101uses of old CD's

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101 Uses For Those Old CDs

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I dont know about you but my house is full of old CDs so I thought I would doa little research on how people have overcome this problem instead of justchucking them in the garbage. I hope you enjoy it and get a bit of a laugh andappreciate some peoples creativity.

No 1.

You can clad your house with CDs which producesa very nice effect and should also add heaps to thevalue. Lets face it some of those CDs were worth alot of money when you purchased them.

You could also turn the occasional one around toshow the quality like a Windows CD

No 2.

Scupltures using CDs is becoming ever morepopular and I guess you will never run out ofmaterials.

There are pleanty of things you could melt downthose old CDs with and of course they could turninto works of art.

Put it on eBay and see how you go.

No 3.

I was at a Techonology Forum for youth years back and they used blank cdsas decoration for the ceiling. CD's were hung by some type of string and itmade a nice cool affect with the lights. It made a simple ball room very nicebut this was for youth, but i think it would look nice in any case

-Sylita-

No 4.

Local fishermen hang them from fore-and-aft lines - like a glinting "dress ship"- to discourage seagulls from perching and pooing on their moored boats.

David Bridger

No 5.

They're also great for keeping birds away from fruit and vegetables whilefoods are ripening for harvest. TIP: if you want the underside of the fruit toripen place a disk, shiney side up, beneath the fruit but not touching it. If you
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live where it gets quite hot, be careful not to burn the fruit from the full sunwhen using the disk.

No 6.Smash them into odd shapes and then usethe pieces to create mosaic patterns for

display frames, wall murals etc.

This is especially effective using therainbow effect CDs or a combination of theblue and silver ones. Very attractive if doneright.

No 7.

Try them on lines that squirrels use to access bird feeders...place several in aseries with a small knot between each one. Make sure they can spin freely on

the line...enlarge the hole in the center if needed.

No 8.

If you get lost and have one with you, it makes a great reflector to attractattention...just direct the shiney side toward the sun and voila! instantattention getter. This is also a life-saver idea if you run off the road throughaccident or whatever and are not visible from the road.

No 9.

If you have large planters, outdoors or in, you can make an attractive covering

for the dirt to hold moisture in and hide the dirt by really smashing them upinto small shards and placing them on top. CAUTION: suggest you placethem on a layer of netting of some sort so you can remove them easily whensoil needs changed or when transplanting. The shards are sharp! Not idealwhere young children are for the same reason.

No 10.

You could have a go at decorating them with yourlatest art work.

Once again offer them on ebay.

You just never know.


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No 11.

If you have wire racks in the refrigerator and need to keep small bottles etc onthe shelf, place a CD beneath the item and it won't tip and spill easily.

No 12.

Make them into fish attractors for trolling. A carbide tip works best for cuttingthe disks so I've been told. Haven't tried it yet. Don't forget the safety goggles!

No 13.

Use them to make your next float fora fair or business promotion. Thesunlight will create some amazingeffects and sure to draw attention.

You must admit it does look pretty

impressive and there are plentyarount for a project this big. Collectingenough could be a great competition.

No 14, 15, 16, 17&18.

First, let me point out we live WAY out in the country. Okay?

Son #1 uses them for target practice and skeet shooting.

Son # 2 has made interesting wagon wheels out of them. They also look coolon bicycle spokes.

Wife hangs them on blueberry bushes to keep deer away.

Chickens like to peck at them.

I use the CD spindle containers to scoop up the dogfood and chicken feed.

Best Wishes,Jim Erskine

No 19.

One year for a party at work we lined up several small office trash cans (oneto a team) and used the cd's for a modified version of ringtoss.

The object was to see who could get the most in a can out of ten trieswhile standing about 10 feet away.


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If your disc went in the other teams can..they got to claim the point

It is harder than it sounds.

Rick

Rick Strickland

No 20

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Coasters for under glasses on the

table.

No 21.

Hi from South Carolina... Quentin!

I've got a friend who uses old cds to make lamps. He utilizes the "holes" in themiddle for the power cord that runs up to the electrical lamp.

I've got the same problem, Quentin. I'm in broadcsting and am ALWAYSsurrounded by cd's.

Jeremy

No 22.

Any old CD can be turned into a fascinating multimedia experience by simply

microwaving it for as long as you can stand. Watch the exciting light show.

Listen to the snap crackle and pop Smell the toxic fumes.

Much better than watching TV, tho the cleaning up is rather tiresome.

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Garry Boyd.
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No 23.

My cat was very interested in the shiny new AOL CD I had just opened, so Idecided to throw it like a frisbee and see if he would chase it.

