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I love the look of a vintage rotary phone and had a couple of them lying around begging to be brought back to life. In a fit of inspiration, I decided...
Tools you will need: 1. Soldering iron 2. Drill with a bit slightly larger than your charger cord 3. Miscellaneous screwdrivers 4. Wire strippers 5. ...
Because I didn't want to completely destroy the phone, I took the time to remove all of the components, leaving only the stand that holds the dial ass...
Here's how this goes: 1. Cut both ends off the coiled cord of the car charger and throw them out or save them for something else. 2. Cut the wall ch...
In this step you are making sure that your wall charger cord fits through one of the holes in the earpiece cover. I drilled the center hole ever so sl...
Next it's time to get all of the cables in place: - Fit the end of the coiled cable into the opening where the cord of the telephone handset went in....
Strip the ends of the coiled and charger cord shielding where they meet in the handset. Strip the two wires on each of those, and write yourself a not...
Time for the rest of the connections. This is super easy because lots of room, and there's no threading to do. Just strip and solder, referring neurot...
All you need to do here is secure the cords. I used cable ties and a twist tie, just so things won't move around. Then put the cover back on the bas...
As you can see, when the USB cable is pushed into the retro phone earpiece and the handset placed on the cradle, it looks like a good old phone. (Les...
What I'd really like to do to polish this off is add a retractable cord to the wall charger, but I was unable to find one that had enough integrity fo...
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