> 2/ I dismantled the HDD units and removed the actual metal disc from each. I > have 6 of the older, large 13cm diam ones and 8 of the smaller 9.5cm discs. > Not sure what the metal is - it's tough like steel but light like aluminium. > The big ones are copper coloured. Lots of fun ideas, but the easiest is to find a document shredder company. ShredNow (I think that's their name; it may be ShredRight) has ads on the buses around town with pictures of various items saying "Yeah, we can shred that." One of them is, in fact, a hard drive. Mike H. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist