Sew Useful Floppy disk binder

This is a binder made from 5 1/4" floppy disks (from the DOS 3.2 era.) I have both my Macpack and Floppy disk bag on display in an art gallery and I wanted some way to present the instructables alongside the pieces, because they are as much a part of the art as the pieces themselves. So I stitched together sixteen floppies into 2x2 squares and had them bound with the printed instructables as two binders for presentation. And off we go:

Step 1 The pieces:

The things you will require are:
floppy disks (crucial) 8x each binder,
A drill and appropriate sized bit (I rec0ommend no larger than 3/16",)
Magnetic tape from a cassette tape,
a needle with an eye big enough to thread the tape yet small enough to fit through the holes,
a binding machine or some sort of money/Kinkos® combo.
a printer or the above combo,
tassle material, i used my favorite ribbon cable.

If you desire to remove the labels from the floppies and the glue is still holding strong after 20 years I recommend a good soak.

Comments

[Goodhart]

Nice,  I still have a few 8-inch - SSSD  and some 5 1/4 inch diskettes  around somewhere....:-) 

 

[porcupinemamma]

my local office supply store can't put the spiral binding on.  does Kinkos do it?  BTW this is beautiful

[imanalchemist]

yes, FedEx-Kinkos is where i went to get mine done.

[danimal1234]

What about using that spray painted floppy as a logo? If it is logos you are referring to in this abdominal muse...

[bestbballrebounder1]

WELL DC I MEAN DC SHOES AND ALSO IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU HASE CIRCIT BOARDS INBETWEEN THEM INSTEAD OF THE STRING TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER

[bestbballrebounder1]

well it looks like dice and its all flopy why dont you make it like skater like a dc one out of griptape on cardboard like that and put dc logo

[imanalchemist]

because you are not my target audience. I did not make this for you to like it, I made this for me to like it. And dc is not my brand.

[bestbballrebounder1]

i dont like it!

[imanalchemist]

not constructive! Extrapolate: Why don't you like it?

[ll.13]

|337!

[jillg]

! agr33 w!th ll.13!!!!!11!one!!one!1three !11

[Evil_Computer_Wizard]

i'm going to make 5.25" floppy disk platemail!!!

[Dalya]

You just looove floppy disks don't you? Craft kid :D Lovely idea. It's Beautiful <3.

[Yerboogieman]

how much space did those have on em, i remeber them but all i did was play games from em'

[stncilr]

the floppy drive was single-headed and had a storage capacity of 322 kB

[mr bkilled]

those are some old school floppies! ;)

[tiuk]

Retro-y good. Nice work.

[ewilhelm]

Nice! Tell us more about the museum showing, perhaps in a forum post?