Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

Thanks,
Stephen.

"Stephen" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

I believe the max limit of most shredders is for paper the thickness of gold
leaf. Even my Swordfish shredder doesn't get close to the claimed number of
sheets.


If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.


Sounds like it's end-of-life.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

My swordfish claims about 30 minutes usage but I tend to run for 10 minutes,
leave for 10 to recover and then start again. BTW if you have a compost
bin, the shreddings can go in their and they rot down quite nicely. Avoids
the "big rush for bin day".

Paul DS.

I got a Bush from Argos, which seems not too bad, but the number of sheets
it will do is dependent on thickness not number of sheets. its main failing
is its sensor gets blocked and tends to leave it running or it won't run at
all. I have a little bit of bent paperclip to fix this now.. grin.
It also cuts cds into 3 parts. They all seem to have plastic gears though
but there is an over temp swich which seems to work quite well so you can't
abuse it too much.
Brian

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"Stephen" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

Thanks,
Stephen.

The Bush seems to go for about half an hour before it cuts out.
Brian

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"Paul D Smith" wrote in message
...
"Stephen" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

I believe the max limit of most shredders is for paper the thickness of
gold leaf. Even my Swordfish shredder doesn't get close to the claimed
number of sheets.


If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.


Sounds like it's end-of-life.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

My swordfish claims about 30 minutes usage but I tend to run for 10
minutes, leave for 10 to recover and then start again. BTW if you have a
compost bin, the shreddings can go in their and they rot down quite
nicely. Avoids the "big rush for bin day".

Paul DS.

On 06/03/2012 08:37, Stephen wrote:
Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?


Try: http://www.which.co.uk/shredders/
or Which (May 2009)
http://www.which.co.uk/documents/pdf...ers-175514.pdf

Allan

On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:37:02 -0000, Stephen wrote:

Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

Thanks,
Stephen.

I just put all junk mail straight in the recycling. If the binmen read things they shouldn't, their breaking the law and it's their problem not mine. If my bank puts too much information on my bank statements, they shouldn't have done and they can pay for the losses.

If you really want it disposed of, set fire to it. You can stock up for months then have one big go a few times a year. Far more fun, and you have the chore less often. A steel bin (like they used to use before wheelybins) with some air vents drilled in it lets the paper smoulder for a nice time without bits of burnt paper flying about the garden.

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On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:35:41 -0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

I got a Bush from Argos, which seems not too bad, but the number of sheets
it will do is dependent on thickness not number of sheets. its main failing
is its sensor gets blocked and tends to leave it running or it won't run at
all. I have a little bit of bent paperclip to fix this now.. grin.
It also cuts cds into 3 parts. They all seem to have plastic gears though
but there is an over temp swich which seems to work quite well so you can't
abuse it too much.
Brian

Is it supposed to cut CDs or did you just try for a laugh?

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On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:27:41 -0000, Paul D Smith wrote:

"Stephen" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

I believe the max limit of most shredders is for paper the thickness of gold
leaf.

Now that was funny!

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Sounds like it's end-of-life.

No such thing. Throw away society sux.

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On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:29:13 +0000, Allan wrote:

On 06/03/2012 08:37, Stephen wrote:
Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are plastic
and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might fix the
problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning to
show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but nothing
that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

No, but I also had a Fellowes shredder that finally gave up (it had a
hard life, and owed me nothing). I replaced it with this for 40 quid:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...00_i00_details

Also Fellowes, much bigger bin, seems more solid than the old one.
Definitely more powerful, although quite noisy.




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On 06/03/2012 08:37, Stephen wrote:
Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

Thanks,
Stephen.

I tried to get some replacement gears for a Fellowes shredder which was
2 or 3 years old, and had no joy. Fellowes only provide spares for large
industrial-type shredders. For the domestic ones, if they fail within
the 12-month warranty period, they replace them - otherwise, hard luck!
There were some gears available on Ebay for some models - but *not* for
mine.

The thing that really buggers shredders is if you let the shreddings
build up without emptying it. Shreddings then get drawn in from the
bottom, as well as the new paper from the top - and the whole thing jams
and strips its gears.

We bought a replacement shredder from Lidl (branded "United Office")
when they were on offer at about £25 nine months ago, and that seems
quite good - as long as you empty it often enough!
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In article ,
lid says...

Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

Thanks,
Stephen.

Don't forget that you are supposed to lubricate the cutters regularly.
You can buy the oil but the lubricating sachets are easier.
It should make your new/mended one last a lot longer.

Stephen wrote:

Hello,

I think someone has posted a link here in the past for a supplier of
cogs for paper shredders. Can anyone tell me the link please?

I have a Fellowes paper shredder. It claims to shred eight pages at a
time but is only managing two. I looked inside and the cogs are
plastic and one has a split in it. I am hoping changing the cog might
fix the problem.

If not, I will replace the shredder. I must have had it six or seven
years and although it is only used for domestic use, it is beginning
to show its age: some bits of plastic have started falling off but
nothing that exposes the blades and endangers the user.

Has anyone ordered any of the cheap shredders (£20ish) from CPC? I
wondered how good they were as a replacement?

One grumble is that we ought to shred junk mail as we receive it but
we tend to let it accumulate and then shred the night before the bin
men are due. Although we are not shredding mountains of paper, the
overheat cutout always seems to stop us halfway through. I am
surprised how quickly this operates. Are all shredders so quick to do
this?

Thanks,
Stephen.

I have recently got a broken Fellowes shredder off Freecycle. There
was a 7-tooth plastic cogwheel that had shattered, but it was moulded
to an undamaged larger cogwheel. Firstly, I tried inserting sections
of steel knitting needle into the larger wheel at the positions where
the tips of the broken teeth were. This worked until I inserted a wad
of paper - the rods all bent and damaged one of the cogs of the final
wheel. (The 'steel' is in fact a hard aluminium alloy).

I hen found instructions on the web that said a maximum of 6 sheets.

I have now put steel screws instead of the knitting needles, and will
not shred more than 2 sheets at a time, because the speed is
noticeably slower for 2 sheets than for 1!

Cheap shredders are 'strip-cut' rather than 'cross-cut', so a
dedicated criminal could piece the strips together in far less time
than it would take to assemble the shreds.

Dave W

On 06/03/2012 15:57, Lieutenant Scott wrote:

I just put all junk mail straight in the recycling. If the binmen read
things they shouldn't, their breaking the law and it's their problem not
mine. If my bank puts too much information on my bank statements, they
shouldn't have done and they can pay for the losses.

What, really? That's like saying "I don't bother locking my front door
because if some scrote comes in and helps themselves they're breaking
the law..."

If you really want it disposed of, set fire to it. You can stock up for
months then have one big go a few times a year. Far more fun, and you
have the chore less often. A steel bin (like they used to use before
wheelybins) with some air vents drilled in it lets the paper smoulder
for a nice time without bits of burnt paper flying about the garden.

Yep, I've given up on the shredder - far too slow - and incineration is
what I now do myself


David

On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:21:03 -0000, Lobster wrote:

On 06/03/2012 15:57, Lieutenant Scott wrote:

I just put all junk mail straight in the recycling. If the binmen read
things they shouldn't, their breaking the law and it's their problem not
mine. If my bank puts too much information on my bank statements, they
shouldn't have done and they can pay for the losses.

What, really? That's like saying "I don't bother locking my front door
because if some scrote comes in and helps themselves they're breaking
the law..."

Things happening due to me discarding paperwork in the recycling are much less likely than someone breaking in. And it's easier to get banks to pay for money that's disappeared without my authorisation, than to claim money back for things gone from the house (which may have more than just monetary value).

(Actually I often forget to lock my door, and nobody has ever stolen anything. I picked a nice place to live, not some horrid town full of thieves).

If you really want it disposed of, set fire to it. You can stock up for
months then have one big go a few times a year. Far more fun, and you
have the chore less often. A steel bin (like they used to use before
wheelybins) with some air vents drilled in it lets the paper smoulder
for a nice time without bits of burnt paper flying about the garden.

Yep, I've given up on the shredder - far too slow - and incineration is
what I now do myself

For fun?

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On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:21:03 +0000, Lobster
wrote:


Yep, I've given up on the shredder - far too slow - and incineration is
what I now do myself

Think of the carbon emissions.... ;-)

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Frank Erskine wrote
Lobster wrote

Yep, I've given up on the shredder - far too
slow - and incineration is what I now do myself

Think of the carbon emissions.... ;-)

Bugger em. With a bit of luck some stupid greeny
will see the fire and burst a blood vessel or sumfin |-)

On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:00:46 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

Yep, I've given up on the shredder - far too slow - and
incineration
is what I now do myself

Shred for lighting the stove or adding fibre to the compost bin.

