Make a Homemade Record Player! - Mr. Wizard's Challenge

Learn how to make your own record player with Mr. Wizard! Subscribe now for more science, nature and technology clips from the 1980's Nickelodeon show, Mr. Wizard's World, every week on #WizardWednesdays.

[@arupdutta2202]

It's a blessing to have such elders around you to teach such simple yet amazing stuffs.

[@brendandenamadrai5353]

That guy ded bruh

[@ct92404]

I loved watching this show when I was a little kid. I think I even remember this episode :) Nickelodeon was great back then.

[@jeffmckeough4012]

Right

[@cannonball666]

Now I know what to do if the power goes out at my next rave.

[@joestradamus75]

Guys,he does say that it will ruin the record.

[@sneff212]

ya....honestly they jst hav kids videos on how to do this stuff wen u look it up...kinda upset

[@thepianoanimefreak195]

Just like a crosly

[@adenarrington7607]

Dylan Stewart what do you use, silicone

[@chipchopbarbershop8426]

What is that song

[@jeremyprice7256]

@@chipchopbarbershop8426 It's called, "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly."

[@exohauler]

i lost my mind when I was a kid and tried this. I was instantly hooked on science on a probable level. I did ruin my my moms Rick James record. LOL Thanks for sharing. Aloha

[@That1ynk]

Did it work

[@exohauler]

@@That1ynk Works like a charm. Cool for like 3 seconds.

[@Emgee78]

Ha! I tried this at home, it was awesome! Wow, I am so old.

[@aldoe1980]

I always remembered this from all else on his show.

[@jennymarie3645]

Record players are making a come back I've seen some in Barnes & Nobles

[@stanley_427]

THERE'S NO "S" AT THE END OF BARNES & NOBLE!!!!!!!!!! *TRIGGERED*

[@thomasandrews2935]

Don't buy them there probably crosley cruisers

[@brendandenamadrai5353]

@@stanley_427 Where, Barne and Nobles?

[@b3dw23]

I did this as a kid... if you think it's not working, your probably using a CD.

[@leleled6467]

lmao

[@EQUXV]

😂😂

[@chipchopbarbershop8426]

I love this

[@alifr4088]

You read my mind 🤣

[@noxplanationgaming]

I'm probably the only Gen Z ER that knows what a record is lol

[@shawn.the.alien423]

It's weird that this popped up as a suggestion to watch for me. I saw this clip on Nickelodeon back in the early 90s, and it started a lifelong love of recording media for me.

[@psychoCrazyNinja]

I heard "it tickle inside her " lol

[@The8TrackChap]

"the pickle that jiggled that tickled inside her."

[@patricioestebanobergparra1873]

Me too

[@ianward776]

RIP Don Herbert

[@adriancressy8363]

I miss those days. Watched Mr Wizard every time

[@knightrdrx]

i did my kindergarden science fair project based on this episode...but i left my rainbow connection record in the car and it melted.. i cried..the record was all lumpy and bumpy

[@alifr4088]

F

[@p9malino267]

If you don't want to ruin the record use a plastic stylus cut out of a plastic bottle. It will still work well.

[@renacimiento746]

p9malino26 does it really work

[@noxplanationgaming]

You can also take a needle and sand down the end a bit

[@mikegross6107]

I was a follower of Mr. Wizard for a long time! Don't remember any of the programs but I'm sure I learned SOMETHING! lol

[@1kislandstare]

now, do it to *all* of your dad's records.

[@aarhead01]

Then AJ would later create the worlds best record player company known as Crosley and make millions of dollars off of teens who have no idea what the hell they just bought

[@Jason540i]

I have a piece of graphite stuck in my hand for the last 30 years because of this episode. 10/10 would stab myself with a pencil again for more Mr. Wizards experiments.

[@Hateburn]

To think that only a few years ago we thought we could make speakers with some aluminum foil, some wire, a plate and a penny.

[@patrickalmquist4762]

I saw a video like that when I was young. I was so excited and when it didn’t work I was crushed. I blame that video for not going into engineering.

[@tpenny4816]

Magic school bus...school house rock... this show... compare the old shows to what they put out for kids now and wonder why science and maths scores for kids today are in a hole...

[@imnotangry7594]

OK! I’m gonna try this with the UK first issue of The Darkside of the moon!

[@notconsenting6633]

man i remember seeing this years ago when i was a kid! i forgot this show existed...thanx for the memories👍😉

[@TheOldOakSyndicate]

Man that's a tight hi-fi system there!!! I'd love to hear some 180 gram vinyl on it!!! Hi-Fi to the max mang....Hi-Fi to the Max....

[@notramesses4790]

TheOldOakSyndicate lol.

[@LouieShowers]

that escalated quickly lol

[@gusrojo88]

im going out to buy some cheap records at the thrift shop to try this out!

[@ajcobbs]

Macgyver did it with a pencil and a needle out of a piece of earring... lol

[@jozefbubez6116]

Yes, don't use your best records! Ideally, the needle tip should be spherical: I think it's .005" for the old 78 RPM. Keep the good work up and some of us more mature people need to teach the kids basic technology!

[@sanchitoboc9224]

Sounds great. The sound of vinyl will always top that of a CD or FLAC even. Even this primitive device ends up sounding so much better than a digital file, as I can hear the analog recording through this video.

[@jimfath]

I wonder how many records got ruined trying this out?

[@majortom4543]

can somebody enlighten me why there is SO MUCH HATE for Crosley players? Are they garbage literally?

