MAKE | Make: Projects – Peel 'n' Stick Disc Storage

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2011/02/22 @ 8:50 am
Category Computers & Mobile, Craft, Home, Music

These stick-on CD/DVD hubs are marketed to publishers who want to include an optical disc in a book, card, folder, or other printed matter. They cost pennies apiece and, with the aid of our handy print-and-cut template, are easily arranged in a hexagonal grid on any smooth surface you might want to use for disc storage. Discs stored this way are easy to browse at a glance, without flipping pages, and don’t take up space on a table or shelf.

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7 Responses to Make: Projects – Peel 'n' Stick Disc Storage

Sebastian Reyes on February 22nd, 2011 at 5:08 pm said:

The cds/dvds will get awfully dusty don’t you guys think?

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- Keith Frazer on February 22nd, 2011 at 6:12 pm said:
  
  Cd’s can survive a little dust. I think it might be a neat use of space, perhaps on the inside of a cabinet door. Better to have these gathering dust somewhere in plain sight than losing them and having them gather dust elsewhere.
  
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- Keith Frazer on February 22nd, 2011 at 6:12 pm said:
  
  Cd’s can survive a little dust. I think it might be a neat use of space, perhaps on the inside of a cabinet door. Better to have these gathering dust somewhere in plain sight than losing them and having them gather dust elsewhere.
  
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- Keith Frazer on February 22nd, 2011 at 6:12 pm said:
  
  Cd’s can survive a little dust. I think it might be a neat use of space, perhaps on the inside of a cabinet door. Better to have these gathering dust somewhere in plain sight than losing them and having them gather dust elsewhere.
  
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- Keith Frazer on February 22nd, 2011 at 6:12 pm said:
  
  Cd’s can survive a little dust. I think it might be a neat use of space, perhaps on the inside of a cabinet door. Better to have these gathering dust somewhere in plain sight than losing them and having them gather dust elsewhere.
  
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Alexander on February 22nd, 2011 at 10:25 pm said:

Do you know what else works remarkably well for this task? Thumbtacks.

I can purchase a couple dozen at the local BuckStore and they hold at least 3 discs each. I have a wall of them right now, looking at me from the other side of the room.

Sure, it makes a hole–but I’m sure that the adhesive won’t come off clean either.

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Andrew Sayler on February 23rd, 2011 at 5:43 pm said:

It occurs to me that you could use this method for bulk storage if you stuck the hubs on a hinging multiple-frame display, like the kind used to display for-sale posters.

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