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Recycle CD Box

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What you can make from empty cd box

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Aug 27, 2010. 1:49 AMsctirvn687 says:

How about as an antenna holder? This is what I used one for.

Mar 13, 2010. 2:47 AMVikking says:

i used them for years to carry food to work, i worked early hours and i made bagels w/cream cheese and had a long commute, the post down the center held the bagel in place, worked great.

Aug 23, 2009. 6:14 AM

porcupinemamma says:

ingenious!!

Aug 8, 2008. 9:04 AMmikewinny says:

well those are some curious uses for a disc case, well done ! i made the following a few months ago and its been hanging in my 'lounge' (which doubles as a makeshift workshop on occasion) ever since. the bulbs are the energy-saving CFL type and supposedly equivalent to 100 watt incandescent. seven of them! they brighten up the room somewhat insanely .. i found it best not to look up when theyre on !

Jan 4, 2009. 7:45 AMwatermelonhead says:

that's cool!

Aug 12, 2008. 10:05 AMDREDGONRED says:

wow talk about taking it to the next level that is awesome!

Aug 12, 2008. 7:12 AMmsolek (author) says:

great :)

Aug 9, 2008. 9:32 PMblugyblug says:

Awesome, but if you have 7 of them they might melt the plastic on the CD container if you leave them on for too long

Aug 10, 2008. 5:31 PMmikewinny says:

nah they dont get nearly hot enough, very much still just warm to the touch, even after being on for about 6 hours .. at least mine are. i was slightly concerned at first about the one at the bottom and kept checking, which i would recommend if unsure. plus they're in wide-open space and there's plenty of air to move around. also .. im planning on doing 3 and 4 -bulb models for my bathroom and computer room respectively .. only with 25-disc containers so they'll be more 'low profile'. if i ever get round to it i might post a short instructable on how i did it.

Aug 8, 2008. 11:54 AMchaosrob says:

Very, very kool (I must try....). I have a 'regular' double fixture and I places aluminum foil 'above' it and it really increased the usable light.

Aug 6, 2008. 10:10 PMfatsiko says:

keeping food inside a cd box is a very bad idea. Those boxes aren't made for this, and some hydrocarbon particles of the box will goes inside the food. those particles are carcinogen. Please keep you food away from this.

Jan 4, 2009. 7:43 AMwatermelonhead says:

yes, but if you hand wash it in very hot water and soap it MAY be safer.

Jan 4, 2009. 7:07 AMmynameisjonas says:

five stars and faved! where do you get the ideas?!?!?!?!?!

Dec 30, 2008. 4:34 PM

action_owl says:

cool, I always end up using the clear part as a humidity tent for plant cuttings, perfect size

Dec 21, 2008. 6:48 PMtbonewoodie says:

Love the toilet paper idea, this will work great for a White Elephant gift! I took it a step further and made a label for the inside, "lightWipe" take off of "lightScribe!" I then did a lightScribe CD of the label and hot glued it to the top. I simply just used a drill press and a forester-bit to drill out the hole so that it matched the case hole.

Dec 10, 2008. 6:39 PMPTANSG says:

I've been browsing the site and by far, this is one that strike me most. It just proved that good ideas need not be complicated. This is one that would benefit anyone and everyone.

Nov 26, 2008. 11:38 PMKoil_1 says:

What a sweet way to reuse!

Nov 25, 2008. 10:57 PMvivabear says:

this is awesome idea!!

Nov 9, 2008. 7:20 PMjoynodoubt says:

wow, this is awesome! If only everyone could thinking like this! We'd reduce the amount of trash we create and save ourselves lots of money :) I can't wait to reuse my cd holders!

Oct 27, 2008. 10:11 AMscs3000 says:

Detailed lamp instructions are here from 2004:

http://www.readymade.com/project/value_pack_lamp

Oct 26, 2008. 9:29 PMAznPanda says:

Lol on the last one I thought you were making a gambling machine XD

Oct 7, 2008. 2:57 AMLUCCHINA says:

Fantastic !

Sep 21, 2008. 6:53 AMhogzilla says:

incredibly resourceful AND well-produced. Very good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sep 5, 2008. 10:38 AMflipako says:

WOW!!!!! nice lol very creative

Sep 3, 2008. 7:44 PMVeehmot says:

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Aug 24, 2008. 9:28 AMFlumpkins says:

Amazing! Love it! 5/5 and fave!!!

Aug 20, 2008. 8:21 PMPocaAzucar says:

omg! awesome! My mom always wanted to throw out this to the garbage, but I knew it that we can recycled and you made me this great idea

Aug 20, 2008. 6:42 PMblack_flag says:

This is fantastic. I have thousands of these things so now I can better put these to use.

If you need some spindles to create one of these nifty gadgets for yourself, help me get rid of these. I'm buried over here and hate to throw these in the garbage...
ebay Disc Spindles

Aug 19, 2008. 8:37 PMSonOfMagicFact says:

I love it! The last bit, with the string and ribbon made me smile especially side. :3

Aug 14, 2008. 8:39 AMhelp.wanted says:

very creative haha. I enjoyed watching you make the last one, i was rly curious while watching ur preparations cuz i just couldn't make out where you were going with it. very nice! the first and last ones are m faves!

Aug 13, 2008. 6:46 PMIan01 says:

I love the hamburger case! :D

Aug 12, 2008. 10:06 AMDREDGONRED says:

Now I know what I'm going to do with all of those CD holders... Great Thinking!

Aug 9, 2008. 12:00 PMKitKat21 says:

Thanks! I just made this in 20minutes! I skipped the CD's step, however, because my ribbon was already on cardboard spindles (which i widened the holes of to slide into the rod. the HARDEST part was cutting out the holes (and i cut slits on the sides of the holes to slip the ribbon into and keep it from unraveling until need it again) THANKS , i have alot alot alot of ribbon THat can now be kept untangled. :-)

Aug 12, 2008. 7:13 AMmsolek (author) says:

nice :)

Aug 11, 2008. 3:06 PMmangenoll says:

Oh, I really like this one :) Great ideas :)

Aug 10, 2008. 12:16 PM

harari says:

take a look at the ORIGINAL cd cable drum

http://www.instructables.com/id/EJONUOIYLXEX5034R4/

Aug 1, 2008. 12:14 AM

fake_faux says:

Your video is really clear, concise and descriptive and there are some truly viable ideas in your instructable. I like the cord / tape dispenser. Applications 1 & 3 though, at this stage in your development, encourage the use of consumables that aren't so green. Using a washable, textile hand cloth is a preferable method of drying one's hands (or you could just dry them as I do by shoving my wet hands into my jeans pockets) so perhaps the dispenser could be used for dispensing something else (a ball of jute garden twine or to keep a ball of yarn from tangling up whilst knitting). We should all be trying to cut down on our use of batteries (but it's totally cool if it is a rechargeable battery - I can't tell from your video).

Aug 1, 2008. 1:48 AMblugyblug says:

Lol, hes recycling the CD box. You cant be green with absolutely EVERYTHING.

Aug 1, 2008. 2:29 AM

fake_faux says:

I absolutely agree with you, even our primary bodily functions of breathing & exhaling, eating and taking a dump compromise our own personal quests for kermy froggy greenness.

Aug 9, 2008. 5:13 AMbikerbob2005 says:

i allways thought that Kermit the frog could if he did not have a hand up his never mind i use a short cd box to hold all the little parts from an on-going project (screws, switches, n such) just invert it and reddy for use.

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