Retro CD wallet

Use old 5 1/4 inch floppy disc sleeves to make a CD wallet. Raid the company archives, scour the thrift store or just ask any packrat for a fistful of old floppy discs. They have cloth already on the inside to protect your CD or DVD (just in time for it to become obsolete).

Any mention of this project must provide a link to www.zieak.com with credit to Ryan McFarland.

Step 1 Gather supplies

Please note that this project is inspired by one featured in ReadyMade.

You'll need:

A number of 5 1/4 inch floppy discs
Two binder rings
Scissors or a paper cutter
A hefty hole punch
Sticker residue cleaner and paper towels (optional)

Comments

[tisharella78]

Oh, and I bet gluing in a thin strip of that window weatherstripping that's supposed to go in between the two panes right inside the edge would keep the CD's from slipping out, at least for a while...

[tisharella78]

This is a cute idea, if I had 5 1/4's or anywhere within a couple thousand miles to get 'em I'd attempt it (Alaska!) Plus, SUPER excited to see an old Sneaker Pimps CD still hanging in there! :)

[sctirvn687]

This is a "Why didn't I think of that before I donated hundreds of floppy disks to the Salvation Army and I ran out of sleeves to put cds in thing"?

[mr monoply33]

I suppose I'm the only one trying to track down and buy 5 inch disks and the drive anymore lol

[aaronjehall]

I wonder if a umd would fit in a 3.5"...

[shammallamaman]

ooooh, i like, very creative

[nanor11395]

nice

[connorcancount!]

i love it, you should have more projects using retro items, very cool

[Naruto_Uzumaki]

im confused?????????? (bad english)

[yoghürt]

is binder ring is a nomal key holder ring? (bad english)

[zieak]

They are not key rings - although with some frustration those would probably work. If you look closely you'll see a hinge so they can be opened easily to add or remove sheets - or in this case cd sleeves.

[Browncoat]

Where did you find binder rings? Did you just rip them out of a binder or something? Or would an Office Max kind of place have them?

[zieak]

Ripping them out of a three ring binder wouldn't work (i think). They should be available at any office supply store or even a print shop.

[Browncoat]

Couldn't find any binder clips (though I didn't look TOO hard), so I'm using one of those holders/files that were made to help people keep & organize their discs. The dividers are coming in handy on these! :)

[Stanislaw]

If your worried about the disks falling out, you could put the floppy sleeves in an old floppy disk case, they were about an inch to two inches thick and could hold about 15 disks. Nice retro idea.

[atomicrose]

Or, on the front and back sleeves, you could punch in grommets and tie the opening closed with string. If you're more ambitious, you could make a snapping strap that you glue/sew(?) into either the front or back sleeve and wrap to the opposite end to attach to a snap (or Velcro). I'm not sure how well snaps and grommets will connect to plastic, but it's worth a shot.

[Browncoat]

Very cool. And simple enough that I could actually DO it! Now, just gotta find some of those old floppies... ;)

[zieak]

Thanks! I was trying to figure out how to use them in the wallet challenge but the end result never would have looked as close to the original material.

[AdamK]

Neat!! Any problem with discs falling out?

[zieak]

I don't tote it around much but putting another series of holes opposite the hinge and another binder ring in would block the discs from falling out.