Vintage GEC Telephone Extension Bell Restoration

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/ @ajrestoration Welcome back, Ladies and Gentlemen! A viewer sent me this bell a few months ago and when I finally got the parts I needed I jumped right in and restored this beautiful telephone extension bell.
This style bell was Produced by GEC and introduced around 1939 and available until the late 1980s.
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  • @jeffr0
    @jeffr02 жыл бұрын

    look at the thickness of the metal used on that. today, everything would be plastic another nice restoration, AJ.

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much! Yes they don't make it like they used to.

  • @johnconnor555
    @johnconnor5552 жыл бұрын

    Just awesome, AJ you did'it again !!! Amazing job to bring back to life this old thing . Just like a master !!! 👍👍👌👌❤❤❤👋👋

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks!

  • @Austeration
    @Austeration2 жыл бұрын

    Cool project 👍 cleaned up nicely. I love the shiny brass bells. Job well done. Thanks for sharing AJ

  • @kelsenellenelvianeverdawn1946

    @kelsenellenelvianeverdawn1946

    2 жыл бұрын

    I read that as shiny brass balls...

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too haha

  • @TopCat2021
    @TopCat20212 жыл бұрын

    Great job on the restoration! The reflection in the bells reminded me of a line from the song "Word Up" LOL

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    So true haha.Thank you very much!

  • @lpconserv6074
    @lpconserv60742 жыл бұрын

    Very nice job. Will await the magneto restoration !!!

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    You and me both!

  • @re-fix9678
    @re-fix96782 жыл бұрын

    nice job👍👍

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @LFKGooner
    @LFKGooner2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video. Enjoyed it. Love the calls of the African birds in the background. They provide a sweet soundtrack.

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @lolcec81
    @lolcec812 жыл бұрын

    Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера.

  • @idkidk8278
    @idkidk8278 Жыл бұрын

    Nice restoration

  • @yeagerxp
    @yeagerxp2 жыл бұрын

    Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

  • @BUTCH0120
    @BUTCH01202 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work, as always. Car wax on brass prevents tarnishing.

  • @mskayla7747
    @mskayla77472 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done. Looking forward to the magneto restoration. 🙂

  • @vinceianni4026
    @vinceianni40262 жыл бұрын

    Hi AJ beautiful restoration good job well done friend

  • @RestorationAustralia
    @RestorationAustralia2 жыл бұрын

    Cool project, well done.😊

  • @slimwantedman6694
    @slimwantedman66942 жыл бұрын

    Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

  • @jacquesmeyer1122
    @jacquesmeyer11222 жыл бұрын

    Wel gedaan. Pragtig 👌

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Baie baie dankie!

  • @19Bmiller
    @19Bmiller Жыл бұрын

    Beautifully done, congratulations

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @robertmailhos8159
    @robertmailhos81592 жыл бұрын

    I thought of the song ring my bell by Anita ward while you were working on this Bell alert system for the telephone.

  • @nurmaybooba
    @nurmaybooba2 жыл бұрын

    this is so nice.Such a nice ring...at first I thought the magneto was a pencil sharpener! silly me

  • @andymiller5611
    @andymiller56112 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, dude! Another cracking restoration!

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!

  • @randomprojectstube
    @randomprojectstube2 жыл бұрын

    Great job, I really enjoyed watching, thanks 👍

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Random Projects Tube👍

  • @MetalRestorationBho
    @MetalRestorationBho2 жыл бұрын

    Big Fan Bro Big Fan♥ This is a masterpiece. Congratulation from Vietnam.😉👍🍺

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @CindyWin
    @CindyWin2 жыл бұрын

    Good restoration. The coils are not directly commoned. The first coil is terminated at terminals 1&2, and the second coil to terminals 3&4. The metal link (2&3) commons the coil. That is how the original is.

  • @DaimlerSleeveValve
    @DaimlerSleeveValve2 ай бұрын

    I'm always amazed how many KZreadrs spend 5 minutes pockmarking a surface in a sandblasting cabinet just to spend an hour and a half polishing the same surface afterwards. The thickness of the metal will, of course, have been reduced by half a millimetre.

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 ай бұрын

    half a millimeter? There is no way that much material is removed. maybe a tenth of a millimeter, and that's being generous.

