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Title: CD/DVD material?
Post by: DYNAGOD on March 15, 2004, 02:11:36 pm

does anyone know if its possible to buy the multilayered material used for the construction of CD' and or DVD's in sheets?
was sitting here at a pile of old dvd's and cdroms and thought it would cool as hell as a CP with an acrylic cover to keep tthe fingerprints off..
i searched the net for about an hour and all i could find was how they are constructed..

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: Edgedamage on March 15, 2004, 02:27:13 pm

#1 the polycarb used in cd/dvd is shipped to the pressing plants in little pellets. And the presser heats the pellets for the moulds.

#2 ALL waste gets shipped to the polycarb factory to be recycled.

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: Jakobud on March 15, 2004, 04:24:09 pm

Why not just cover the CP with Lexan?  You can get that at Home Depot.

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: Snarbald on March 15, 2004, 05:06:52 pm

I think he may have meant the shiny aluminum part.

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: allroy1975 on March 15, 2004, 11:18:51 pm

you know what MIGHT look cool?  if you actually used CDs.  Just go to your local used CD shop or whatever..hell...a lot of times they're giving away Sampler disks for free (aren't they?) and make like 2 layers of them under the plexi....so it would obviously be CDs, but it's have a neat kinda look to it.

Just an idea.  or use tin foil.  ;)

Allroy

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: Snarbald on March 16, 2004, 01:35:06 am

...or you could just buy a 100 silver cdrs. ;)

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: nighthawk2099 on March 16, 2004, 08:05:42 am

Take a look at this thread.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=16419

Used some mirror type laminate.. same cool effect.

 ;D

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: DYNAGOD on March 16, 2004, 08:59:00 am

Quote from: nighthawk2099 on March 16, 2004, 08:05:42 am

Take a look at this thread.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=16419

Used some mirror type laminate.. same cool effect.

 ;D

i had seen that thread and that CP is kickass, and i would go to say was proboly part of the spark that brought this up...
i just thought the light bending qualities of cd's or even moreso the blue DVD's would give an extra flare.
but as was stated earlier in the thread, it doesnt look like its a possibility being a raw material thats not easily processed.
i had toyed with the idea of using disks, but i really wanted a solid uninterupted sheet to keep it tight looking.
oh well ,only a thought..

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: ErikRuud on March 16, 2004, 09:37:21 am

Why buy CD's for this??

Just wait a few weeks and you should have recieved several dozen from AOL by then!  ;D :D ;D

Title: Re:CD/DVD material?
Post by: patrickl on March 16, 2004, 07:12:19 pm

As I understand from the Fabback website, they also sell colored mirrors. Perhaps you can find a sheet of blue tinted mirror.