There's something slightly morbid, yet appropriate about using broken records to finish a gramophone casing. :-)

watching this physically hurt me

My heart breaks seeing them be broken

Thanks for giving me nightmares about my 78s breaking.

It hurt me deeply to watch this.78RPM records are rare and expensive in China while they are worthless in the western country.I’m looking for 78 but it's hard to find them inChina.Watching you destroy these 78 is hard for me...

And it's things like this that cause us 78 collectors to never be able to sleep at night. The majority of these records are 80-90y/o some older. And between Wars, estates hauled to the landfill,old stores burned, ect..there numbers have depleted by at least 80% so the records that sold a million copies leaves only 200,000 which isn't that much considering this guy isn't the only one doing things like this. If I have a cracked or broke record in my collection I usually put them in a separate place and catalog them. Because who knows with things like this happening you might one day have the last one. This literally turned my stomach.

did you seriously smash a black patti? please for the love of god say no,

R.I.P 78's

This just hurts to watch RIP records😭😭

Truth is, I would still keep even broken 78 rpm records (only if all the peices are there) so I can glue it back together. If you have a 78 rpm thats split in half, try glueing it first before you throw it away. Usually, it works!

that is a good way to re use the bad records but only the bad and cracked and brocken ones . the rest you can listen to . it is a great idea to return the back to what they were before records

It hurts me deep just watching this

It's like some demented form of cannibalism.

Interesting emotional journey through this video, but by the end I was enthusiastically congratulating you! Worth noting though that cracked records can still be played and in some cases repaired either physically with superglue or using software tools to remove the click-click-click

idc if people do this as long as they aren't messing up usable records but if they r broken like mentioned then it's ok cus u can't use them as records if they r broken. I do like how you made a record player with the shellac from the old records as a staining agent. very cool

Note: that was not a real Black Patti that was destroyed. Even the damaged ones are worth a fortune.

Spoiling the good old 78 rpm record is a devilish approach

The skilled articifer is able to turn his work back into the raw material! I love this :D Never thought about using the shellac in the 78s as... Y'know, shellac? lol

Looking at the center piece (label from a 78) made me think you'll know a way (if not more than one) to nicely cut a shellac record into a shape of one's choice? help? really nice work overall!

You are GENIUS (!)

OMG, I honestly got very sad by watching part of history be destroyed like that. Isn’t there another way to get those beautiful results?

CAN YOU UPLOAD THE MUSICS ON THIS VIDEO?

found a entire wine box full of these guys for free on the side of the road.

What did you use for varnish, oil based or water based?

What's the name of the song in the background ??

if you add more solvent the carbon settles out and you can syphon off plain golden brown shellac. if you add less solvent you might end up with a paste that could be used to repair bakelite, though i haven't tried it yet.

this is a really great idea, idk why i didnt think of this already. i'll be sure to recycle my old cracked records this way from now on. thankfully i dont have hardly any new vinyl ones.

THOSE Poor POOR RECORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😫😰😭

well, that's one way to cut down the 78 rpm circulation/population...prices probably went up because of this lol

Im dead right now... JUST CLEAN THE RECORDS IF THEY ARE DIRTY!

This guy just broke history

this is sacrilege to destroy the record. I have 30 and counting shellac records.

WOW....just.... WOW

All of these comments. Where are you in the dozens of 78 groups out there? There's plenty of Dinah Washington and Gene Autry records for you to buy!

One of those records is worth $15,000 now.

Absolutly savage !

I’m not 100% against this...I hear Ken Griffin organ solos and certain polka records make good wood stain... 😈

literally some of the records you just smashed are worth $15k now LMAO

Great way to recycle old records. I love how u used them to finish a “new” gramophone haha

Dont ruin records!

Why?

Even if they were unplayable I wouldn't break them.

i love this song to bad i could not find any info on it

here I was thinking that the records you broke were going to magically be repaired...

Records were smashed left, right up and down.

If the records where totally trashed I can understand. Still sad to see 🙈

Man, these are historic records with music long gone! Why would you do this?

U MONSTER

Noooooo!😓😮😥

I can't believe he smashed a black patti !

I cannot condone vandalism - even if it is enacted on a broken record. Vandals do not need any excuse and what they certainly do not need is fresh ideas.

I have loads of scottish 78 rpm records for you to have a smashing time!

I’ve done this many times. I have stacks of old shellac and only use broken ones(Bing Crosby, Perry Como). But, you’re best bet is to use denatured alcohol and not rubbing alcohol. Also, I make mine thinner and I strain out most of the black coloring. It takes several coats, but you do get a nice glossy finish.

why you destroy those records you should give the records to the record needy people

Shellac is a crappy finish because it's not waterproof like polyurethane, but it's very good at covering pine knots before painting. Give them to a painter and say it's shellac, he's use it as a primer and save money

Nooo stop save them records.. Omg

I would rather make coasters out of old records rather than this goo. As well as lamp black they also used ground slate which helped shape the needle into the groove.

I would like to try this but exclusively using the red/brownish shellac from labels like vocalion, etc. would look absolutely stunning. Anyway, finally something to do with the mountains of junk 78s!

It’s weird to see records being repurposed for a record player. It’s like making a hat out of hair. But still cool way of repurposing old unplayable records

"Recover"

There are less and less of these every year, they WILL eventually disappear and not all have been digitized or conserved because it is tedious. Please discontinue doing this idiotic DIY and buy raw shellac.

NO NO NO!

...or you love youre overplayed shellac plate and BUY some shellac in store ;) ...sad about thay very old records! Never do this if you have other way to mafe tham, ...if every one destroy historical stuff, nobody can turn the time back, it's lost forever... :'(

I have checked many woodworking plan sites. I think the instructions from Woodprix are the best.

this is bs

Sacrilege! Should be punishable...

Its an ugly finish in my opinion. But yes, cool use of 78s!

My god, I had no idea there are as many people emotionally attached to old 78 rpm records as this comment section seems to lead me to believe. If you like the music fine, more power to you. But unless that 78 is of any monetary value, they are worthless to most. I know a guy who owns a vintage store less than a mile from where I live and of all the vinyl he collects and sales, something like these 78's are worthless to him and he just throws them away. Because nobody buys them ... ever. I do find it a shame that he trashcans as much as he does, but I really can't blame him in a way because those records simply do not sell. And if the 78's are cracked or broken, what is being done here looks like a helluva good and green way to put them to use. I know we have some old chip and broken 78's laying around our house and I aim to put them to good use like what is being shown here. I think I will put the stain on a bit thinner than what was shown here, but I was impressed with the instant "old age" look the stain gave the wood he used.

I mean...I guess you could do that...but why? This is a classic Jurassic Park moment. You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should. The end result looks like piece of abandoned junk that needs to be cleaned and restored on another KZfaq video. This is like the ending of Alien Resurrection. You know you can make a very pleasant Marshmallow Roasting Campfire by ripping the wooden studs out of the walls of a house and spending a few hours cleaning them up and pulling the nails out of them.

This is awful

Victor Ola, you are a Phillistine and should be ashamed of yourself. Please do not encourage these venerable pieces of modern history to be destroyed just to make a wood stain which, when completed, doesn't even look particularly nice. You silly man.