Think of the carbon emissions.... ;-)

Bugger em. With a bit of luck some stupid greeny will see the fire and
burst a blood vessel or sumfin |-)

Wouldn't be that lucky. Not that the carbon from burning paper that
came from wood that grew in the last 50 years taking carbon from the
atmosphere as it did so is a problem anyway.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 2012-03-06, Paul D Smith wrote:

My swordfish claims about 30 minutes usage but I tend to run for 10 minutes,
leave for 10 to recover and then start again. BTW if you have a compost
bin, the shreddings can go in their and they rot down quite nicely. Avoids
the "big rush for bin day".

Shredded paper is especially good for worm bins because it's dry &
high in carbon & it goes in loosely (with air), whereas kitchen waste
is wet & high in nitrogen & tends to pack itself down.

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit rather than break them into bits.

Adam Funk wrote:
On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit rather than break them into bits.

10 seconds (if that) in a microwave.

Tim

"Adam Funk" wrote in message ...

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit rather than break them into bits.

Put them in a microwave for a few seconds. The metallisation crinkles up and
is no longer readable

AWEM

Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Adam Funk" wrote in message
...

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the
surfaces up a bit rather than break them into bits.

Put them in a microwave for a few seconds. The metallisation crinkles
up and is no longer readable

AWEM

I think someone has already said that. ;-)

Tim

On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:11:54 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit

That'll stop all but the most determined from reading a CD. Some
coarse (40 or 60 grit) sand paper will do the same or an angle
grinder.

rather than break them into bits.

They are tough but brittle buggers. Flex one enough so that it breaks
and you get a fair few high speed and sharp bits of sharpnel...

--
Cheers
Dave.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:11:54 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit

That'll stop all but the most determined from reading a CD. Some
coarse (40 or 60 grit) sand paper will do the same or an angle
grinder.

rather than break them into bits.

They are tough but brittle buggers. Flex one enough so that it breaks
and you get a fair few high speed and sharp bits of sharpnel...

IIRC they burn well but the best is to use a microwave oven.


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On Mar 7, 5:30*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:11:54 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit

That'll stop all but the most determined from reading a CD. Some
coarse (40 or 60 grit) sand paper will do the same or an angle
grinder.

rather than break them into bits.

They are tough but brittle buggers. Flex one enough so that it breaks
and you get a fair few high speed and sharp bits of sharpnel...

IIRC they burn well but the best is to use a microwave oven.

As said, nuke them or break them up


NT

Adam Funk wrote:
On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit rather than break them into bits.

How many do you want to destroy?

A plumbers blow torch or a bonfire (for lots of them) would be the easy
answer.

You could just snap then in half. If you want to pay someone to snap them in
half then just post them to yourself and let the postman do the work.

--
Adam

In article ,
Adam Funk writes:
On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit rather than break them into bits.

I had a large pile, and didn't like the idea of feeding them
all through the microwave, in case it damaged it.

I did for them on the gas hob - A few seconds over the
burner for each one (held by pliers), and they're wrecked.
The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

--
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On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:11:54 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?

Try a microwave oven. I'm amazed that nobody's suggested that yet ;-)

On 2012-03-07, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Adam Funk writes:
On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit rather than break them into bits.

I had a large pile, and didn't like the idea of feeding them
all through the microwave, in case it damaged it.

I did for them on the gas hob - A few seconds over the
burner for each one (held by pliers), and they're wrecked.
The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The smell (along with whatever else is in the fumes) is one reason I
don't like the microwave idea. (I keep my microwave oven in the
house.)

How much would burning a pile of these (let's say an A4 copy paper box
full) outdoors stink up & irritate the neighbourhood?

Adam Funk wrote:
On 2012-03-07, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Adam Funk writes:
On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit rather than break them into bits.
I had a large pile, and didn't like the idea of feeding them
all through the microwave, in case it damaged it.

I did for them on the gas hob - A few seconds over the
burner for each one (held by pliers), and they're wrecked.
The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The smell (along with whatever else is in the fumes) is one reason I
don't like the microwave idea. (I keep my microwave oven in the
house.)


microwaving doesn't make a smel. It simply destroys the metallized layer
beyond all home of reading.

