Candlestick Telephone for Google Home
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A remix of the attached made for a Google home thing. In-progress, not ready yet. From the other design: > Modeled after a 1915 candlestick phone. Early versions had no dial because you just lifted the earpiece and clicked the lever a few times to get the attention of the operator and told her the number or person you wanted to speak to. This is a fairly good representation of a 1915 candlestick phone ... > Pre Assembly chores. > Pipe needs to be cut to length of about 120mm or so. Suit yourself here. The length can be altered later as the entire assembly comes apart readily. > A. Cut a notch of about 20mm at one end of the pipe. (to allow the cable to exit the side of the bottom of the pipe) > B. Drill a 5 to 6mm hole (7/32) or so 50mm (2 inches) from the opposite end of the notch and at a 90 degree angle to the notch. This hole is for the earpiece hanger. Too low and the look is not "right", too high is much more preferable to too low, and the 90 degree hole is not set in stone as there is quite a bit of play and adjustment at assembly time. The notch is for the USB cord to exit the lower end and out the phone base to the rear easily. > C. Next is to acquire any old type of round cable, cord, small rope or what have you to use for the wire from the base to the earpiece. Long enough to look "real". Black should be the color, but again, your preference. > D. Cut, file, Dremel, two slots in the bottom of the Dome. They should be next to each other. These are used for the line outs for the USB cable and the line from the earpiece to the phone base. > Paint and final finish are totally up to you as these phones were normally made with wood and brass. Sometimes painted to match interiors (depending upon how influential you were! LOL!) So suit yourself! > I used 3/4 inch sprinkler pipe. Those in the UK might find some 34mm electrical plastic pipe. This needs the non slotted end nearest to the receiver and the USB plug out the slotted end. > Now feed the free USB plug end through the Dome..
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