top of the bus awning for an antenna. Got 2 different stations! Thanks for the great memories!!
I love your attention to detail. Making every part look better than when it was new. Great job.
32:26 Woah! He has a display for all of the things he restores! This dude's an artist!
Cool!
thank you so much 😊, i am your fan😍
Fan of both of you
When I watch these restoration videos it makes me think if 50 years from now they will be restoring Roombas...
I love how the magnets in this thing look exactly like Wile E. Coyote cartoons taught me magnets look like.
Horse show magnets is their title. Wiley caricatured therm because they and bar magnets were and are the most common sott
bet you dont know why magnets are always red
bet you dont know why magnets are always red
@@rrrohan2288 whyyyyyy
@@evamanral4016 There's no specific reason for it.
I thought 'old magneto' was Ian McKellen
Nathan Binns I nearly wrote the same quip but then I scroll down, well done.
I saw that coming :))
I am so impressed with your work . You might try a small ultrasound parts cleaner like jewelers use. This is my first time to make a comment online. This is a new beginning for me.
Emerson Hough try to write the comment on the main feed.
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i'm a teeny bit disappointing that you didn't try and remagnetize the 3 big magnets. The thing is so old, it probably could use it, and it'd make it a more powerful magneto.
wondering the same thing.
The charge is gone in an instant either way. Be fun to play with capacitors on the output like some have suggested. Just for some old school electrical fun.
@@amicklich6729 i don”t think it is a magnet, it is just an iron core.
@@mixtrooo The curved bars are permanent magnets.
How or What is the best way to re-charge an old magnet? is there a simple/easy way to do it home? Asking because I found an old 2-stroke engine with flywheel magneto and the magnet don't feel that strong.
Je ne pense pas qu'un jour il ait été comme ça. Même juste après sa fabrication. Magnifique travail. La famille Postel Vinay que je connais bien serait fière de cette restauration. Bravo !
I love your attention to detail, it’s like seeing the piece as it would have looked originally. Thanks for posting this, I’m watching from 🇨🇦
Lots of work to make it beautiful. To avoid damaging the insulating laquer on coiled copper wires, they sell an electric motor cleaning spray, but the best way is dusting and dry paint brush, with mild soapy water if neccesary to clean grease. Many solvent sprays will eat the clear coat protection on the coils, especially old ones. Cool video. I'm subscribing!
Seeing you struggle with the flat-head screws give me a new appreciation of the Philips head screw
THAT"S what that is. I have an antique patent model similar - it uses wooden blocks and wound string to depict the copper windings. Really neat!
If more than 50% of an old piece's paint is intact I leave it alone.
thank you so much for not having music or narration. these videos are perfect.
Excellent job. You're like a pro now, attention to detail and commitment to do a job is what some of the other channels are missing. Can't wait to see what project comes next.
thank you 😊, next project will be a hot one 🙊🔥❄️
Excellent work. It's now a "museum" piece!
So, did you get through? or is the caller unavailable?
Nice! May this wonderful, small, but significant piece of 20th century product live on! Let us hope that future generations understand its significance, value and importance to their current life-existence. Cool restore, mate!
Nice work my friend. Not enough of our histories machinery and equipment is restored for future generations, it just gets shit canned without a second thought. Thank you sir.
I love the craftsmanship on this device. Those screws are beautiful!
You cutting and lining that sawdust up like you were about to snort it😂 I was literally crying from laughter when I saw that!!😭🤣
I'm an old-school tip-and-ring phone guy. This is my favorite restoration ever!
thank you so much 😊
Did you verify the poles of the magnets before repainting the black ends? I believe the black ends identified one of the poles (North or South), the end not painted black the other pole. If you mix them up the magnets will cause bucking currents within the coils and reduce your voltage and power output.
just think, I have a working TA-312 army field phone that has a tiny version of this inside its shell. Its old and will still knock the &^%$ out of a person holding the wires. I bet this thing could pulse a phone 20 miles away, so if its a novelty it can still rock you given the size of the magnets
He didn't. At around the 13 minute mark you see the three magnets were stuck together, which means the middle one was marked with the opposite polarity to the outside ones.
isodoublet was just coming to say the same thing.
The three magnets were stuck together so one of them is painted differently than the other two.
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That’s disappointing. It was going so well.
Well at least it's not as bad as the guy who dunked a whole electric motor in nitric acid.
He should hook up a multimeter to it and test the output voltage. Even a small magneto like that should generate at least 70 volts with enough current to light up a small, low-wattage incandescent light bulb. Actually, you have to be kind of careful playing around with magnetos because they can give you a nasty little shock!
I love old telephones, often not much attention is given to the magneto. Absolutely beautiful restoration!
