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Hi all, this is one of my projects i am working on. Its a 1872 AC electric Fire bell.

I have the square d switch as well, just waiting for the base to come in the mail.

I took the wire brush to it today, now i have to primer it then paint it. I am really excited to get this done!

Nice! Got some screen caps from the movie of the orginals

I would, if the video card on my tower hadnt had died. I will work on that!

ask and ye shall receive! I should have more pictures up tomorrow, i am going to be doing some painting and body work on it!

My bell isnt the same but still should look nice, I cant seem to find any information on what they used in the movie.

Just got back from working on the bell. I am impressed how much we got done!


the mounting box is sanded and ready from primer

the main body is sanded , ready for primer, and all of the electronics, cleaned and gone over

the striker arm has been sanded, smoothed, polished and sprayed with a clear enamel to lock in the nice shine

the bell, (shown here half way through) has been sanded, smoothed and lightly sanded again so it would be ready for paint tomorrow, and the back of the bell has been sanded as well and sprayed with a rust inhibitor to help protect it!
Not shown, is the transformer that has been wired to bring the 110v from a wall outlet down to 12.6v that the bell can handle. And the cover for the electronics has gotten some body work to get the dings out and covered in paint striper to remove the paint without damaging the tags.
All and all i call it a good night,

well, the bell is finished here are some pictures



I am really impressed on how well it came out. I just need to wait till the base of the button comes in then i can finish wiring it.

The santa hat on the slime blower made me laugh way more then it should have, the bell looks great!

Incredible work! That slime blower is amazing!

Thanks

wow, thats some insane work amigo, great job!

The bell looks awesome! Great job! And such a cool addition to that space. Great work, man!

Here is an update!



And for the surprise ending! Click the link to watch the video!
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x250 ... 135222.mp4

Looks fantastic! Janine would be proud

very cool. great job.

belldandy4087 wrote:Here is an update!



And for the surprise ending! Click the link to watch the video!
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x250 ... 135222.mp4

F***ing awesome.

Words fail me. Top-notch!

Alex

And BOOOM! here it is!

Wow. So cool. Excellent work!

Thanks!

Well, i finally got the last piece to this project!


The plate shown above was cheaper than i expected, which is good.


front




In the box is the transformer that drops the wall voltage of 110v to 12v which the bell can handle. I am amazed by the fact this bell is over 100 years old and still works. Whats more that it takes AC current. I guess it goes to show that they built things to last back then. Thanks for all the awesome comments. I hope you enjoy this as much as i do.

Your button looks great, and that bell turned out beautiful. VERY nice job ! !

wow. pretty cool!