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LED CD Spindle

I was just sitting around looking for something to put LEDs in and I tried this. It looks great next to a computer and there are many possibilities for this.

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Step 1Gather Materials

First of all you need these items:
CD Spindle
3 Superbright LEDs
An appropriate resistor for current
9v Battery
9v Battery Snap
Switch
Extra Wire

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Nov 8, 2008. 10:03 PMCaptainObvious says:

Just had to point out that you got the CD-Rs from Circuit City, Nexxtech, a Circuit City brand. :P You should add a CD spindle from an old CD-ROM drive, and make some spinny LEDs!