The CD wasn't very aerodynamic, and as Murphy's Law activated, the CD

curved downward and struck the cat between the eyes with an audible "bonk!"

The cat was not harmed, but he sat there blinking with that "how could you beso freaking stupid" look on his face. I don't think I'll ever forget it!

So I vote "no" for using old CD's as cat frisbees (and so does my cat!).

Doug Smith

No 24.

Anti Brain Wave Protective Coatings for Mobile Home Trailers?

No 25.

Use them as clock faces. Battery-poweredclock movements are available from craftstores. Get creative with the design and youmight have a saleable item.

No 26.

Using a ceramic ashtray as a mold, melt them into ashtrays with a heat gun orblowtorch.

No 27.

Make a mobile with them.

No 28.

Print your party invitations on them and mail them to your invited guests.

No 29.

Print baby pictures of your guests onto CDs and hand them out as partyfavors.


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No 30.

Print picures on them and cut them into jigsaw puzzles for kids.

No 31.

Glue a magnet on the back and urn then into huge refrigerator-magnetbusiness cards.

No 32.

FedEx them to Bill Gates with a handwritten note about why Linux is betterthan Windows.

No 33.

With Xmas coming up and all the decorations, I take the old CD's and on mystrand of light bulbs I attach a CD to each light socket. It makes the lights

glare brighter.

No 34.

Variation on the same theme.

No 35.

CD Candle. Use your CD to catch the wax for your next big candle you burn.Use cd's shiny side up to sit small pillar or votive candles on. The reflection offthe cd's is great for centerpieces on buffet tables, especially during theholidays

No 36.

Sean Doyle's Tesla Engine


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No 37.

CD Disco Ball. Cut up your CD into 1/2 inch squares and clue to the outsideof a ball. Hang the ball from the ceiling and shine lights on it.

No 38.

In a teen's bedroom they make a nice substitute for a wallpaper border (ittakes ALOT though). If you don't have that many you could also use them fora window or mirror border. Put them side by side or overlap them

No 39.

This is actually a real good application for the shower. If you wet the back of aCD it will stick to the tiles in your shower and makes a great mirror. Of courseit they are also good for travelling etc.

No 40.

CD as template for a circle when you need a perfect circle for a project andyou have two sizes

No 41.

Using a permanent marking pen, Xmas shaped sponges and\or small simplestencils, I traced small stockings, bells, trees, stars and snowman on the shinyside of the cd and then cut them out using a small electric scroll saw. The keywas to go slow. Then I used the dremel to smooth the edges and punch theholes to slip cord through to hang them. The finishing touch is to paint thelabel side with acrylic paint sponged on, or use snow texture paint, or glueand glitter. The commercial cd's show a pretty silvery color and writeable cdsa lovely gold color. You can personalize the small ornaments with kids nameswritten with a metallic permanent marker or acrylic paint. Or string a wholebunch together for a wonderful homemade garland

No 42.

Place in oven on low heat over a metal bowl shape, or heat with a blow dryer.When softened, they can be bent (gently). Glue to small plates or seal hole

and use for candy dishes, fountain bowls, etcI was reading about what to do with spare cds or cd roms, and one suggestion involvedputting them in the oven to melt them. This can be dangerous because the silver dye is

toxic. When the plastic melts in the oven, there will be no protection for this layer of dye.

Be very careful though, they get very hot.Make sure you ask first!
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No 43.

Glue them CDs in a concave dish shape. Hang a pan of water in front of it.Boil water with the reflected focused sunlight aimed at the pan of water

No 44.

Grind into a fine powder. Sell the powder in nightclubs (no not as drugs) assparklely stuff

No 45.

Place CD round a baby oak tree. As it grows it will become part of the tree.

No 46.

Cover the walls, the ceiling, thefurniture, and the roof... To stop THEMvoices from talking to you.

No 47.

They say that there is no intelligent life out there. Glue them to a 4x8 board,grab a xylophone, and start signaling.

No 48.

Tape a few strategically to the walls of your house so that no matter whereyou are you can use the remote control.

No 49.

Glue one to your computer monitor so you can see whose behind you.

No 50.

A picture says a thousand words.


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No 51.

Created a mobile out of the pesky things. Makes a great office decor piece! Ordecorate the family or church computer room with a couple mobiles.

No 52. Some Pictures only

No 53

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Roofing tiles for doll & dog houses


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No 59

Some commercial sites on the Web where I found a desk organiser. The blurbstates:

"Made with three CDs, this desktop object d'art has a place for your businesscards (or sheets of notepaper), a handy clip to hold urgent notices, and aspring funnel for your favourite pen. And, it brightens up your desk with colourand bits of fancy."


