HISTORY:
At the beginning of my career in electronics, many moons ago, I worked in the telephony industry in NZ. After a few years in the tech side (Fault Control Centre & Exchange techie) I could see the rapid advancement of technology would mean the end of my job as I knew it and left that industry.
However the flame has always burned for all things relating to telephones, both at the subscriber, exchange and all things in between (even loading coils!) So whenever I crossed paths with some telephone equipment, I 'collected' it.
The last few years have been cleanup time with a LOT of the gear finding new owners and now I am approaching the end of my telephone gear collection but I still find some 'dribs n drabs' of equipment - this subscriber instrument component is one of those items.
Before this 802 underwent 'the operation' on the workshop bench, this was a type 802 subscriber telephone BUT the handset was not serviceable and the case had already been donated to other equipment
Obviously this component is aimed at those who share a similar passion for those good ol' days of 2 wire lines, A & B wires, 'boxes' and 'cabinets' and who could forget those aerial lines (meaning wires up in the air between poles) with the glass or porcelain insulators? ... Ah those were the days
Enough of the background to this component, time to tell you all about it ...
STC - Rotary Dial Support Bracket(s) ONLY
Removed from an early 800 Series telephone subscriber instrument
Made available separate to the 802 rotary dial HERE so that anyone who is interested has maximum flexibility to choose only purchasing the components they require.
I have two types available, the details are:
Part # MSD-1 STC logo (these details are stamped into one side of each bracket)
Basically this bracket has three 13.15mm long slots, two are for to support the dial mechanism and the other slots onto the telephone metal framework. The MSD-1 dial support slots are 0.75mm (approximately) wide.
Part # MSD-3 STC logo and part number stamped into one side of the bracket only
This bracket also has three long slots, but the two dial mechanism slots are slightly longer at 13.25mm and much wider at 1.9mm
Material: Soft (ish) flexible pvc
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO damage to any of the support brackets
These brackets has now been sealed in clear plastic to preserve the condition while it awaits a new owner
NOTE: I have listed these brackets individually i.e for a dial installation you will normally require two of these.
