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Author Topic: BBC Four programme The Reassembler on 1950's telephon  (Read 1961 times)

sheddyian

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BBC Four programme The Reassembler on 1950's telephon
« on: April 06, 2016, 07:58:03 PM »

A mildy interesting programme on BBC Four the other evening, James May is assembling old equipment by hand and talking about it as he does.  In this programme, he reassembles a 1950 Post Office bakelite telephone, which he says was the first model to have an internal bell. 

MIght be of interest to some here.

http://bbc.in/1UUbELw

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Re: BBC Four programme The Reassembler on 1950's telephon
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2016, 09:36:47 PM »

I want that screwdriver!  :cool:
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Re: BBC Four programme The Reassembler on 1950's telephon
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2016, 10:06:41 PM »

I want that screwdriver!  :cool:

I think I still have one somewhere.

Did anybody else spot that he missed a piece. He made a great fuss of the fact that the circular perspex disc that goes in the centre of the dial had a locating hole for no apparent reason. The reason for the hole was for the retaining circlip which he failed to replace.

Circlip can be seen in this picture.
« Last Edit: April 06, 2016, 10:32:30 PM by licquorice »
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