Doshiba DIS-1052B Snow Cone Machine

During the same thrift store outing I found the VCR detailed last post, I found this mystery machine. Every word printed on it was in Japanese, and it seemed to be missing a large component on the bottom. But at a dollar fifty, I thought the mystery was quite worth it. I purposely refrained from looking up the model number 'till after, and decided to see if I could figure out what it was by taking it apart. My guess was a food processor of some kind - though it spun far too slowly to be effective as that. Turns out its a snow cone ice shaver. One satisfied Amazon customer raved, "When I tried, I could of fluffy shaved ice with ice roses refrigerator without problems."


I too could have had this mythical problem-free fluffy shaved ice on demand in the convenience of my own home, had I not destroyed the machine before I knew its worth. Damn shame.

Sanyo VHR-M107 Videocassette Recorder

Awww, last real post was almost 2 weeks ago, but HAVE I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU TODAY FOLKS. Remember VCRs? Of course you do, its not like they phased out that long ago (what, late 90's, early 00's?) - I mean, most good parents still have VCRs complete with a collection of Disney VHS tapes. Though at least some of them have relented and donated their machines to the local Goodwill. Which is where I found this gem for $2.49. Gotta love it.

This is really a fascinating machine. There's a bunch of great interweb links that explain how it works n' such, and I'd like to take a quick paragraph after the jump to explain briefly how it all goes down with said links embedded within. But feel free to skip that nonsense and jump into the fancy pictures. This is a picture blog first and foremost after all. Enjoy...

Welcome Redditors

     What a bump! I jumped from about 150 page views to nearly 6000 in one day. A bit unexpected to say the least. To clear a few things up, I'm here for one thing - I like taking things apart, and I thought other people might like to see it as well. If that's your cup of tea, keep checking back. If not, be on your merry way. I have a curiosity as to how things work, so part of why I'm doing this is to learn how things are built and appreciate the effort that went into designing it. But another big component is that I see potential in the intrinsic beauty of circuit boards and other various mechanisms to be used as/ made into art.

     That said, if people want to see some more educational content, I think I could have a couple people contribute to a few posts and see how it goes. Please, please, please contribute as best you can in the comments either way though - the more input I have from people who know what the hell they're talking about, the better.

     Also... If you have anything you want to see taken apart, shoot me an email, and send 'em my way. Cheers!

Kyle