The time of CDs has almost passed, many people still have a large number of them - music, films, cartoons, outdated computer programs- with images of characters from fairy tales and films, flowers, graphic pictures.
They sparkle and shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow on one side, and on the other beautiful drawings. You don’t feel like throwing them away - and there’s no need to, you can use them to make a lot of original, beautiful and useful things for your home.
In addition, it is very simple to work with them - they already have the correct circle shape, which in some crafts will only need to be changed slightly to give it to a future product or decoration the right type. At the same time, they are easily cut with ordinary office scissors and glued to a surface made of almost any material.
It happens that some home interior items have lost their appearance, it is not possible to replace them with new ones, or it is simply a pity to throw away an old favorite thing that has served faithfully for many years. Discs will help give things a new life.
For example, you can decorate an old mirror with them, making them out of pieces different shapes and the size sparkling and iridescent in the rays sunlight from a window or in the light of an electric lamp in all the colors of the rainbow - an original frame.
You can make a beautiful frame for a photo, decorate the edges of the cabinet drawers with a mosaic of pieces of disks.
Frame for mirror or photo
You will need a lot of disks, scissors, paints, glue, thick cardboard, colorless transparent varnish.
First you need to cut out a frame from cardboard in the shape and size of a mirror or photo. Then cut the disks into pieces of different shapes - squares, irregular quadrangles, rhombuses, triangles.
Take glue and stick the figures onto the frame so that there is a distance of one or two millimeters between them. As a result, the frame will have a mosaic of iridescent geometric shapes.
When the glue has dried and the figures cut out from the disk have stuck well, use black ink or paint to carefully and carefully go over the joints of the figures. After this, the frame is coated with transparent varnish, allowed to dry and mounted on a wall with a mirror or photograph.
Mirror frames made from discs look mysterious and original.
If in an apartment interior doors with glass, the glass can also be laid out with a mosaic of discs. In this case, there is no need to paint the joints between the pieces, but simply cover everything with transparent varnish, then there will be a feeling of light and space.
Clock made from disks
An option is to purchase a clock mechanism with hands or remove it from an old clock, lay clocks of any configuration on the wall with disks, gluing them to the wall, and strengthen the clock mechanism in the middle.
Decorating walls with discs
On the wall in the room or in the kitchen from disks with beautiful pictures, selected by topic, can be posted interesting composition. Or you can use them to create your own painting.
To do this, you need to take the disks and paint their shiny side with black ink, when the ink is dry, mark the lines of the future image along it, and then go over them with something sharp - a thick needle, a special scraper or sharp knife with a thin blade and a sharp tip.
Iridescent lines on a black background will look very beautiful - you can draw anything you like: unusual birds, flowers, an abstract design. And hang the discs on the wall in any order.
Decorating the kitchen with discs
In the kitchen, discs can make an unusual “apron” in the work desk area. It will look extremely original, and the discs will not be inferior in performance properties tiles– they are also easy to clean from splashes of fat and juice from vegetables and fruits.
The principle of working with them is the same as with frames for mirrors and photographs - just stick them on the wall.
Whether for a room or a kitchen, you can make a mosaic panel from disks by gluing pieces the desired shape and colors onto cardboard, and then covering the composition with clear varnish.
Household items made from discs
The discs will make an excellent hot plate. IN in this case– the disk will play the role of a base; you need to put a nice cover made of fabric on it, and the stand is ready.
It would be original to update the tabletop of a coffee table with cut pieces of disks. To do this, cut them, fix them on the tabletop using a plasticizer in any order or by making a pattern out of the pieces, and then fill the tabletop thin layer clear varnish, making it even.
The coating will be durable. The tabletop will sparkle and shimmer beautifully.
You can make a holder for women's earrings from two disks and a thick tree branch.
The core of the stand is made from a smoothly processed branch, ground to the diameter of the hole in the center of the disks, one disk will be the base, the second shelf, make holes in it and insert the earrings into them.
How to decorate a suburban area with discs
There is room for creativity and imagination. For example, from old car tires and rims, you can make a flower bed by decorating the outer surface of the tires with a mosaic of shiny pieces.