How much would burning a pile of these (let's say an A4 copy paper box
full) outdoors stink up & irritate the neighbourhood?

don't burn them MICROWAVE them

Full power 10 seconds and then stick it back in the CD drive and try and
read it

Maybe NCIS can read it, but no one in the real world



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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[Burning CDs]

The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The dye used is pthalocyanine some of it will be released as cyanide by
burning. Not advised in a confined space such as a kitchen.

On 2012-03-08, Steve Firth wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[Burning CDs]

The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The dye used is pthalocyanine some of it will be released as cyanide by
burning. Not advised in a confined space such as a kitchen.

I thought I'd heard something like that, hence my question. However,
I guess this isn't a problem with the quick blast in the microwave?

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:11:54 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
The shredders I've come across with CD slots just scratch the surfaces
up a bit

That'll stop all but the most determined from reading a CD. Some
coarse (40 or 60 grit) sand paper will do the same or an angle
grinder.

rather than break them into bits.

They are tough but brittle buggers. Flex one enough so that it breaks
and you get a fair few high speed and sharp bits of sharpnel...

IIRC they burn well but the best is to use a microwave oven.

I use a paper knife to scratch the data surface - it normally flakes off
like confetti.







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To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.

Adam Funk wrote:
On 2012-03-08, Steve Firth wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[Burning CDs]

The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The dye used is pthalocyanine some of it will be released as
cyanide by burning. Not advised in a confined space such as a
kitchen.

I thought I'd heard something like that, hence my question. However,
I guess this isn't a problem with the quick blast in the microwave?

Not if you get the MiL to do it for you:-)

--
Adam

On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:18:31 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?

Try a microwave oven.

Custom kitchen, delivery?

Adam Funk wrote:

On 2012-03-08, Steve Firth wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[Burning CDs]

The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The dye used is pthalocyanine some of it will be released as cyanide by
burning. Not advised in a confined space such as a kitchen.

I thought I'd heard something like that, hence my question. However,
I guess this isn't a problem with the quick blast in the microwave?

I wouldn't think the microwave would be a problem. I use a cross-cutting
shredder for cds, it's less of problem than any other disposal method.
However I think the shredder cost around £700 so it's not a home use
option.

In the past the technique used was a propane torch and a firebrick
hearth to melt down CDs and Hard Disk platters.

On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:14:54 +0000, (Steve Firth)
wrote:

Adam Funk wrote:

On 2012-03-08, Steve Firth wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[Burning CDs]

The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The dye used is pthalocyanine some of it will be released as cyanide by
burning. Not advised in a confined space such as a kitchen.

I thought I'd heard something like that, hence my question. However,
I guess this isn't a problem with the quick blast in the microwave?

I wouldn't think the microwave would be a problem. I use a cross-cutting
shredder for cds, it's less of problem than any other disposal method.
However I think the shredder cost around £700 so it's not a home use
option.

I have a much cheaper (crosscut) shredder - around 20 quid from
Rymans, and it seems quite capable of destroying the odd CD/DVD.

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland

wrote:
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:18:31 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
Try a microwave oven.

Custom kitchen, delivery?
...and the chicks for free.


--
To people who know nothing, anything is possible.
To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.

On 09/03/2012 01:32, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:18:31 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

On a related note, is there a good & easy way to destroy data CDs?
Try a microwave oven.

Custom kitchen, delivery?
..and the chicks for free.


That's a bit dire.

We're lucky to have a data shredder at work. It'll even eat tape
cartridges with metal backplates.

Andy

On 2012-03-09, Steve Firth wrote:

Adam Funk wrote:

On 2012-03-08, Steve Firth wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[Burning CDs]

The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.

The dye used is pthalocyanine some of it will be released as cyanide by
burning. Not advised in a confined space such as a kitchen.

I thought I'd heard something like that, hence my question. However,
I guess this isn't a problem with the quick blast in the microwave?

I wouldn't think the microwave would be a problem. I use a cross-cutting
shredder for cds, it's less of problem than any other disposal method.
However I think the shredder cost around £700 so it's not a home use
option.

Yes, way out of my budget.

In the past the technique used was a propane torch and a firebrick
hearth to melt down CDs and Hard Disk platters.

With a good way to clear the cyanide & other fumes, I hope.

I'll test the microwave idea sometime soon.