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Started by Doug Rose, April 08, 2022, 09:53:51 AM

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shadow67

that was great, thanks for sharing. I have bought several cloth cords from them

Doug Rose

Quote from: TelePlay on April 08, 2022, 10:51:56 AM
Obscure link.
not sure what is meant, "Obscure link" Link worked for me...Doug
Kidphone

FABphones

Maybe because it runs an advert rather than go directly to the news item.

I have viewed from the link above, and via that on the other site, unfortunately both played adverts beforehand.

Nice to 'meet' you Matt!

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countryman

Adblockplus cared for the advert for me, but it would be OK if it had appeared.

Great news story, thanks for posting!
There is a slow motion video of the cord braiding machine on oldphonework's homepage, but very interesting to see the environment also!

Babybearjs

John

TelePlay

Quote from: Doug Rose on April 08, 2022, 11:56:27 AM
not sure what is meant, "Obscure link" Link worked for me...Doug

Obscure on my iPhone and now I realize that the clip did not automatically start. All I saw what was listed below the black box and clicking on any of the links below the black box played the clicked link clip.

None of the links referenced OldPhoneWorks. The clip you were linking to did not play on my iPhone until I tapped the black box, and there was no indication anywhere on the page that I was to tap the black box to see the video (no white ">" in the center of the black box). No Adverts, no play arrow, no nothing.

Sitting in my car, the referenced link was unclear (obscure).

Clip loads by itself on my computer. Nice piece on OPW.

Doug Rose

Quote from: countryman on April 08, 2022, 12:30:47 PM
Adblockplus cared for the advert for me, but it would be OK if it had appeared.

Great news story, thanks for posting!
There is a slow motion video of the cord braiding machine on oldphonework's homepage, but very interesting to see the environment also!
OPW bought the Cord making machine from Odis LeVier, a gentleman who was a friend to the collector.

As memory serves   ::) Odis had the real deal that made cloth cords for WE. It was a trip to see it working....Doug
Kidphone

Doug Rose

No mention of Oldphoneguy Don Woodbury. I hope all is well...Doug
Kidphone

rdelius

Oldphjoneworks bought the Chicago Old Telephone  where I worked for about 25 years

Jim Stettler

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Quote from: Doug Rose on April 08, 2022, 01:17:48 PM
OPW bought the Cord making machine from Odis LeVier, a gentleman who was a friend to the collector.

As memory serves   ::) Odis had the real deal that made cloth cords for WE. It was a trip to see it working....Doug

Odis  had a shoelace machine that had been modified by a phone company to make cords.

He later bought a machine from Runzel and was able to make any Runzel cord.
He used to give out  copies of the Runzel catalog to simplify ordering.

Jim
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*************

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You dial it with your right hand.
You put your thumb on the thumb-hold  and pull the dial down  with your index finger.
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Thanks for sharing.

After doing business with them for several years, nice to see the inside of the business!
Benny

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