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lots of great examples for people to see, thanks guys.
I took a couple of pictures of my dad's shop while I was there.
One cool thing he did was to have air lines dropped at various places. He used hydraulic hose for the drops, that way if you hit your head on them they would move instead of bean you. Besides is brother makes them at his auto parts store.
He also dropped an outlet over his workbench so he could get power to the bench in the middle of the shop without running cords all over.
It's not the pegboard so much as it is that beige wallphone hanging next to it....not a complete antique as it does have pushbuttons!
I don't know if it is still working but it was a separate number from the house phone. So mom could call dad to bring him up from the shop when needed.
Dad never had a phone in his garage but Mom did have him run a buzzer line out there so she could "buzz" him in! She also had one run up to my bedroom so she could roust me out of bed without having to climb the steps in the morning. That's a thought, they have both been gone for sometime and had never seen the internet or a cell phone...what a great time to have been alive!
lThat's a thought, they have both been gone for sometime and had never seen the internet or a cell phone...what a great time to have been alive!
That is so true. Same with my parents.
On the farm we were on a party line. Three other neighbors and us. We had a phone in the house. But we had an extension in the egg cellar, two rooms under the chicken house. A cool room where we stored the eggs and a room with windows and a stove where we cleaned and graded the eggs. My parents and us kids spent a lot of time there. We had an extension there. That's where I'd go to call girls, away from listening sisters and Mom.
...speaking of telephones. I think I've mentioned elsewhere, if it's old and a household item, I'm likely to have one (or several):
The rotary phone was working up until a few years ago. I think maybe the signal changed making it (finally) obsolete. It was certainly well built and not likely to wear out through regular use.
The "crank" phone I think is operational too. It would just need a battery and the right type of signal. My dad used to bring these old phones home for me to take apart and play with. The Coast Guard was removing them in the 1950's and upgrading their lighthouses and other facilities with more modern equipment. Joe, if you had two of them, they would work for communicating between your shop and your house.
My brother has 20 something old radios. Some are floor models, some are table top. He is moving off the farm and has to downsize. He doesn't think he will get much for them .
Sorry Joe for the highjack. Abe, is this the same brother with the transmissions? I like old radios. I have three scattered about the house. My old radios all have family connections, but who knows, I could be in the market for something special?
Sorry Joe for the highjack. Abe, is this the same brother with the transmissions? I like old radios. I have three scattered about the house. My old radios all have family connections, but who knows, I could be in the market for something special?
Jim
Yes. Shall I get some pics for you? Floor model or table top? Some have a separate speaker unit.
Oh boy. What have I started? Probably the last thing my long suffering wife wants to see is another old radio in the house. I better just stick with transmission parts. They can be hidden in the garage. Sorry to raise expectations. Just because I like old radios doesn't mean I should have ten. I'll content myself with the three we have. My wife has gotten used to them.
That's like me and old clocks. I have 3 working clocks on our first floor. All 3 strike. All 3 have a family connection . The age runs from a grandfather's clock from 1796 to a banjo clock made in 1929. I have my wife's grandfather's clock in my basement workshop but is not working now.
Last I remember Joe was building a shop! Just kidding to the phone guys. I go off track in almost all my threads! Being old I did grow up with the old phones and party lines too.
Good times!
Joe how is the shop? Get the doors on yet?
Regards,
Chris
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