Is it possible from rubber tire cut out a peacock, and make the tail from whole round disks - to do this, you need to glue them in pairs with their shiny sides facing out, and then make them into a large triangle-tail, gluing the glued blanks in pairs overlapping.
On country fence The discs can be used to create a huge iridescent caterpillar. You can color the discs ladybug– use red paint, black paint to make spots and draw a head, and place them on fruit bushes and trees.
New Year's decorations from disks
Due to the fact that the discs shimmer in the rays of light with all the colors of the rainbow, beautiful snowflakes will come out of them. New Year's holiday– they are easy to cut with scissors, you can cut out the most intricate patterns. You can hang snowflakes on the Christmas tree and on the walls.
You can cut the disks into small pieces, thickly cover an ordinary ball with them and hang it from the ceiling on a thread - it will rotate and sparkle, reflecting the lights of New Year's garlands.
The application can be very different. From disks you can make interior curtain in the likeness of bamboo - collect disks on long threads. They can make an ultra-modern necklace, a refrigerator magnet, a vase, a candlestick, a stand for ballpoint pens and pencils, a box, you can even decorate a summer bag with them.
Unneeded CDs are an excellent material for creativity, a way to spend leisure time - making certain things from them, and an opportunity to decorate a house or cottage in an original and unusual way without spending a lot of money.
Photos of ideas for fake CDs
era computer disks comes to the end. People who use CDs as a storage medium are becoming increasingly rare.
Many people still have old discs at home, and only because it’s a shame to throw them away. But don’t rush, you can make a lot of interesting things out of them. On the Internet you can see a large number of photographs of handmade crafts from disks. This exciting activity will be enjoyed not only by adults, but also by children.
Making crafts from computer disks is relaxing nervous system, develops imagination and perseverance in children. There are plenty of examples where you can repurpose outdated CDs. These can be small crafts, decorative elements for the interior, and so on. You can consider the most interesting ideas, using old disks.
Roof of the building
For some reason, many people have simply a huge amount of CDs in their homes that are no longer used for one reason or another. From this amount, you can get an original roof for your house. It will sparkle and shimmer in different colors.
This exciting undertaking should begin by attaching disks to sheet plywood. Then the finished plywood can be attached directly to the rafters. The approximate calculation of computer disks per sheet of plywood of 1 square meter is around one hundred pieces.
You need to fasten disks to plywood like this: the initial row of disks should be fastened back to back, in the second and all subsequent rows, the disks should be fastened in order chessboard. To attach CDs to sheet plywood, you can take small nails or self-tapping screws.
When creating a roof from old computer disks, you can get creative and lay out a drawing, which should be pre-thought out and calculated.
If you don’t have many CDs, but still want to stand out and decorate your home, you can use them to make an original porch roof.
Decorative elements for decorating a personal plot
Having a wild imagination, you can create a lot decorative elements for your garden. Like, for example, the British artist B. Monroe is extremely popular thanks to his amazing works. He made shiny lotuses out of computer disks in a pond on his property. For his masterpiece, he collected about 65 thousand discs.
When making crafts from old CDs for your garden, you can take an idea from the Internet and create, for example, a gorgeous peacock. CDs are attached to the tail frame using wire, with the shiny side facing up, and on sunny days, its tail will glow in a shimmer of bright colors.
While spending time with the kids, you can start making cute fish from disks. For this purpose you need to have several disks and cardboard different colors. If there is no cardboard, it can easily be replaced with multi-colored plastic.
Cardboard or plastic will serve as material for the fish's feathers, and the mouth is also made from these materials. After the individual parts of the fish are ready, you can assemble it using glue. The discs in this applique will serve as the body.
The second life of car rims
Sometimes car owners may have several old ones in their garage. car rims, which you don’t dare throw away, but use according to direct purpose there is no longer a possibility.
Many motorists, having come across photos or videos on the Internet with ideas for DIY crafts from old car wheels, immediately get down to business. After all, from a seemingly unnecessary piece of iron, at first glance, you can create a miracle, an individual item that will have no analogues.
Any modern interior You can decorate it with a stylish coffee table made from an old car disc. To do this, you need to work hard and rub the disk until it shines, attach the glass surface to it and voila, the table is ready.