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Dont believe me well here you go.

No 60.

The same artist has also recreated from two reject CDs a handbag based onthose beaded bags of the early 20th century. Myra described them as a"homage to the past, using discards of the present..." She's selling them forup to US$120

No 61.

"In Minneapolis there is a yearly parade of art cars - old cars transformed intorolling masterpieces. One guy covers his car with CDs and uses the glue onewould use for applying fake fingernails (the professional glue, not the kind inthe drugstore kit). He says that nail glue was the most permanent adhesive hehad found."

No 62.

Old disks can be used as pieces of the board game checkers

No 63.

Hang several with fishing line under your deck to keep birds from buildingnests under there. The reflection scares them away.

No 64.

They would make an excellent marker for an adventure trail. Hang the CDsfrom trees, fences, signs etc. to make a trail for others to follow behind you.

This would be especially effective at night, somewhere dark, where torcheswould have to be used to see the reflective surfaces. Mark the other side ofeach CD with a letter from a phrase or name and when the kids following thetrail get back to base they can arrange the CDs to find the answer to the quiz.

No 65.

Game - Draw a large target on the ground made up of several different sizecircles inside each other. Place scores in each circle, with the smallest inner


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circle being the largest score. Then roll the CDs on their edge towards thetarget (similar to bowls). Where the CD comes to rest (flat) is the scoreearned. If it covers a line no score is given.

No 66.

It may be possible to make a projectorof the suns rays for viewing bypassing the suns rays down a tube to the CD back to a secondary mirror at 90deg. and projected safely to a white card. The tube will help stop light scatterand the low reflective quality of the CD and colour cast could proveinteresting. It could be used to building models of telescopes etc. if only foreducational purposes.

No 67.

This offering comes with a Public Health warning

Get your own back on those annoying oncoming drivers with their multitude offoglamps blazing away at night. Remove the grill from the front of your carand string a couple of rows of CDs across the radiator using cable ties. Whenthe 1000 watt beams strike the cds they will reflect back.

Also acts as a cool accessory to replace those furry dice and winter protectionfor Land Rovers. When I received this one I was very concerned about theroad safety aspect as I don't want to be responsible for any accidents. I alsowondered if they would not only cause excessive noise whilst travelling butwhether they would prevent engines cooling adequately - I leave the decisionto you.

No 68.

Chair Leg Stabiliser- Put felt on one side and use as chair leg stabiliser

No 69.

Toy Wheels - Glue several together with a fat rubber band glued around theoutside and then a dowel rod glued in the centre.


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No 70.

Fancy Dress - Cover an outfit withCD Roms and go as a "SoftwarePirate".

No 71.

Put two disks together and wind wool through centre hole, over edges andback through centre hole. Continue in this manner until disk completelycovered with wool and the centre hole is full. Cut wool around outside edge,between two disks. Gently separate the two disks in order to allow you to tiethrough middle. Pull disk completely off (or cut away) and you are left with apom-pom.

No 72.

Finger plates/Room names - drill out a large hole so that the CD will fit overthe door handle. Let your child paint, stamp, etc. their own designs todesignate their "space".

No 73.

Parking aid - Take a strip of 2" x 4" lumber as tall as needed for the height ofyour garage. Mark the spaces on the wood and drill holes to attach the CDswith wood screws. Now it will be easy to see how far the back of the garage isso there won't be any fender benders.

No 74.

This is something that I have done with those old CD's we all seem to get inthe mail. I painted the advertisement side black. On the computer I made a"birthday label" on card stock, which is better than a label, cut it out and gluedit over the center hole area on the shinny side of the CD and hot glued twelvepieces of hard candy around the disk. To the back side, I used one of thoseFREE heavy duty magnets that some pharmacy's give out, to the back. Thiswill hold to a 'fridge quite well.


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I used this as a gag gift. I sealed it in a bag and added a a computergenerated note card with the saying: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY - A YEARSSUPPLY OF CANDY, IF YOU ONLY EAT ONE A MONTH! "

No 75.

You can use them to make hot pads to set hot dishes on. Crochet comes tomind, using natural fibers crochet two circles large enough to cover CD, thenjoin.

No 76. Art quite nice really

No 77.

No 78.

Drop spindle for spinning wool - You need roughly two cd's (aol's free oneswork very well) a dowel about 12 - 16 inches long some rubber tubing and a


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small metal hook. Place the rubber tubing around the dowel and place in thecenter of the cd's about four inches from the top. screw metal hook into thetop and spin. Contributed by Rachel Lapine,

No 79.

