Make a Homemade Record Player

So you want to learn how to make a record player? It sounds hard but isn't actually that bad.

Steps

First buy a small electric motor with a long shaft.
Hook it up to a battery to make sure it works.
Buy a light switch. This will be your on/off switch for the record player.
Hook up the light switch in between the battery and the motor.
Buy some masking tape.
Wrap the tape around the shaft coming from the motor until it reaches the size of the hole in the record.
Make sure the record fits tightly. If it doesn't, add more tape.
Get a piece of paper.
Roll the paper in such a way so that it looks like a megaphone. Make the small end very small.
Get a pin or unbent paper clip and put it through the hole. Tape the paper so that it stays in place around the pin or paper clip.
Turn on the motor and touch the pin or paper clip to the spinning record.
The record should play.

If the record plays too slow, speed up the motor with a bigger battery or get a faster motor.
If the record plays backwards reverse the wires coming to the switch.
Have fun and be patient.
If the record plays too fast, get a slower motor or a smaller battery.

Never ever use this method on a good record. Records are fragile; normal needles degrade them a little and this method degrades them a lot.