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hahahah, thats pretty funny, and a good idea. Im assuming you cut a cd not just used a gear and put the label on it. If thats what you did, how'd you cut it
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I'll guess that you glued the cd to the gear. The only thing I've ever done with those cds you get in the mail is use them for coasters! :p

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My sister collects them and uses them as wall decorations (she likes the pretty colors). Whenever I get one, I just throw it into her room.

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That is definately a very creative use for one of those cds. Most people just trash them in some way. That is the best used AOL cd I have ever seen.

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I liked it better when AOL gave out 3.5" disks with their instal on it.
I used to just reformat them, peel off the label and use them for good!!

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3.5's are outdated though. AOL only did everyone a favor by moving to CD, and helping the progression of technology, instead of stalling on trusty old systems.

Edit - Did I really just say AOL did something good?

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Somebody once collected all the Cd's he got and his friends and families and stuff and send it back to AOL. He collected around 10,000.

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I personally think the AOL cds make the best frisbees.

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Lets just say this mechanism as a whole is much more intesting than the AOL CD itself.

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Thank you for your recognition.
We used a drill press and a piece of plywood. A pin was pressed 0.375" next to the drill bit hole in the plywood. Operating the drill bit in high speed, I did cut the teeth into the CD.
Regards, Stefan, Team 1414 Mentor

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I commend you for your creativity and craftmans ship, best use of anything aol has created. Too bad you didnt wait untill they got those top speed discs out haha !!

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Haha. We actually also used AOL CDs on our robot. But we used 9.0 ;) We glued paper wheel-encoder printouts and attached the CDs to our rear wheels. They work really well ;)

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That must be stronger AND lighter than the 8.0 disc 1414 is using :D !!

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hahaha I always knew that they would be good for something someday...