And such variants of products from rims from the car quite a large amount. They can even be used to make homemade lampshade for pendant lamp.
As a backlight ideal solution is a strip with LED flashlights that shimmer in different colors.
Using this iron, you can make stylish, even perhaps shocking, chairs for the bar counter. This piece of furniture will not leave anyone indifferent.
Photos of DIY CD crafts
- Creating decorative items requires minimal effort, and the manufacturing process requires only scissors, fishing line, wire, cardboard sheets, glue and a drill. To decorate finished items, beads, colored and wrapping paper, foil, bright fabrics, beads, nail polish and glitter are useful.
- Crafts made from car wheels, while seemingly simple, require certain skills in working with tools and physical endurance. Considerable weight and large dimensions require a working area, and when creating interior and decorative items you may need electrical appliances, plywood sheets, glass, wires and light bulbs.
You should realistically assess your strengths and not try to immediately implement an intricate project. It is better to start from simple to complex, then the creative process will not become a test and will bring satisfaction from the result obtained.
Second life of a wheel rim
From the moment man invented the wheel, life changed forever. Car wheels are rarely considered as a material for decoration. After the end of their service life, they gather dust in garages, country houses, or are sent to the trash heap. A true home craftsman knows that there are no unnecessary things in the household, and old car wheels can come in handy.
Ideas for a summer residence
For many people, summer cottages serve as a place of relaxation and, in warm weather, become a center of attraction for friends and family members. You can decorate your area and create functional garden interior items using old wheels.
- Fire pit. Car wheels are made of durable metal that withstands temperature fluctuations well. Covering the old wheel natural stone or brick, you can create a fireplace for cooking kebabs, pilaf and your favorite homemade dishes over the fire. Facing material better strengthen mortar, then the fire pit will be durable and reliable. Having skills to work with welding machine, men can build an optional rain canopy and grill rack with hooks.
- Flowerbed. Flowering plants give joy and are beautiful in themselves, but you can do it for them original flower garden from an old car disk. Your imagination will help you decorate your flowerbed. Useful broken colored glass, pieces decorative stone, marble chips and similar materials that can be fixed assembly adhesive, and polish sharp corners grinder or sandpaper.
If you have a large number of disks, you can make an original fencing for the pond by strengthening the structure with cement and filling the gaps with decorative stone.
Home ideas
A coffee table made from a car wheel will definitely become unique design solution. The durable metal base goes well with glass, stone, and solid wood countertops.
The material for making the table must be thoroughly cleaned and polished to a shine. Strengthen the tabletop with mounting glue. The table can be stationary or mobile if the legs are equipped with furniture wheels.
Garage ideas
Motorists spend a lot of free time in the garage, so it makes sense to spend some of it on landscaping the area. Car discs can be an excellent organizer for storing tools, and those who know a lot about electrics will love the idea of creating an original lamp.
For a chandelier lampshade, it is better to take alloy wheels to reduce the load on the ceiling and protect yourself from injury.
Recycling CDs
Computer or music discs become unusable over time and can no longer be used for their intended purpose. But you can use them to make a lot of interesting things for your home, decorate your dacha and create a festive mood with their help.
Home decor
Cute things in home interior They are pleasing to the eye and help create coziness, and their production requires very little time and skill.
- Picture frame. Albums with old photographs help to store memories, but the most bright photo I would like to give a worthy frame. By cutting out a frame from cardboard and decorating it with fragments of a CD, strengthening the pieces with glue, you can create a collage of photographs dear to your heart. If you repeat the pattern to decorate the mirror, the interior will take on a finished look. During the creation process, it is important to adhere to technique. All gaps between the fragments should be covered decorative plaster and coat the top with varnish.
- Original pot. Regular flowerpot or ceramic pot easy to turn into a bright interior detail. To do this, you can decorate it with pieces of the disk, laying out an arbitrary pattern, laying horizontal or straight lines, or completely covering the initial product with fragments.
Home craftsmen create curtains, chandeliers, original screens from discs and give old furniture a second life with the help of discs. The main thing is not to be afraid to show your imagination.
