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GPO Dial Blank Question

Started by FABphones, January 29, 2019, 09:28:22 AM

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FABphones

Today I have been having a bit of a tidy up in my spares boxes and came across this Bakelite dial blank.

I knew I had it but it doesn't seem to fit the GPO 200 series phones (and therefore probably not the 300 either?) - does anyone know which phone this would have come from? I have several #3 blanks so I know it is not a #3 (also not the same shape). Nothing written on the reverse.

Any ideas?

ETA: Third photo is of dial blank #3 for comparison.
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twocvbloke

Possibly for a candlestick dial cup?

FABphones

Quote from: twocvbloke on January 29, 2019, 10:17:31 AM
Possibly for a candlestick dial cup?

Hmm, thanks, but not sure, I have put it up against mine and it looks wrong. The off centre fitting is unusual.

Pic below (from internet) of a dial blank for a candlestick (#4 I think). Smaller rim.

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FABphones

2cv, your reply got me thinking outside of the box  ;D so to speak, and after a while my search led me (almost) back home. I had searched for manual, so moved on to magneto phones and waddaya know :) look what I found.

It looks very likely that my dial blank may have been adapted from a magneto phone.
http://www.britishtelephones.com/gec/st3100.htm

This dial blank has been a mystery since I got it in a joblot. No longer.  :)
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twocvbloke

Now all you need is a magneto phone to attach it to... :D

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Quote from: twocvbloke on January 29, 2019, 01:40:42 PM
Now all you need is a magneto phone to attach it to... :D

Nooooo... I have a couple of Magneto Laurents, that's quite enough for me. But now you mention it there were some magneto handles in the same joblot and a whole load of other 'unrecognisable' parts.

This evening I know stuff I never knew this morning.  :)

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