Gaaaah!!!
Always sand WITH the fibers on wood... My god, I almost fell of my chair when you started go wild with that P120 grit paper...
And the varnish job should be thicker and buffed with a cotton filled cloth with some acetone drops in order to to shine like the old polish 😊
As someone who is wreckless I wanna purposely not sand with the fibers on wood, but as the daughter of a woodworker the thought of doing that physical hurts
All of ur restorations are very good . But this isfrom one of your best restorations 👏👏👌 keep it up.
Although those gears are exposed , apply some grease to it to protect it from wearing out and also will reduce noise.
This is what a restoration should look like!! Thank You!!!!!😀😀😀
WOW, again. I remember one like that in class for a Electricity demo (NO, I'm not THAT old... 😁 ). 👏👏👏
thank you so much 😊
the polishing part with the drill was genius
and it's so satisfying to see the object disassembled but with all the bits looking shiny and new!
Wood working and metal works... Perfect restoration... 👌👌👍👍👍
thank you 😊
Restoring magnets to generate electricity is a good job Well done
This ist a really nice restoration again,
but i was wondering if the center Magnet may be not correctly oriented. When the black paint marking is applied, the magnets stuck to each other, which should not be the case as the magnets must have equal field orientation for operation in this generator. When the magnets e.g. north poles are getting marked black, the poles should have repelled and would need to be forced to stay side by side. If they stuck together as seen in the video the orientation would be NSN or SNS. video at 13:26
@SgtPiggie *troubling. his electronics restoration is troubling.
It does my heart good to see vintage mecha like this telecom generator working again as it was meant to. Superior work!
Very nice work! I’ve been binge watching all your videos. FYI - when sanding wood, it’s usually best to sand in the direction of the grain. Going across the grain puts scratches across the grain that are hard to remove.
thank you so much 😊, i realize that
Seen these things so many times on old films.. Had no idea how they functioned though.. Great job and thanks..
Queria saber, como é que ele lembra como montar tudo depois? 🤔
Incrível! Amo ver seus vídeos.
If he forgets how to put something together, he has the video of how he took it apart. (I hope that answers what you asked, I don't fully trust translate)
13:30 magnets must be repelled. there must be three identical poles in a row
Please don’t stop making videos, no matter how small the restoration! I always love them!!
2:00 two hours later: “ok, now i am curious if international space station will work with this...”
As an American, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that you also have flea markets overseas from me, and you use the same term for them as well! I'm a flea market NUT when the weather permits!
Always learning something new from your channel, no matter how old the video! Keep up the great work!
Charge a phone with a phone magneto, sounds fitting.
You are so very good at what you do...What a beautiful job...I love the way it is so clean and shiny.I see you take pride in what you do. You are very talented...
thanks for the Scotch Brite pad under the sandpaper to remove the burrs on the screw heads to avoid flatspotting them !
What an incredible level of patience. I barely have enough patience to watch a 30 min video.
Ideally, you should remagnetize those magnets.... or find a neodymium one to substitute those... then you can make it a emergency cellphone charger
The end result looks really good - like a well made modern replica of an old machine.
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Me: No way he can restore this
TysyTube: Hold my 🔧
The comment by Y B below is correct. I was a telephone technician for more than 20 years, and winding one of these sent alternating current down the phone wires to make the phone bell ring. The voltage that it generated would have been around 80-volts. Because a phone bell is operated by 2 electro-magnets, it requires alternating current to make them operate in turn, making the bell ring. Once the ringing has stopped, a telephone operates on around 48-volts DC during normal conversation.
I really would have left the wood as is. Gave it character. Still a great restore! Great vid!
thank you so much 😊
I wouldn't have filed down the screws and cast pieces either, it's what gives the piece it's look .... That and as you could see it ended up exposing imperfections like air bubbles in the cast iron
I agree with the timber restore. steel wool and metho to remove only the varnish. you have removed the patina.
I agree by the time it was all sanded down and filled with wood putty might as well just made a new box if wanted to to look new. Left the old box to somebody that would only restore it.
for my taste I agree, But I also appreciate what he is trying to do here.
i need a polishing wheel after seeing the job you did on those gears. Outstanding!
this would be so impractical to have nowadays but goddamn do i want this thing, it looks so cool
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*Emergency radio.*
Emergency Lights!!! LOL
I don't think it's impractical. If you watch the old movies, you can see, that all it took was about one seconds of twisting that thing, for making a call. The rest had to be done by the operator. And it's more environmentally friendly. Image all the applications that Grumpy John listed, plus even more he didn't write down, used by billions of people world wide - that would save the need for some nuclear plants. Also it has the big bonus, of being independent, in case of power failures, that's especially important for making emergency calls. With today's IP based telephony, the non availability of emergency calls leads to an increasing number of casualities. There are already statistics about this problem. The whole IP infrastructure is notoriously unreliable, and using this for emergency situations is like setting a fox to keep the geese.