Garden decoration
The simplest option for using disks is garden plot is the creation of curtains. You can fasten round computer blanks with fishing line, and the location can be arbitrary. For garden gazebo you can make an original roof. First you need to select the base material - plywood or chipboard sheet will do. Using glue, the discs are attached to the base, creating a semblance of scales or shell.
New Year's ideas
A favorite family holiday is an excellent occasion for creativity. Carnival costumes and Christmas tree decorations, candlesticks, lamps – there are a lot of options for using CDs.
- Toys. Children will love the process of creating Christmas tree decorations that are bright and shiny. For decoration, plastic or glass balls are suitable, which need to be decorated with pieces of a cut disk. fasten small parts it is better to use glue, and if desired, the finished product can be coated with colorless varnish.
- Disco ball. A ball spinning under the ceiling, reflecting light on all its faces, is an undoubted attribute of festive fun. You can create a design from fragments of a computer or music disc, and when the lights are on, the room will be filled with glare and bright rays.
With the help of adults, children can make original candlesticks, decorate a carnival costume and make a bright lamp from disks.
This is just a small part of the ideas for creating crafts from disks. By showing your imagination and creatively approaching the decorating process, you can come up with a lot of original solutions and create unique things at minimal cost.
Despite the fact that metal is considered one of the most durable and durable materials, and over time it loses its position. However, something that can no longer serve for its intended purpose is often quite capable of serving another term in a different role. For example, out of use wheel disks can be adapted to various needs, which is what lovers of useful homemade products do with success.
Barbecues, ovens
One of the most common designs made from used wheels are barbecues in various designs. In the simplest version, coals are simply placed in a disk, and on top is a grill for meat or skewers. The disk itself can either stand on the ground/rocks or on legs. It’s not difficult to build a brazier with legs if you have a grinder and a welding machine, but in addition to the tools and base, you will need a metal profile pipe for the bed.
The disk is cleaned of rust, a partition is cut out on one side, and a plug is welded into the bottom. Three legs are welded either into the bottom or on the sides, the optimal length of the legs is 40-45 cm - a barbecue of this height is easy to use. You can also immediately fix the grill grate and handles for transportation.
Two disks placed one on top of the other can be used without legs, and if you cut through the door, you get not only a barbecue, but also a potbelly stove.
If you need a larger potbelly stove, for a garage, greenhouse or other needs, you can weld a double one - from four disks, with separate loading.
By equipping the frame with a jack, you can adjust the intensity of heat treatment and change components depending on the desired dish.
Hose clamp
To ensure that the hose lasts as long as possible and is convenient to use, a holder is needed. Round form is optimal as it prevents the occurrence of creases. A disused disc with minimal modification will become an excellent holder.
Original shelf
At the dacha, in the garage or outbuilding a couple of disks cut into thirds can become the basis for a shelf.
If you don’t bother with cutting and arrange the disks horizontally, in several rows, with boards or shields between them, you will get a reliable and stable rack.
Coffee table
A polished disc plus a transparent glass top - exclusive coffee table for interior in modern style.
Ceiling lamps
Lightweight rims, as well as motorcycle wheel rims can be turned into stylish chandeliers by equipping them with sockets or LED strip.
Bar chairs
Of course, it’s not so much a second life for old discs as it is outrageous furniture, but as an option - why not?
Many craftsmen make wood stoves and even boilers from thick-walled pipes. But often such a pipe becomes too expensive, while a couple of old car wheels may be at hand. In this case, you can get a wonderful stove from wheel rims, and we will tell you how to make it in this article.
What kind of stoves can be made from car rims?
At the moment, home craftsmen have invented several varieties iron stoves, assembled from wheel rims. They can be divided by areas of application:
- heating;
- baths;
- for cooking, including barbecue.
These car parts are attractive primarily due to the thickness of the metal. Frame wood stove from a steel disk it will take a long time to burn out, especially if you take a wheel from truck. The latter are usually used for the manufacture of sauna stoves, since they differ large sizes and metal thickness. For a sauna stove that often operates in extreme conditions, this is an important factor.
Discs from passenger cars and commercial vehicles can make both a good wood-burning heater for the garage and small stove for barbecue. Let's look at them all in order.
