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Vintage Telephone Challenge
Oct 1^st, 2012 at 8:29am

I entered my Walnut Vintage Telephone in the Oklahoma State Fair and got First Place. If you want a great challenge try turning one of these. Each piece is hollow and the telephone can be turned into a real working phone. I even added the fine details such as the small rubber parts that go where the wire comes out of the base and into the phone, and these parts were real small and were also turned from walnut as well. I used a flat nylon boot string for the cord. Anyone up for the challenge?

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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1,589 Depoe Bay Oregon Oregon USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #1 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 9:14am Now that's really cool! I would have never thought about making one but I have always like that style phone. Thanks for sharing a nice peace of art and a great idea.
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Kathy Jekel WR Addict Offline Life... time and space, it's up to you to fill it! Posts: 1,038 Chandler Oklahoma USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #2 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 9:32am Thanks. I forgot to mention, there were nine pieces turned and I used a small brass pin to attach the head piece to the stem. This allows the head piece to move up and down.
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Dave Buckwalter Senior Member Offline WR Rocks and rolls! Posts: 379 Lititz Pennsylvania USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #3 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 10:52am Congratulations on first place! impressive piece of art work smiley=thumbsup.gif smiley=thumbsup.gif
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Robert Harper WR Addict Offline WR doesn't rock, it RULES! Posts: 3,023 Salt Lake City, UT Utah USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #4 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 11:03am Nice. That looks like fun but I don't know how you could make a call. There weren't keypads back then.
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Tommy Ellis Senior Member Offline Maybe I should have thought this through. Posts: 260 Unionville Tennessee USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #5 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 11:07am Congrats!!! on your win. That is a great piece of work.
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david seaba WR Addict Offline Semper Fi ! Posts: 539 Broken Arrow,Ok Oklahoma USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #6 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 11:34am Congrats and Very Nice Kathy!!
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Len Layman WR Addict Offline What have I got into?? Posts: 3,118 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Gender: PM 3520b Jet 1220	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 12:05pm Very well done. Congratulations on the win.
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John Lawson WR Addict Offline Wombats rule! Posts: 1,582 The Adirondacks New York USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #8 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 12:52pm I like that, Kathy, very much. I am fascinated with the idea of objects assembled from turned parts, but I still have a long way to go before I can match that.
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Jack Hunsucker Senior Member Offline I am a part of all that I have met. Posts: 369 Lawton, Oklahoma Oklahoma USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #9 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 3:08pm Kathy, I get to try. I've been commissioned to turn 12 phones for the musical "NO NO Nannette" this year.
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Kathy Jekel WR Addict Offline Life... time and space, it's up to you to fill it! Posts: 1,038 Chandler Oklahoma USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #10 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 8:46pm Many thanks for the nice comments. Wow, to have a commission to turn 12 phones...hope the pay is good. That's a lot of work. Would love to see pics when you are finished with them.
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David Hamann WR Administrator WR Patron Offline papadave Posts: 5,701 Pasco WA Washington USA Gender: Jet 1014VSI	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #11 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 9:39pm congratulations on your win with the beautiful telephone. be sure and enter it in the Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or . smiley=thumbsup.gif smiley=thumbsup.gif
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Kathy Jekel WR Addict Offline Life... time and space, it's up to you to fill it! Posts: 1,038 Chandler Oklahoma USA Gender:	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #12 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 10:07pm Not sure I could take a picture to meet all the qualifications. But may try it.
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Breck Whitworth WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,227 Gulfport Mississippi USA Gender: PM 3520-B	Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge Reply #13 - Oct 1^st, 2012 at 11:21pm Wow Kathy that is incredible! Congrates on your success. smiley=thumbsup.gif
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Re: Vintage Telephone Challenge
Reply #14 - Oct 2^nd, 2012 at 5:09pm

I was just thinking about this project. 1, it's cool and I really like every part of it. You did a great job with every aspect of the project. But secondly, where did you get the sizes for each of the pieces? Did you have an old phone to measure or did you find the specs somewhere to go by? Where you just guessing how large/small to make each piece? Tell us more please.
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