Found this "antique?" in my grandma's barn!

[Tae361]

Check this thing out, seems like it sends and receives Morse Code signals.

Anyone know anything about these? I have a photo of some sort of engraving it has on it. I cant really make out what it says with my naked eye so I'm in the process of enhancing it.

 

[gtsfirefighter]

Antiques Roadshow here we come!

 

[funky_monkey58]

Dude that is bad ass.

 

[DsBetterHalf]

Yupp, it is an old Morse Code relay. Don't know anything about them, though, sorry.

 

[Doward]

It's called a telegraph

That's how shit was first done wirelessly. *sigh* I love old antiques like that. PLEASE do not throw it away - I'd love to refurbish something like that!!

 

[Supracentral]

That one was produced by Signal Electric Mfg and is a Morse Code Telegraph Sounder & Telegraph Key.

A good search term for it would be a "Signal Telegraph Sounder".

There are quite a few of them on eBay at the moment:

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=si...d=m270.l1313&_odkw=signal+telegraph&_osacat=0

 

[Poodles]

It's actually two parts, the part on the right my dad has one of...

They're still used today...

 

[Tae361]

Hahaha i'm not going to throw it away, I would like to refurbish it and see what it can do. seems like a nifty find that I found.

 

[supraman7mgte]

Wow,that's a nice find!
A real piece of communication history!
I would rercommend just cleaning it well and leaving it as is

 

[Tae361]

Wow,that's a nice find!
A real piece of communication history!
I would rercommend just cleaning it well and leaving it as is

I was thinking about giving it to my circuit theory professor to fix up real nice for me. Hes 70,000 years old so he will love it.

 

[zachm611]

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[Tire Shredder]

even though they aren't worth all that much....

Imagine the thing in basement or "games room" maybe in a den. That thing would make a really great piece with it's brass parts polished to a mirror shine and it's metal parts re plated, the wood sanded, re stained and re varnished to a mirror gloss...

perhaps make a small glass case for it, with a little light on it.

damn, now I kinda want one.


If you're interested in restoring it, www.caswellplating.com has all kind of polishing and plating supplies that would be perfect for such a thing.