Kammleiste (neuer Art) Strap connector

Didn’t noticed that I had collected and restored the basic gear of a field phone station for near a decade. After restored the strap connector recently dug out all the goodies from storage for taking group photos. Hope I can set up a complete display soon. Left to right: Der Feldfernsprecher 33 ( FF 33…
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Happy to finished the restoration. The whole unit is back to life, it is functional and in like new condition. Except the frame is a bit deformed, no longer straight, but the ‘Fingers’ was clamp on the ten line switch board to dry, made it fits perfectly. The broken label had also cleaned and restored,…
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The Rebuilt of the Locking Plate There are only couple of pics for reference from der-Fernmelder.de Lucky to have the help from Roger Beckmann took measures of his parts together with pics, now I knew how it looks like.     Pic. Roger Beckmann To assemble these pieces, a piano hinge, 1.5mm copper sheet and…
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The Restoration of the Bakelite Housing There are three grads of Bakelite, the base of the twenty ‘Fingers’ is smooth like a chocolate and very strong, withstand hammering and easy patch up by epoxy, then painted in dark brown. The second strong and tight Bakelite housing is the 30 holes socket frame, it also mounting…
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Wiring the Kammleiste It was very lucky that all 30 holes and its copper connector are all intact, conducting very well after cleaning. But only need to connect twenty holes (two rolls of ten holes). Obtained a modern 20 cores cable, all has numbers printed, but much thicker then the period wires. The stainless steel…
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Remove and install ‘Fingers’ There are three difference grade of Bakelite to combine the housing, the most solid it the base of the connectors, it is smooth like ABS in brown color. Tried to drill a 2mm hole beside each ‘finger’ to let it has room to move without develop cracks. Then gently tapping the…
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Two batches of replica connectors  ‘Fingers’ Made drawings for laser cut before actually pull out one single piece of rotten ‘Finger’ was a huge mistake. German design was never that simple, there are a shaft went through each connector to secure its position and anchor for pulling. The first batch (20 pieces) was unable to…
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Cleaning the Relic Just completely restored the Kammleiste. Let’s looking back when its status when received, as Petr was unable to restore it, he gave it to me on  2020. It was full of dirt and rust, after pick out all the hard dirt spray it by water and liquid soap. Amazingly found all 30…
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In memory of Petr Kadkik ( Garnder). He gave me this Strap Connector ‘Kammleiste (neuer Art)’ years ago, it is in relics condition, and I had no idea how to restore it. Not until this February I figure out the connectors can be cut by laser provided that the old connector can be remove without…
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