Western Electric 295L subset?

[Sargeguy]

I was at a flea market in Mansfield CT today and found this diamond in the rough for $15:







The wiring schematic is gone, the condenser looks bulkier than the standard type.  Its missing a few terminals.  

[poplar1]

I don't know what the L signifies, but I think this is a 295L and not a 293L. 293 has a hookswitch and when transmitter and receiver are added forms part of the 1293 wall set.

[AE_Collector]

SargeGuy's gonna KICK himself for making that 293/295 mistake again. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who is getting OLD!

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=7602.0

Terry

[Sargeguy]

I'm only 45.  Its all those hockey pucks to the head from my youth!

[Sargeguy]

I dug the 295L out from under the bench and stripped it.  It had 2 layers of paint cream, then red) on it and blue paint drizzled on the inside.  The red came off easily but the red was a little more stubborn and required sanding.  I got to use my new Fein MM 250Q to good effect.  I recommend using the soft sanding pad and sandpaper, especially the finger sanding pads, over the standard pad.  I coated it with some Restor-A-Finish (TIP put the Restor-A-Finish in a salad dressing squeeze bottle, it makes life easier) and it looks pretty good so far.  I think I try some shellac as the final coat, to keep things authentic.  Progress so far:  

[Sargeguy]

I shellacked it with spray shellac, sanding it with 0000 steel wool between coats. I added a couple bells recently plated by dencins.

[twocvbloke]

I shellacked it with spray shellac, sanding it with 0000 steel wool between coats. I added a couple bells recently plated by dencins.

That's an impressive size, that hippo has been crushed by it... 

[Phonesrfun]

Beautiful restoration!

[Dennis Markham]

Very nice, Greg.  Beautiful restoration job!