Recycling an old CD-ROM drive into a magnetic noteboard!

Do you have an old CD-ROM drive just lying about? Maybe that one that you picked up at spring cleaning last year and your parents will throw it away if you don't do something with it? (Like me.)

Anyways, today we will be making a magnetic board out of the CD-ROM case and various parts inside. There will be no need to provide magnets; they are included in the driver.

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Step 1 What you need:

The parts required for this project are:
   >CD-ROM
   >screwdriver
   >multi tool or pliers
   >(optional) spare shiny/flashy electronic parts like a CPU or old RAM chips

Comments

[samsao]

good idea ... thanks

[zack247]

very nice! great way of repourposing the cd drive. in step 2, i believe those are very old RAM chips, and in step 4, the diode is actually the small metal thing with 3 leads coming out of it. what you pointed out is the magnifier for the diode.

all in all, Great instructable!

[your dog]

Thanks for the help. I will make sure to fix those mistakes.