What To Do With Old Vinyl Records

The cuffs above have been made from an old 45 rpm yellow tinted grand funk railroad record due to which they are in extremely limited supply.

What to do with old vinyl records.

All you need is an vinyl record and an old clock mechanism. Once heated your record will easily bend and you can shape it to be the perfect bookend. If your records are not suitable for re use or re sale they will need to be disposed of in the rubbish bin. Your old records may not be worth as much as you d hoped but that doesn t mean you shouldn t cash in on the vinyl resurgence.

This book would make a beautiful guest book or birthday gift for a music lover. A great piece to add to your decor or use to store your jewelry keys and other small items. Source lp record coaster. Stack your favorite wines in this wine rack.

Vinyl records were created decades ago with the first developed around the time of 1890 according to 78rpm. This makes it easy to see if a particular record is increasing in value over time or going down as interest sometimes wanes. Early vinyl records spun at an rpm speed of 78 until 1949 when 45 and 33 rpm s were developed. Vinyl records are easy to melt and shape.

A lp record cupcake stand. Turn an old vinyl record into a decorative bowl. Make a unique clock your friends will be wowed. This incredible sphere made from old vinyl records is one of the most amazing in this list for sure apparently it is easy to make because when heated the vinyl sticks to the chicken wire frame inside of it and the best bit of all is that the longer it is outside in the sun the smoother it will get.

We ve been buying lps 45s 78s 12 singles for well over 15 years. When heated vinyl is actually pliable enough to take all manner of shapes without losing its form so if you can t get enough of vinyl you can do more than just hang it around your neck. If you have rare discs you may be able to sell them via online websites such as cash4records or vinyl exchange. Still the millions of record sales on the site each year do provide some good insight into overall vinyl records value and can also show trends over the past decade or so.

Records were the only way to listen to recorded music until cassette tapes became available. Tutorial via the surznick common room 4. In order to make record bookends you just have to boil water about an inch in a flat bottomed heat resistant container and dip the record into the hot water.