Using information from a link on fark Cena and I made some containers from vinyl records.
Preheat the oven to about 225. Put a terrible album inside a metal wok, on top of an overturned bowl, or on a cookie sheet and place in the oven. Set your timer for 5 minutes. Then remove the parasitic record and the host vessel and let cool for 10 minutes. Or, you can remove from the oven and shape with your hands. My last attempt i made a template that i sketched onto the record, heated and used scissors to cut the vinyl, reheated, placed in a box i made from a record jacket, and used binder clips to allow the record to cool in place. I should stress that not any old record should be subjected to this torture. Vinyl is pretty dead and should be preserved. But in some cases you can find exceptions…
Bolstered by this success, and armed with a large collection of small plastic army men, cavemen, cowboys, indians, and knights, i set out to duplicate another melted bowl. I was hoping mine would end up something like this…
…but 250 degrees wasn’t warm enough to even soften them. I had filled the discount wok with the plastic men. Sadly they were not all the same color - or even manufacturer - but the mission had to proceed. I turned the temperature up 50 degrees at a time for five minute intervals. Until suddenly some of them started melting like that German guy in Raiders of the Lost Arc. So i lost out on perhaps a dollar and a half worth of cheap plastic that i bought at a garage sale earlier in the day.
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November 17th, 2004 at 10:27 am
I want to ingratiate myself onto your guys’ Christmas gift list.
November 17th, 2004 at 10:27 am
you make the best stuff!
November 18th, 2004 at 1:53 am
Too late, kids. *bess was rockin’ that shit like 4 years ago. I never saw them, though. Yours may be better.
November 18th, 2004 at 6:10 pm
wait until you see the next round of record abuse…
November 18th, 2004 at 6:40 pm
yeah, there are a few country albums i can’t wait to recycle.
November 19th, 2004 at 8:03 pm
I think this could be a great use of many a poor albums I’ve inherrited.. mostly from my parents divorce and Tiff’s dad… some I’ve never heard of and some are scratched beyond saving. Anyone found exciting uses for the jackets??
August 10th, 2005 at 8:40 am
For the Army Men thing, I think you have to START with a hot wok (probably greased slightly), add them quickly and cool them with some ice water once they start to melt.
This way, the SURFACE OF THE WOK will be what heats up the army men, not the oven.
Alternatively, you could fit them into the Wok in the arrangement you want, then heat the Wok on the stove and cool as suggested above. I think this method would probably give the most customisable results.
Nice work with the Tammy Faye, by the way.
I’m tempted to use “Say it Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” to make a Funk bowl. There’s a record store near me that sells new vinyl for about 30 bucks. Of course, I’d have to buy a copy to keep as well…
Regards,
Genghisbunny
August 16th, 2005 at 1:19 pm
What will be funny is when that Tammy Faye 45 is worth serious cash a few years down the road.
ps Tammy Faye rawks! 
Won’t you feel clever then!?!