Cd-r Storage
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: toddiscool
I am just filling up books of cd's too fast now, and it is costing me a fortune for the damn books, plus them being big and in the way. I am trying to find something a little more convenient.
Ideas I have come up with are... taking a 2 ring binder spine out and mounting it under my television stand, then using pages from the books to creat like a flip thingy.
Cons of this idea - would not be able to hang as many sheets as I would need.
- the weight would be on the openings of the rings, probably
too much weight
Idea #2.. same idea spine from a two ring binder, mounting it on a wall and builing a deep box around it to support the sheets. This woudl allow alot of pages, conveint and out of the way.
Cons of this idea - I cannot build a damn thing.
- I live is a studless building so I could not hang the thing properly.
Anyways just wondering if anyone has anything creative they use. I need something for around my tv, hanging under tv stand would be cool, but I like on the wall to. And something for my computer room - I have no ideas for the computer room.
I want them to be easily browsable, while out of the way. Just let me know what u use if it is not a binder or spindel.
PS. I am not at allintrested in the cd, rolledex things that plug into your usb drive. (although a good idea, I am sure they are a pain in the ass to find the cd you were just browsing.)
Posted by: ilw
I didn't really follow your descriptions but nevermind.... By cd 'books' do u mean those cd wallets which hold up to 300 cds? If so how many cdr's are u going through to say that they're costing u a fortune :blink:
Posted by: toddiscool
Yeah I mean the cd wallets, I use the 128's after that they are just too big and in the way. Heavier than I care to lift. I burn alot of movies/software/games... alot.
Ya i know the description were not great, I did not go into detail because the ideas were not very good either ... kinda of a draged out intro into the question. I tend to do that, online character flaw.
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
draw some nice picture diagrams...that might help
Posted by: toddiscool
Like yours on your dsl set up :lol: :P
Ok I will, but after I will have to retrakt my make fun of yours.
Posted by: toddiscool
Idea one ... under tv stand
http://home.cogeco.ca/~webextras/idea%201.gif
Idea 2, mounted to wall
http://home.cogeco.ca/~webextras/Idea%202.GIF
Both of these ideas are not that good, I was kinda hopin that someone had something that they had that was good.
Posted by: vivitron 15
get a load of the plastic thingys and take the sleeves out, like you said, and get a giant piece of wood...superglue all the wallets to it, and then stick the wood to the wall somehow...then theyre all on show :)
Posted by: 3rd gen noob
those diagrams look pretty good
i was kind of hoping they were really bad, so i could laugh at them...:P
one question about the first design though...how would the cd's be held in position in the binder?
wouldn't they just fall out? :blink:
Posted by: toddiscool
Originally posted by 3rd gen noob@9 September 2003 - 12:05
one question about the first design though...how would the cd's be held in position in the binder?
wouldn't they just fall out? :blink:
Yeah I though that, As said in my con for it. All the weight would be on the "hinge of the binder" With that one I would either need to find something made for that or come up with something. I really do not like it anyway.
In looking at my diagram of 2 I am starting to like that, the problem is though that unless i can d'ld a frame i would cut my finger off trying to cut the wood with a bread Knife.
I was kinda hoping to find somethig commercial like this, maybee i could make it?
Dont even think about stealing I alreaddy have the patent on it.
Actually I may just try that one, see how it turns out.
BTW: has onyone ever seen just normal pages onsale looseleaf like that? I am sure that i could find them online, but the s&h would cost more than the pages.
Posted by: lynx
Originally posted by toddiscool@9 September 2003 - 11:43
BTW: has onyone ever seen just normal pages onsale looseleaf like that? I am sure that i could find them online, but the s&h would cost more than the pages.
Try Staples.
They have some economy ones at £3.39 for a pack of 10 (holds 40 cds).
If you want to search online, look for 'cd wallets'
Edit: when you've found what you want, go buy them in the store.
Posted by: vivitron 15
on a serious note, you do know you can get loose leaf ring binder types in shops?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/largeimages/36082i0.jpg
taken from : http://www.maplin.co.uk/Products/ModuleInf...082&modulelist= (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Products/ModuleInfo.asp?Addon=&CartID=030909130449688&moduleno=36082&modulelist=)
at www.maplin.co.uk
couldnt u use stg like this and just mount it under the TV by drilling a couple of holes in it and screwing to the frame of your tv stand?
Posted by: FuNkY CaPrIcOrN
I have a Caselogic that holds around 260.....cost me quite a bit($50).But it looks Cool. :P
Am about to get another(have around 400 CDRs of DATA).....that should hold me over for about a Month or two.....and then will need a third one.
Maybe one day you and me have a DVD Burner and will not worry about all these CDRs. :lol:
Posted by: toddiscool
Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@9 September 2003 - 14:17
Maybe one day you and me have a DVD Burner and will not worry about all these CDRs. :lol:
Very true, of course the bins and isos, unless we can format the dvd to diffrent parts (can you do that?) I guess could judt extract contents to dvd. (if i would go to work i could get one.)
I have a Caselogic that holds around 260.....cost me quite a bit($50).But it looks Cool.
Am about to get another(have around 400 CDRs of DATA).....that should hold me over for about a Month or two.....and then will need a third one.
Same boat it jsut becomes to many. I mean i use 128's just a little bit lighter, and easir to put on stuff. But I have 4 of them all full. 1 of movies, 2 of games i never play, and 1 of software titles. I need to do a huge burning run but have no where to put them when I am done, thus this thread.
Back on topic
@vitron - Yeah i thought that route aswell, I cannot see the design of the rings on that one, but the design flaw is that all the weight from the sleeves would be on the "joint" of the ring causing it to open.
Aswell with the rings hung verticley as they would have to be, not many sleeves could actually fit on the ring.
Thanks for all the input btw guys.