  • @mitallerperu2306
    @mitallerperu23062 жыл бұрын

    Buen trabajo como siempre

  • @tomswindler64
    @tomswindler642 жыл бұрын

    I like it I like it haven’t seen something like that in a long time.you never disappoint.keep it up 👍👍👍😎😎😎

  • @mauricioh.moreira6347
    @mauricioh.moreira63472 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍 tomei um susto ali 10:23 kkkkkk bom video

  • @markneo1
    @markneo12 жыл бұрын

    Ótimo trabalho.👏👏👏🇧🇷

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @carlosandino821
    @carlosandino8212 жыл бұрын

    Currently this piece doesn't have much function, but a good current function is to connect it to an alarm clock in a way that amplify the sound of the same. For a college student this would be perfect: it's not something that wakes up a college student after a semester ends!

  • @a.s.j.g6229

    @a.s.j.g6229

    Жыл бұрын

    Or use it as a doorbell

  • @mikesavad
    @mikesavad2 жыл бұрын

    what is that little dance you were doing in the reflection in the end shot?

  • @rgauchosma
    @rgauchosma2 жыл бұрын

    Não teve como renovar a borracha?

  • @erikalmighty
    @erikalmighty2 жыл бұрын

    You hook that to your cell phone?

  • @imbyrd5357
    @imbyrd53572 жыл бұрын

    Aye guys kinda funny

  • @jamesfield5346
    @jamesfield5346 Жыл бұрын

    I am trying to restore an old 1970's sears solid O2X welding torch. My problem is I can only find them complete. I only want parts and the front panel emblem. Any ideas where to look for parts? I've tried ebay, amazon

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    Жыл бұрын

    I have no idea, sorry.

  • @jamesfield5346

    @jamesfield5346

    Жыл бұрын

    @AJ Restorations thanks anyways.

  • @samanthaojaniemi4518
    @samanthaojaniemi45187 ай бұрын

    I've always wondered, what is the purpose of the yellow/blue passivation? Is it aesthetic? I always like the bright white zinc and then it turns yellow 😂

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    7 ай бұрын

    The passivation seals and cures the zinc coating so it lasts longer, the blue and yellow is purely aesthetic but both does the same thing.

  • @samanthaojaniemi4518

    @samanthaojaniemi4518

    7 ай бұрын

    @@AJRestoration Interesting!!! Thank you!! Sorry for dragging you back to such an old video, I'm in the middle of rewatching everything. Keep up the good work!!!

  • @Danechip
    @Danechip Жыл бұрын

    At 8:13 what is in the 'Acid Pickle' please, Hydrochloric acid/hydrogen chloride

  • @Tatal.b
    @Tatal.b2 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍🇧🇷

  • @cathybenson5119
    @cathybenson5119 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds a bit windy at your place the day you filmed this. Lol.

  • @sebastiannielsen
    @sebastiannielsen2 жыл бұрын

    You connected the magnets wrong, so the magnets now work against each other, why the bell doesn't have the most effective sound. What you need to do, is to swap the connection of the second magnet. The second magnet is supposed to be wired "backwards", so when the alternating current goes into the bell, the first magnet will pull the tab, and the second magnet will push the tab, and then vice versa. If you swap the connections of the second magnet, you will get a much stronger sound.

  • @pfadiva
    @pfadiva2 жыл бұрын

    It's a nice job. But I'm not sure why you did the wiring with it mounted on the board. Would have been easier to wire and then assemble on the board, IMO.

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    I liked it this way, it was just more open and easier to access. It felt natural to wire it like that.

  • @pfadiva

    @pfadiva

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AJRestoration good enough explanation. Thanks for replying.

  • @kahlid-ataya
    @kahlid-ataya2 жыл бұрын

    0:05 it looks like mickey mouse 😁

  • @be007
    @be0072 жыл бұрын

    nice ! although I have to say that I don't think the powder coating is a good choice, because it,s to modern, I would rather have seen some kind of enamel.

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hate enamel paint, if I can, I avoid it.

  • @be007

    @be007

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AJRestoration, real enemel is more from that era, just my opion, nothing more.

  • @user-dr3fb9cw9q
    @user-dr3fb9cw9q2 жыл бұрын

    Электрические магниты делал другой мастер?

  • @idkidk8278
    @idkidk8278 Жыл бұрын

    That belly button seem high up lol

  • @dingdong7440
    @dingdong74402 жыл бұрын

    Nooooo!. You should speed up the 5 painful minutes of slowly unscrewing screws, not the sandblasting!. It's the other way round!!!. 🤣🤣

  • @peterssynthetics-independe6786

    @peterssynthetics-independe6786

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep. If you want to go slow on something, do it with the sandblasting. The screws can be sped up!

  • @Greatrestoration
    @Greatrestoration2 жыл бұрын

    Nice job bro❤️👍

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks 🔥

  • @samim208
    @samim2082 жыл бұрын

    Nice restoration

  • @AJRestoration

    @AJRestoration

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!