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Originally Posted by stevehertz
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Originally Posted by Herald1360
Going back to the 1890s, there was a series in Boys Own Paper about making (literally here) and using your own internal telephone system. The only ready made part they suggested was the microphone, though the description of how they worked suggested a homebrew version (admittedly using parts possibly not available then) using a carbon rod from a U2 and a couple of dynamo brushes. It worked quite well! It was also, oddly enough, the only part that I actually made  |
How old are you?!  |
66. I got the bound copies of BoP to browse when they were passed on to my Dad when his boss's dead father's house was being cleared. Probably around 1962 or 1963. We got our first telly (a BBC only Bush set) and a wind-up gramophone from the same source.