Telephone magnetos can generate up to 100 volts, or even more with bigger 5-bar ones. And you don't even have to crank it that fast. Not only are they a cool display as an antique, but I can definitely think of a lot of practical uses! Hook up a small gas engine to it (like maybe even a weed eater engine) and you have a very light, portable emergency generator. Connect a rectifier to convert the output to DC, and you can use it to recharge batteries, power a radio, etc.
I missed this one, it came out amazing! You are the best restoration expert on UA-cam.
I bet you use these videos to remind yourself how everything you take apart goes back together.
Now you should find a matching phone for the magneto and restore it. And kudos for the restoration.
“OK, let’s go back to work“ funny 😄
15:55 i thought he was finna do a few lines of wood dust to keep himself going
Out of all the restoration channels I have watched, you are by far the best. You’re the most thorough, the most detailed and the care and time and especially effort that you put into your restorations and your videos is supreme. Thank you for inspiring me and giving me a newfound appreciation for restoration and preserving antiquities. 👌👌👌
What to do:? hook it up in your house, the other to a bell/ring in your workshop. When your significant other needs you to come from the workshop, they 'dial' this box, and you hear a ring! (come and get dinner!!!)
I just watched this video for about the third time over the past year. One thing that you can do with it is make a clear cover for it and add all of the polished metal trim to it. With a wooden cover, you cannot see the inner workings or beauty of your hard work. 😎👍. You are a true master.
I enjoy your videos, but I think you would do well to get a selection of various size screwdrivers which better fit the screws. In this instance, a couple of gunsmiths screwdrivers would be a good choice.
maybe some one want to sponsor me
Yes, you cannot beat old school screwdrivers I have a growing collection of old tools. But you have to make do with what you have until you find some reasonable priced ones keep a lookout at the flee market.
32:40 i like the ending part where you show all of your finished product. I hope that you include this on your every new uploads.
"THIS is the future Charles, NOT telegram!"
😉
No this is PATRICK!
Thanks...I always wanted to take one of those apart when I was a kid. They looked like magic, gears, magnets 🧲, wires, nuts and bolts...and it would give you a shock! I imagined all the different things it could be hooked up to....Thanks
I'd use it as an Emergency generator for lights or a a radio. incase of a storm strong enough to knock out the power.
Before the restoration it looked pretty easy. Once it was apart it looked impossible! Nice work!
Since it was part of a phone, making it charge a new cell phone would be cool.
Make a module that has a capacitor bank that feeds a 5v step down converter, that powers a female USB port :)
Good luck though, although it would work, it will take a very long time to charge a cell phone. Also, the difficulty in turning will be related to the amount of current supplying, so you will probably need to add an inline resistor before the capacitor bank to keep the handle from being totally locked up when the capacitors are uncharged.
@Michael DiLorenzo Capacitor bank would allow you to be a bit inconsistent with your crank speed, large enough and it will allow you to take momentary breaks.
@@rich1051414 you could use a few li-ion with a bridge rectifier and charge circuit so it would charge up and then you could plug in your phone using a 5v regulatior
You could if you stepped down the voltage and rectified it to DC...but why would you want to? I definitely wouldn't want to be sitting there, cranking it for an hour. Now if you hooked up a small engine to crank it instead, then you'd have a small, lightweight generator that you could use to recharge batteries or whatever else you want to do...THEN you'd be in business.
@@ct6502c without the engine would be useful in places without ready power such as a natural park or campsite
Great job!!! Adding an acrylic case to highlight the ingenuity of the magneto would be a nice feature.
Find a windmill to restore to turn the handle and use it to charge up torch battery.
yea good idea
I don't know why, but I find the screws in this thing to be extremely satisfying. They look of utmost quality
These videos are kinda like ASMR in a way
I love your videos there so satisfying to watch I watch about 7 every night before bed great work
One magnet is turned the wrong way
Yep, it only runs ai 1/3 power now because of that.
@@galvanaut7119 the same reason why it's easier to spin
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that
@@blackturbine Ah yes, Lenz's law!
some pretty smart comments for youtube XD it's been a while since i was able to read something based entirely on physics that i agree with and i fully understand the principles behind but not the actual laws at hand, AKA i learned something without needing to learn a bunch of support material, and that is always the best isn't it?
It’s correct, the other two are reversed.
Great technique repairing the cracks in the wood.
it certainly looks fun to load the smartphone in public with it.
„my battery is empty!"
