1985 VHS Breakdown : Rather Uneventful

I might disect these later, I already know the little buttons have a tiny gold dot inside




Not a lot to it



Not many goodies either, the head(I might diesect that later too), a transformer, and a few little pieces of Al and SS

You make less than 1$ extra with breakdown on typical vcrs. I've weighed the parts on a postage scale to the ounce. Of course, there are some older machines that have a lot more weight to em, those are worth it.

Ever thought about listing the working units for free on craigslist to network? I've got a stack of them myself and I've been thinking about doing this.

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

So what was this worth after all that work? Truth be told I cut cords and toss mine in the shred.

maybe a dollar? I spent more time editing and posting photos than I did anything else tho. Yep, depending on where you're at, grab the easiest stuff and toss. I had an older(or better, not sure now which) that had an entire Al framework inside, and according to percents I've seen on here, it should have brought dirty Al price pretty much as it was, but the guy said nope, shred. I took it back and dismantled it just for the heck of it, and it was built a hek of a lot better than this one.

Originally Posted by Russell

You make less than 1$ extra with breakdown on typical vcrs. I've weighed the parts on a postage scale to the ounce. Of course, there are some older machines that have a lot more weight to em, those are worth it.

my guess was a buck yep, if that, and sure, some are easy to see by popping the cover that it's almost entirely Al inside, those should get dirty Al price pretty much as is(my thoughts on the matter anyway), unless you got a overly zealous scaleman

Originally Posted by Jeremiah

Ever thought about listing the working units for free on craigslist to network? I've got a stack of them myself and I've been thinking about doing this.

It could be Jer, unless some guy wants em all, to take across the scales ; )

Cut cord and shred. They are all junk.

Broke down one almost identical to this several months ago. Always interesting to break down something new but in the end it felt like a waste of time. Live and learn.

steel copper alu motors wire cord gears i make $3-4 each on vhs players gears bring about 15-20cents each depending on size the belts about 10cents each and i seen the screen on this one taken out well 50cents and also the longer push button switch board about $1 right there taken out well or sold as a whole i do lots of everything the best ones to find are even older with the single led numbers those go for $1-5 each so this vhs will net me at least $4

what was that green board, was it brown on the top side?

Originally Posted by jghilino

what was that green board, was it brown on the top side?

It's the bottom of that brownboard in the last picture in the first post

Travis, are you parting these out? I don't know there's any kind of market for VCR parts. If not I suggest using a postage scale and be true to yourself about the weights.

Originally Posted by ResourcefulRecycling

Cut cord and shred. They are all junk.

how you gonna put them in shred? its escrap, most yards wont take escrap as shred anymore

some parts if there good but gears belts and led numbers there is a huge market for and decent money for the smaller screens i sell in lots usually 20 for $10 as for everything else thats still copper steel alu ic chips and more which makes it worth it to me takes about 10-15min to tear apart 1 and get at least $3 each $12hr or more and get to have fun doing it

Didn't know there was a market, Travis. Thank you.

You don't follow instructions very well. It says "Do not open".



Then again, do we ever follow instructions? Never.