do you know those skeleton model kits with shapes [for bones] cut out of a thin sheet of wood? to make parts for it : a machine that fits [old or junk] cds in it ; with heated stamps/melters/cutters in the shapes of different prehistoric animal bones[with grooves for assembley] which it cuts/melts/stamps out of the plastic. instead of trying to cut them [causing splinter/shatter effect] or completely melting and remoulding the plastic.-- technobadger, Jan 22 2002 CD-Rom (after) http://catalog.com/.../CatalystCDBack.gif~20 seconds on "high" [jutta, Jan 26 2002] (?) CD in the microwave http://www.prairien...ell/cd_burning.htmlSee bottom of page for effect. [waugsqueke, Feb 08 2002] This would work with just about any plastic wouldn't it?[PS]: I don't think that is a good thing to do to your microwave (but I don't know that for a fact).-- bristolz, Jan 23 2002 Mihalis and I have found that old CDs make attractive coasters (depending on your decor). They're also quite useful as reflectors in the vegtable patch to keep the birds away. There is also quite an active market for old (music) CDs and even a few successful businesses launched around the selling of vintage disks. Aside from this meriad of other uses, any such flashy dinosaur would look way too much like those 80's Transformers toys.-- whiprsnapr, Jan 23 2002 How about turning them into 45s? That would almost be the very definition of irony. Add some audio of Bill Gates saying "No one will ever need more than 640k of memory" and make it a fait accompli.-- phoenix, Jan 23 2002 And don't nuke them more than 5 or 10 seconds at a time...-- StarChaser, Jan 25 2002 Even better, borrow someone else's microwave.-- jutta, Jan 26 2002 Even so.
"Kids, don't try this at home. Try it at your friends' home."-- StarChaser, Jan 27 2002 I've used a small high temperature butane torch to create sculptures out of used CD's. They're quite cool, and people often comment on them. If you try it, just be sure to watch for dripping, and don't set the CD on fire.-- dana_renay, Feb 08 2002 Unless you want to.
Got pictures? I'd like to see these...-- StarChaser, Feb 09 2002 random, halfbakery