„wait, I've got something here!"
this will be so funny 😂
@@TysyTube add a capacitor and a 5v regulator to it,then use it to recharge a small usb battery.
i think is 110v 120v
you can attach a power supply to reduce the voltage (with 5x usb port, for you and your friends). if manual cranking becomes too hard, please consult an electrical engineer to install an electric motor for the drive. that there is not something on the market is a mystery to me ... :-)
Sorry - a place without power: use a steam engine!
I like the brass screws on this thing. They are beautifully made, probably one-by-one on a manual or semi-auto lathe.
French resistance used them to detonate explosives during WW2
maybe because is make a good shocking current
@@TysyTube it is shocking when you hear that French had resistance:XDDDDD
Also used to torture pows for interrogation
@@flyagaric007 BS. If it wasn't for the French army the British would never have made it from Dunkirk. If it wasn't for the French resistance the landings wouldn't have been so successful. Too bad "Monty" was such an idiot.
Incredible your power of memorization! All your work is exceptional!
Just a suggestion, I don't know if it would work but have you tried something like a rock tumbler to get the little hardware shiny? Then you wouldn't have to stand there for 2 hours getting the smallest screws shiny. Or maybe use a little vibrating machine. Just a thought.
Either way it looks awesome. I love old school electric gadgets. What do you do with the stuff you restore?
Edit; miss spelled a word.
thank you 😊, maybe i will make a machine like that, will be more easy, but i don’t know if can polish, i keep all for now, but i want to make some giveaways at 100K
I know here in the states Harbor Freight makes this vibration machine that comes with different size and shape ceramic beads that are for polishing.
www.harborfreight.com/5-lb-metal-vibrator-tumbler-67617.html
I don't know if you have anything like Harbor Freight in Europe but I'm sure you can find something. And I have no doubt you will be celebrating 1million subscribers one day. You do some awesome work.
@@TysyTube Pretty easy to make a tumbler but if you want a polished finish look into making a wet tumbler. People that reload often wet tumble their spent brass and it makes it look almost new. Might get on some gun forums to look around for ideas.
@@TysyTube If you can find a small rock tumbler or make one, I put small brass or rusted steel pieces in mine with a few handfulls of small steel ball bearings and very short clippings of wire, along with a bit of hot soapy water. It removes a lot of rust and leaves brass gleaming, and doesnt harm pieces or make them look too new
@@TysyTube www.amazon.fr/SMARTRELOADER-SR737-Tumbler-Nano-220V/dp/B004ZIO2FM/ This is the one I use to polish brass cases. They work quite well, and can use many different polish media.
I love seeing antiques restored I have a 57 Chevy that I drive and i am going to use it to shower a wedding on the 25th
8:15 - Ikea's puzzle - level Nightmare
just a nice job,the guy is like an artist
Maybe you could add to the description how many hours it took? Of put it in the screen at the end. I would really love to know!! 😊
Nice restoration, it looks like it just came from the factory. Great vid
Add capacitor across the output.
that would be my choice as well
AfroTechMods style?
It's bad idea, output is not constant polarity.
Not an electrolytic capacitor, that's for sure!
@@ct6502c It's pointless to add any capacitor. What purpose of it? Decoration? In AC circuits the any capacitor is a load which grows with rotates per time…
So impressed with your level of perfection on this restoration. Every screw gets polished, and first I was thinking, why is he doing that? Final product is a piece of art. Bravo.
44 screws
Smooth operator;-) So pretty, it should have a glass case.
Nice job
Will you ever Restore your background wall cement 😁😁
maybe, you don’t like it?
@@TysyTube lol
TysyTube Restoration
I like every thing about your channel
Just messing with you
i'm coming here from the late videos, and definetly you improved your skills, this is more like a "standard" restoration video, and now you have you own style, and improved very much the production ¡Congratulations!
Send it to ElectroBoom so he can put it on his scope.
Awesome work on the magneto, and it works smoothly and more quietly, too. It puts out a lot of current. Good work.
Modern universal screwdriver is not fine for this devices.
It hurts me to see him using the smallest bit to tighten such large screws, especially since they're mostly brass. At the end, when he tightens the hand crank, you can clearly see it's leaving a mark.
Yeah and those are like custom hand made screws from a manual lathe.
I bet a gunmakers screwdriver would work better.
The result is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
How'd you keep track of the polarity of the magnets?
Probably why it took 2 hours to assemble.
He never tracked it, see in 13:24 - magnets should not attract when with same polarity, but on film does… Another film „let's polish f…unny thing, who cares about the laws of physics”
Beautiful restoration! Just me personally, I would have left the wood enclosure with the original stain, but cleaned it a bit. Just one of the things I love about wood is its great ability to tell the story of the machine.
How the heck do you remember how to put these things back together???