How To Build A Record Player Powered By Wind

Stats

Time: 2 hoursCost: $35Difficulty: Medium

Tools

DremelBox cutterWire stripper

Materials

11-by-11-inch plywood board1⁄4-by-21⁄2-inch machine screwAJC washer1⁄4-inch hex nutTwo Slurpee strawsAdhesive putty1-inch-thick foam insulation sheet7-inch record45 rpm adapter (ours came attached to the record)9 square inches of cellophaneBox of T-pinsSix 8-ounce Styrofoam cupsOld headphone cablePhonograph needle and cartridgeConductive wire gluePushpinLoud battery-powered speaker

Instructions

This article was originally published in the November/December 2016 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Build a Record Player Powered by Wind.”