101 uses for old CD's

1) Put two back to back, relective side outermost, string through the centre hole, suspend from pole, branch etc. Makes good? bird scarer, garden mobile, cheap daytime mirrorball.

2) Use as drinks coasters to protect surface. I actually prefer the clear CD spacer you get in bulk new CD's packs.

3) Glue / nail to gate posts as reflectors.

4) Indoor mobile, by window, silent but reflective.

5) ??

-I clip a clothespin on and stick them in the ground for airsoft targets.
-They come handy when you need to mix epoxy.
-When I receive a package at work and I dont have my scissors or box cutter nearby, I flex a cd inside of a trashcan to break it and use the sharp edge to open the box.

edit: oops, I didn't follow the numbering scheme

5. Improvised Clay Pigeons....CDs are hard to hit when launched off of a clay pigeon launcher......Definitely make you a better shooter though......

5) Click-click BOOM............target pratice

Just make sure you clean up your mess when done.

EDIT: beaten to the punch by a PA member.

Go Steelers!

6) Carry one in rucksack when walking for signalling / emergency use..On a bit of string. I actually have a CD slicer, which cuts CD's into 3, The middle portion fits nicely into my "Survival Tobacco Tin"

Look here, then do a web search for "old cd uses" and you'll have plenty to read!

Sigman said:

Look here, then do a web search for "old cd uses" and you'll have plenty to read!

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That's a cop-out though, I was after what CPF'ers use them for, FL related possibly, and to create discussion.........and not least a little thought and imagination..

Nice link though !

As is

http://www.eagle-wing.net/FunStuff/Goodies/AOL/AOL-CD01.shtml

Side issue...

What could you use the hole in the CD's for...non naughty..

Beamhead - Nice to see that I'm not the only one whose done this! But you should of known someone from PA was going to get to it first.:lolsign:

After reading this thread I think going to pitch about a hundred obsolete CDs in the garbage.

Sell them to Record and Tape Traders for store credit.

Never been there. What do you typically get for the average CD?

I have two uses:

Use them to view extremely bright LEDs through, so you can see the die and wirebond(s) inside while the LED is illuminated.

Place them in the microwave oven to watch the pretty sparks fly.
***IMPORTANT***
Destroying a CD in this manner may be rather stinky; do this in an oven not used for unwrapped food products or beverages.
Place a cup of water in the oven cavity with the CD to prevent possible damage to the oven's magnetron.

I have to agree with everyone else on the target use. You can set them up quite a distance away, and the reflective surface makes them easy to see from a far distance.

My cousin made a mobile out of AOL CDs once.

elgarak said:

My cousin made a mobile out of AOL CDs once.

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That's about all they're good for!!!! LMAO!!!

Without ever venturing into the subject of earrings for biggirls (aren't you glad I didn't) I would suggest an alternative to the beaded curtains for doorways so popular in films for decades....

Mrs Umbra likes them as ornaments for the Christmas tree but since I won't tell her what I think of that idea I won't post it here, either...

I think a music CD would make a very disruptive gift if weakening cuts were very carefully machined into one without making it out of balance, so it would still spin up to almost full speed. In a 52x drive the outer edge of a CD is moving at over 200 mph...it almost gives, "A hit with a bullet" a new meaning. Don't try this at home kids...

ala craig, you can use a CD (or two, stacked) to view a solar eclipse

greenlight said:

ala craig, you can use a CD (or two, stacked) to view a solar eclipse

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That's a great idea! Much better IMO than turning a CD into a cdrom death disc....(not sure if that's the effect a cut up cd would have in a cdrom though, thinking Final Dest. when that monitor blew up and the glass went into that chicks throat :sick2