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Sept. 27, 2011 12:31 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork

I hate the whole "Learn me, y'all".

I have a shoe box full of CDs that cannot be tossed in the trash, nothing really sensitive, just need to know. Staples offers them from $70 to $1,500 with no rating on CDs but reference the number of sheets of paper it can eat at one time, though they call them CD shredders. We have an Epson shredder, it's not a CD eater; I tried. I started choking on that metal disc in the center.

Any experience with this?

Some references:

http://www.staples.com/Fellowes-Powershred-B-161C-16-Sheet-Cross-Cut-Shredder/prod...

http://www.staples.com/Swingline-DX18-13-18-Sheet-Cross-Cut-Shredder/product_815105

http://www.staples.com/Fellowes-Powershred-C-325Ci-22-Sheet-Cross-Cut-Shredder/pro...
Sept. 27, 2011 12:36 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork

What about a really strong magnet for this on-time job?
What about just breaking disks in half?
Sept. 27, 2011 12:44 p.m. N Sperlo Dork

or
Sept. 27, 2011 12:46 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork

Breaking them gets old fast, they scatter all over. I thought about a Skeet Thrower, hook up with the local Rod & Gun club but the plastic bits will be all over the woods long into the next two centuries.

I don't know if a magnet will work, how about a minimum wage flunky and some 80 grit?
Sept. 27, 2011 12:48 p.m. blizazer Reader

your microwave will do the job for cd-r's
Sept. 27, 2011 12:48 p.m. MG_Bryan New Reader

Microwave ovens are cheap these days...

EDIT: damn, beaten to the punch.
Sept. 27, 2011 12:48 p.m. TRoglodyte HalfDork

burn em.
Sept. 27, 2011 12:50 p.m. madmallard Reader

jrw1621 wrote:

What about a really strong magnet for this on-time job?
What about just breaking disks in half?

i can't imagine a magnet having much effect on optical dye with no metal in it...
Sept. 27, 2011 12:52 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

fire really is your best bet.. just do not stand in the smoke
Sept. 27, 2011 12:55 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork

Oh god they smell awful when you burn them. My paper shredder is rated for credit cards and cds, and I think it went for 120 new, I bought it off Craigslist.
Sept. 27, 2011 12:56 p.m. aircooled SuperDork

jrw1621 wrote:

What about a really strong magnet for this on-time job? ...

Magnets?

If you want to destroy them with sand paper, make sure to sand the Label side of the CD! That is the side that will damage the data layer.

A good X on the label side with a box cutter should do the job.

Or..

Lay them all out label side down in a parking lot.... Drift O' Rama!!!!
Sept. 27, 2011 1:01 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLVeBlNiNyo&list=PL8450BD974BE50D0E&index=9 Video series to 101 ways to destroy a cd.
Sept. 27, 2011 1:02 p.m. TRoglodyte HalfDork

In the interest of scientific analysis I just ran a cd thru my Fellowes jb 01 shredder. Handled it no problem. $99.99 @ Staples. BTW who is JayZ?
Sept. 27, 2011 1:46 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork

I just bought a SwingLine DX18-13. Swallows 18 sheets at a time!
Sept. 27, 2011 1:49 p.m. scardeal HalfDork

I giggled the first time I shredded a cd... that is all.
Sept. 27, 2011 2:00 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork

scardeal wrote:

I giggled the first time I shredded a cd... that is all.

Me too
Sept. 27, 2011 2:31 p.m. TRoglodyte HalfDork

914Driver wrote:

I just bought a SwingLine DX18-13. Swallows 18 sheets at a time!

Double duty as a leaf mulcher ?
Sept. 27, 2011 3:04 p.m. GrantMLS Reader

yeah i got thesame issues - around 100 dvd's but don't want to spend money on it...
Sept. 27, 2011 3:11 p.m. T.J. SuperDork

Had a CD disintergrator at last job. Sucker turned CD's into dust. It was terribly loud and obnoxious, but approved by the NSA for destroying classified.
Sept. 27, 2011 3:51 p.m. GrantMLS Reader

i got a mulching lawn mower...
Sept. 27, 2011 4:02 p.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork

As mentioned, a shredder from Office Whatever will do the job. Get a big one, like a $100 model. The one I have has a CD slot. It cuts them in half or thirds. That will keep anyone from spinning it up and reading it. I had another crosscut shredder, a Royal, and that one didn't have a CD slot, but you could put them through it anyway. It was tough, until the UNITED WAY shiney happy people mailed me a nickle in junk mail. As a last dieing act of defiance, it shredded the unopened envelope and the nickle.
Sept. 27, 2011 4:04 p.m. ThePhranc Reader

Stack in pile and apply thermite charge.
Sept. 27, 2011 4:13 p.m. HiTempguy Dork

You know what I'm thinking?

I'm thinking one of those paper cutters you find in an office to chop 'em in half. Should work fine, and will be relatively cheap.

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