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How to Make Your Own Lineman's Telephone

When this project is done, you will have your own one-piece telephone that will plug into any wall jack in the United States, plus an alligator clip adapter (to make your phone calls even if you can't find a jack).

1. Find a non-wireless telephone that has a cord as well as buttons on the h as well as set. Have a telephone wire crimper h as well as y.
2. Remove the small telephone clip from the end of the wire that goes into the base unit (which sits on the counter or hangs on the wall).
3. Strip the wire on the same end, so that it will go into a telephone clip.
4. Use the same size clip that goes into the wall as well as lightly crimp it on the end you stripped. Before crimping fully, plug the phone in as well as check for a dial tone. If you get a dial tone, crimp the clip tightly.
5. Strip an extra piece of telephone wire down to the red as well as green wires. Solder the alligator clips onto the wires.
6. If everything was done correctly, you will be able to plug the one-piece phone into any wall jack anywhere in the U.S. as well as dial out (on a working line). If there is no jack, the alligator clips will connect to the same color wires as well as dial out as well.

• This will not only provide you with a phone that will work anywhere, it will also take the place of a cell phone (if you don't like the monthly contract). It will work by plugging into any outside jack that is company-installed as well as working.
• Check the laws regarding the use of a phone jack at someone else's residence. This idea should only be used when you need to make an emergency phone call.
• The alligator clips can be used inside a telecomms box (green boxes in the UK) that are positioned in large neighbourhoods. This is illegal so should not be done.

• Use of someone else's telephone service without their permission is a federal felony ("theft of service") punishable by fine as well as /or jail.

• non-wireless telephone with buttons on the handset
• telephone plug crimper
• unused telephone plug
• two small alligator clips
• solder
• soldering gun

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Added: Thu Feb 02 2006

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