[@dragonsmythical16]

Even though I got one as a gift I did some research about them and apparently the weight of the needle arm can vary and sometimes isn’t regulated properly so it ruins a record over time. Another mention is the speaker system can disturb the record if loud enough to cause the record to move from the vibrations.

[@alicethedestroyer1287]

This pissed off a lot of parents I’m sure

[@josesnovi7689]

mr wizard was awesome, loved it....I loved it even if it did ruin the record

[@sprinter82]

Wonder if a sewing needle would be less damaging.

[@oc_villain3833]

I wouldn't suggest this being a Christmas Gift , buy the kid a record player,. 😣 .

[@elviacomballer]

2:03 to 2:10 I dying of laugh 😂😂😂🤣

[@Jeffrey314159]

This looks and sounds kind of fake! The music from this makeshift record player is too loud and too clear to be generated by this crude home made device. I think the sound is dubbed

[@mosipd]

+Jeffrey314159 Take 20 minutes out of your day and test it out, because after all that's the wonderful thing about science; experimentation! Be sure to use the camera on your phone to provide evidence of your experimental results.

[@keithkeiser6339]

Its not fake

[@glutenfreebread5966]

mine didnt work lmao i tried metal pin and a plastic one(sharp)

[@MrTopsoil911]

So how do i do a mix i need to make another turntable and how to make a mixer lol

[@davedecay]

And that kid's last name is Crosley! :D

[@Novaking1975]

I will only do it to 78 rpm records and old 45 rpm records that my grandfather used to own

[@unknowngame1877]

Did he say pin or pencil or pen

[@arifakyuz7673]

It think that would be infinitely better for a DIY Edison Standard.

[@murdermittens2281]

tomorrow this video will be 4 years old

[@bedruzx]

Yes it is now.

[@AnthonyPearson4JesusofNazareth]

Does this actually work?

[@Trekkie4]

Yes, it does. Simple physics... not that I would recommend playing your records like that as the metal needle is going to destroy them, but it does serve as good example on how the phonograph (older & fully mechanical turntables) work.

[@toir77]

Just tried it with an old abbey road album of my dads.

[@Apo458]

i have that álbum, let it be and revolver

[@yogeebear2599]

Rip

[@alifr4088]

Did you manage to ruin it?

[@RicardoFerreira-hm4jf]

Very good

[@mauriciomendoza7391]

Ooooh..May Good ...están torturando a ese pobre disco .que les hizo ese vinilo a ellos . Hasta lo ultrajaron con 1 lápiz..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shaolintiger1]

What a great way to utterly destroy a record.

[@sopaman1234]

yogibear2k10 Well so are cds/dvds welcome to the digital age....

[@imagomonkei]

You're upset about ruining a record about the Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly? /:| Anyway I could be wrong, but don't DJs ruin records when they scratch them?

[@lukaskucera9043]

shaolintiger1 no a great way to destroy a record is to take the record toss it out in the Arizona street on a summers day then dropping a crosly on it.

[@LinkRocks]

Which he mentions...

[@LinkRocks]

Grow up, shyland.

[@Adam_M13]

Can you make olsou this trick with a CD ?

[@keithkeiser6339]

CD and vinyl its not the same thing so it will not work

[@dragonsmythical16]

No, CD is read with binary code that’s burned in pits (which in rewritable discs is written in an ink that burns the data on the disk) into an infrared laser reader

[@AudhoraFatima]

Nice.

[@murdermittens2281]

now it five years old

[@everything9934]

that was awsome

[@kubagurpl8130]

thats cool

[@quinnmusic5676]

Wow, they really only wanted one take lol

[@IC.1248]

Did anyone else have to do a double take for what they were listening too haha

[@MartyMartin87]

that definitely ruins your record

[@Sapphire1984]

Wow.

[@Chillingcomfy]

Does not work. Help

[@KogureDevilchan]

Benisse Calmleth M. Famat probably too late, did you attach the sewing needle correctly?

[@Chillingcomfy]

@@KogureDevilchan i don't remember. Hahahaha! Older sister threw my record away. But I appreciate your effort to reply. It's quite nice of you.

[@am_pm.17]

@@Chillingcomfy Older sister threw it away? :(

[@rhodeswayne55]

simple but a lot of people wouldn't of thought of it I no I didn't hahaha. cool video thought

[@joog_is_not_okay]

Its 3 am, what am i doing with my life?

[@sswiths5328]

How to build a record player: go to Amazon.com.. see, how EZ it was.

[@privateprivate1865]

I did this as mw did as a kid 😂lol

[@chrisburr1853]

Greaf!

[@ale_villafanez]

And ALF?

[@dnomarsenoj7063]

wow

[@rudevibe]

how to kill a record :(

[@LinkRocks]

He said that if you bothered to pay attention to the video.

[@NYCrazyRob]

2:02 O_O

[@knightrdrx]

it is a remarkable concept...that is totally lost on children today that think music only comes out of a phone or computer or the car

[@XX-ry3nb]

he looks like queen lana del rey lol

[@jnorthrop70]

And that little boy eventually bought the Crosley brand, and applied what he learned to make terrible, terrible equipment.

[@imagomonkei]

Kids today wouldn't know the first thing about this, even if records were still mainstream. It's pretty pathetic.

[@robinfiler8707]

+Seth Moore well your wrong

[@ethaneade4937]

I'm a kid and I love records

[@specialbleach2503]

i knew about it.

[@bootasinghwarring1109]

Good job Sir anyone vest record Plyar send me I thanks to you

[@templategmz2378]

*thats one cheap ass crosley*