Beta Tape Box

My mom was going to throw a bunch of old Beta tapes and I decided to rescue some of them for some recycle-crafts, this is the first one I figure for them... the Beta Tape Box... which is basicaly a Box covered with woven Beta tape...
I've been covering boxes with different recycled materials, to store other recycled materials XD...

This one was pretty simple but, you know, it does take some time to finish...

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Step 1: Materials

You'll need

- A box (or anything you want to cover in tape)
- A tape source (in this case a Beta cassette)
- Screwdriver (to open the cassette)
- Scissors
- Adhesive tape
- Packing tape (as reinforcement)

pmkl says: Jul 30, 2010. 7:18 AM

i still have an old copy of ET on a Beta Tape!!! I don't think i could part with it though!! The box looks awesome btw

lemonie says: Jun 14, 2010. 12:02 PM

Hmm, I have a lot of video tape too...

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Rainy Day Wolf (author) in reply to lemonieJun 14, 2010. 4:50 PM

You'll cover the world XD... I actually used less than a half of one single beta videocassette to cover the whole box ;)

lemonie in reply to Rainy Day WolfJun 15, 2010. 2:07 PM

I've got >50 VHS cassettes.

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Mirime says: Jun 15, 2010. 9:48 AM

Um... What is a Beta Tape?

Rainy Day Wolf (author) in reply to MirimeJun 15, 2010. 10:20 AM

well... once upon a time where DVD's were far away to come... there was a great way to watch movies at home... was pretty expensive and all... but was light in darkness... and it was called BetaMax a videocassette tape that could be recorded and was developed by Sony... eventually the Betas where left in the past due to the VHS... but their legacy continues within some of our kind-of-old hearts... treasuring our first recordings of old cartoons and stuff... Long live the Betas... (you can actually see a Beta videocassette in the materials picture of this instructable... now they seam forgotten by many and unknown by many more... like the longplays of homevideo)

Mirime in reply to Rainy Day WolfJun 15, 2010. 10:26 AM

Sorry I know what laser disks are still watch some of the old Star Wars and Yellow Sub. on it i can use the vcr faster tmy sister on her dvd player but i handn't heard much about Beta Tapes

Rainy Day Wolf (author) in reply to MirimeJun 15, 2010. 11:26 AM

nah, don't worry... they are old stuff... started on the 70's became popular on the 80's... then kind of vanished, but are still pretty... I think