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CD Cable Drum

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Introduction: CD Cable Drum

Have a lot of scrambled wires and cables laying around? don't know what to do with your cake CD case and skrached up discs? want some order? make a cable drum from discs and a toilet paper roll.

Step 1: Materials

this is what you need :
1. discs (CD's, DVD's whatever)
2. toilet paper roll (can be done with any pipe-like thing)
3. super/crazy/epoxy glue
4. cutting tool
5. some wire
6. (optional) cake CD case

Step 2: Assembly

1. mark the cutting line on the roll
2. cut the roll
3. glue the roll to the discs
i suggest you allign the discs with a cake disc case
4. make a little hole in the roll to fit the end of the wire
5. fit the end of the wire into the hole in the roll (you can secure it with some glue)
6. roll the wire around the roll

Step 3: Display

i chose to display my cable drums in a cake CD case, but you can build some other display case or device.

Step 4: Thanks for the Suggestions

thanks for all your suggestions you gave me - i decided to use one of them, i put some feed holes for the cables

can be done with drill, dremel, cutting tool or even a pair os pointy scisors

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      I Made It! [TM]

      With feed holes, and a cool topping CD (that came along with the USB Swiss-army-knife)

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      I did cut the side completely, with an x-acto knife, to ease cables insertion (and it does not much reduce the structural integrity). I made the holes with an old soldering iron.

      BONUS!!

      I have one of the large ones filled with coiled USB cables
      Digital Camera USB
      Video Camera USB
      Mp3 USB
      GPS USB
      Turntable USB
      Generic plain old USB

      ... so many USB's, such a handy holder!

      what is this thing does

      well, a cable drum is a way to put order in long cables, so they wouldn't get tangled.

      when u pull one wire, others wire separators will turn together... am i wrong?

      yes, you are wrong... if you noticed - there are three drums inside the CD case - each one is totally independent and does not move the others.

      The truly sad part is, I can't count how many of these little wonders I've thrown out, because I thought they were useless!!!

      Preach on brother, I started keeping them and have like 10 spares at my desk now for future projects.

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      nice!!