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Homemade CD Shooter?

Posted by Cliff on from the careful-you-don't-take-someone's-head-off dept.

Rinisari asks: "I've recently come into a very large amount of defunct, yet still structurally intact, CDs. I did some searching about on Google, but turned up nothing on my goal: A Compact Disc Cannon. Has anyone ever built a device for shooting CDs in a horizontal or vertical fashion? I'm thinking almost something like one of those foam disc shooters..."

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  1. Hellrazor? by PeekabooCaribou · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which Hellrazor was it with the DJ that shot CDs out of his face? You could pick up some design ideas from that guy. ;)

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  2. Terrorist scum alert! by DamienMcKenna · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry but we can't tell you as shooting CDs could be a terrorist act. God only knows how many millions of AOL freebie CDs there are available for free to anyone who wants them and these could become lethal weapons in your hands. You are a sick little monkey, go home and ask your dad to give you a paddling, and no supper for you either, mister! The FBI will be around in the morning, please have your clothes packed and an extra-large tub of Smooth-o-lube when they arrive.

  3. I saw one of these ten years ago... by p4ul13 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Information is right here.

    =)

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  4. SCUD by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Has anyone ever built a device for shooting CDs in a horizontal or vertical fashion?"

    Sort of. I used to fling bad CDs into my friend's cubicle. Written on each one was "SCUD... Don't worry, you probably weren't the intended target."

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  5. Easy by Kj0n · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just rewrite the firmware for your CD-ROM player: let it spin up to its maximum speed and then open the tray.

  6. DON'T DO IT by nusratt · · Score: 2, Funny

    didn't your mother ever tell you?
    "You could put someone's eye out with that!" ;-)

  7. CD's are for sissies... by I(rispee_I(reme · · Score: 4, Funny

    real men make hard drive platter launchers.

  8. Spinning CD could take someones head off by CokeBear · · Score: 3, Funny

    If that thing got up enough speed, could slice clear through the neck, and head would roll. Probably not such a good idea. (Although if anyone builds it, please post video ;-)

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  9. PETA demands you stop this abuse! by MarcQuadra · · Score: 2, Funny

    As an unofficial PETA activist I must ask you to stop planning to use ferrets as amunition for your sick weasel-guns.

    Any attempt to use ferrets as weapons will be considered an act of murder and we will return the favor on behalf of our long slinkylike furry friends. ...Shooting ferrets from a railgun, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Sadistic bastards.

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