Wood-burning heat generator welded from disks
The author of the stove shown in the photo below was inspired by the design of the famous Buleryan type heaters. Only the original costs a lot of money, but such a handmade product costs ten times less, provided that the household has 3 wheels from a UAZ or GAZelle. In addition, it will take a little sheet metal and pipes with a diameter of 100-150 mm, and even a short pipe Ø76 mm.
The most difficult thing is to cut out the rims inner part. The grinder is not very convenient, and the metal is thick. A gas cutter is preferable, but if you don’t have one, then a grinder will do. Then, using a welding machine, the disks are hermetically joined to form a housing. The back closes metal sheet with a chimney pipe Ø100-150 mm welded to it. If desired, a draft control valve is installed on this pipe, as shown in the photo:
It is not necessary to make a draft control damper if you make a stove from wheel rims with adjustable feed air. To do this, a pipe with an air damper with a spring-loaded axle is built into the front door. In addition, an additional plate is installed inside the firebox, dividing the space into 2 parts, as in the Buleryan. At the top there is a secondary chamber, into which the chimney pipe pipe is welded.
The furnace can take any diameter, length and orientation in space. It all depends on the number and size of disks, and also on your imagination.
Bath stove
To make a sauna stove, wheels from passenger cars won't fit - too small. The author of the idea, whose diagram is shown below, used 4 old rims from a ZIL-130 truck. Located one above the other, each of them performs its own function:
- the first disk serves as a hood for the combustion chamber. As planned, the sauna stove has a small brick firebox with doors opening into the dressing room;
- the second rim is a heater;
- the third is an additional heat exchanger that takes energy flue gases and passing it inside the steam room;
- the fourth disk is a tank for heating water.
Note. You can do without a brick firebox by organizing one inside the first rim. But then you will have to heat the sauna from the steam room, and it’s more difficult to make tight-fitting doors in the disk housing.
All additional details made of metal required to assemble the furnace are shown in the following diagram. A self-made sauna stove works on the following principle: wood burning in the firebox gives off heat through its walls and rim No. 1 with a cut out bottom. It is welded with a second disc where the bottom is left in place so it can be filled with rocks. Inside, a pipe passes through them with the combustion products leaving and heating the heater.
Next, the pipe falls inside the third rim, where a gas divider made of sheet metal is installed instead of the bottom. Combustion products wash the divider, and the disk sauna stove gives off more heat, since this section plays the role of an economizer. Well, the last stage of cooling the flue gases takes place inside the 4th rim, turned into a tank with a lid and a water tap. As a result, the stove works no worse than factory copies, and in terms of durability it will surpass any of them.
Barbecue oven
This wonderful device is made from two wheel disks passenger cars. Although, if someone wants a bigger stove, then there are no restrictions: you can use wheels from a UAZ or GAZ-53. One of them has the bottom carefully cut out and then the rims are welded together.
In order for the unit to be securely installed on any surface, the legs are welded to the lower section, as shown in the photo. By the way, the hole for the hub must also be plugged, but the side holes can be left, air will flow through them into the firebox. To make it easier to carry, handles are welded to the outside of the body, and an opening for the door is cut in the side.
The latter is made from the same piece, mounted on hinges. That's it, the oven made from car rims for barbecuing and cooking is ready. As practice shows, it can accommodate 5 skewers with meat.
Advice. There is no need to throw away the cut-off bottom of the upper disk; it can serve as a stand for a small saucepan, kettle or frying pan.
On the other side of the door, a pipe for the chimney should be welded; a diameter of 50-70 mm is sufficient. The tiles can be modernized a little, since when working, ash spills out through the lower holes, this is not very pleasant. The holes must be plugged, and the air flow must be regulated by the firebox door. Details about the stove are shown in the video:
Conclusion
After studying the essence of the issue, the conclusion suggests itself that making a stove from rims is a very simple matter. This is partly true, especially for people who are familiar with welding and metalworking. Although in the case of sauna stove will have to tinker with brickwork, and the installation in the steam room must be done correctly. Well, for those who are not yet comfortable with a welding machine, there is a great opportunity to practice on stoves.