Spinning tops for kids - Adult, take a knife and push through hole in CDmaking slit each side. Force a penny half way through hole. Spin CD on theedge of the penny. Enhance by gluing dowel to one side of penny to make iteasier to spin. Contributed by Steve Holder

No 80.

Have you ever loaded a faulty CD into a high speed (30X or higher) CD-ROMplayer, heard it spin up to incredible speeds, rattling and whining, and thoughtto yourself: "this thing is going to explode"? When CDs came out they wereheralded as the solution for the need for high storage-high speed informationdevices, transferring data at a whopping 150kb/s, but like all technologies, 1x

CD players quickly became obsolete as the need for higher and highertransfer rates pushed for faster players, and, with them, higher rotationalspeeds. As we advance into the 21st century CD players are reaching theultimate speed limit: we are getting to the point where the CD player simplycan not spin the CD any faster or else the CD will literally fly apart.On the interests of the advancement of high speed computing PowerLabsbrings to you:

"THE ULTIMATE CD SPEED LIMIT!"

WARNING: This page is written for amusement only: These experiments areVERY hazardous!; A high speed rotating CD Rom is a bomb ready to explodeand will send razor sharp plastic shrapnel in all directions when leastexpected. Do not attempt to replicate any of the experiments describedbelow!

http://www.powerlabs.org/cdexplode.htm

No 81.

Make shelving columns. Drill holes in the corners of boards, stack up scoresof CD's to the height you want between the boards, and run threaded metalrod through with nuts and washers at each end to hold the whole everything

together. (The much slower & messier alternative is to use glue).
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No 82.

I'm a computer teacher, so I save up all superfluous CDs and string fishingline through them and hang them from my classroom ceiling. On the first dayof school, all the kids come in and look up, in wonder... it adds sparkle to myroom all year long.

No 83.

My wife wants to line a swimming pool with them.

No 84.

Earmuffs (glue some fur on one side, then attach a U-shaped piece of bentcoathanger to both disks).

No 85.

SVLUG uses cut up CDs as fins for launching rockets. They may bemodifying their "Internet Exploder" rocket, which originally used Windows 98beta CDs, to function with AOL CDs. Found 01/28/03http://rmitz.org/launch98/index.html

No 86.

Tie one or more to a helium-filled balloon so the balloon hangs in mid air.Then give it a gently shove to send it across the room. The reactions in placeslike a restaurant can be quite amusing.

No 87.

This is actually useful. I string our electric fence for cattle using them asinsulators. George LeFeuvre, 01/27/03

No 88.
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No 89.

Stack them up and see how high the stack will go. It has been said that amillion of them would be three times as high as the Empire State Building.

No 90.

No 91.

Of course you could just through them all away however it is not so good forthe enviroment and also not nearly as much fun.

No 92.


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No 93.

Stage a tiddlywinks tournament for NFL players

No 94.

Shave your head, hang one CD around your neck by a thread, and go to theairport and start handing out the other CDs to passengers as they get off theirplanes.

No 95. Funniture. I bought two spindles of a 100 each the other day and itwas heavy so I imagine this table would weight a fair bit I have seen onesimilar with fluro lights inserted and the effect was quite spectacular.

No 96.

Swing them from gold chains to hypnotize attractive members of your favorite

gender.

No 97. A spinning top.

No 98.

Make a lamp: Stack about 100 of them with a flourescent light bulb as thespindle, the kind that come in small office lamps. Mount it on a decorativewooden base of your choice, looks very groovy and 60's retro.
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No 99.

Floaters: We use them in physics class (K-6) to teach about force and Laws ofMotion.

1. Take any cork, but preferably one that is tapered, and drill a 1/4" holefrom top to bottom.

2. Using hot glue or modeling cement, glue the cork (large taper up) overthe center hole of the CD (shiny side down). Allow glue to dry.

3. Carefully pull the nipple from a regular party balloon over the largetaper of the cork. If you used a straight wine cork, you may need toalso apply a round of electrical tape to hold the balloon on the cork.

4. Blow air into the balloon through the hole in the CD, filling to areasonable level. Once full, place your finger over the hole to hold the

air.

5. Place the CD shiny side down on any flat, smooth surface. Voila! AHovercraft.

COMPETITION: Who can stay up the longest? Travel furthest? Travel mostaccurately?

ADVANCED: Use dry ice and/or liquid nitrogen in small film cans forpropellant. Install horizontal thrusters, rudders, etc. for controlled navigation.More.

No 100.

Get an old satellite dish (big one) line the dish with them point it at the sunand you have one hell of a cigarette lighter. This would probably do a lot ofdamage to my pipe. Or have the focused energy hit a metal tube to heatwater. That would save on the electric bill, wouldn't it?

No 101.

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