TSA shaving mirror out of a hard disk drive (what are those shiny platters made out of anyway)?
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From: Elmo on 22 Jun 2010 00:48 What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made out of? I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror. A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are just really shiny and really flat. What are they made out of anyway?
From: Rod Speed on 22 Jun 2010 01:15 Elmo wrote > What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made out of? They are usually glass or aluminium. > I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the > center hole to use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror. > A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. > They are just really shiny and really flat. > What are they made out of anyway? They are usually glass or aluminium.
From: mm on 22 Jun 2010 02:12 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:48:56 +0000 (UTC), Elmo <dcdraftworks(a)Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> wrote: >What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made >out of? > >I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to >use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror. > >A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are >just really shiny and really flat. > >What are they made out of anyway? I've taken them apart but I didnt' try bending them. If you really think the tsa will complain, bring another one you can bend for them. Maybe that will help, if they really do complain. Or bend the double one you're bringing and use the bent part as a stand. On Leno tonight, Headlines. someone was photographing a pedestrian, but he turned his head away and put a file folder between his head and the camera. Unfortunately the glass window behind him gave a perfect reflection. Something he might not have known from his vantage point!
From: DA on 22 Jun 2010 10:47 responding to http://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance/TSA-shaving-mirror-out-of-a-hard-disk-drive-what-are-those-448822-.htm DA wrote: Elmo wrote: > What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive > made > out of? > I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole > to > use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror. > A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They > are > just really shiny and really flat. > What are they made out of anyway? A bit of a strange choice of material for *traveling* shaving mirror (and shape, too: how do you hold it while shaving?) - there are plastic mirrors that are brighter and lighter. You'd think weight would be an important parameter for a traveler... But I think TSA should definitely have an issue with you bringing it into the cabin (why do you need a shaving mirror there anyways? Half the wall space in a lavatory not enough?) . If it's a ceramic platter, it should be able to shutter into very sharp shards useful for well, I don't know, slashing someone's throat to hijack a plane? Leave it at home. ------------------------------------- /\_/\ ((@v@)) NIGHT ():::() OWL VV-VV
From: N8N on 22 Jun 2010 11:48
On Jun 22, 2:12 am, mm <NOPSAMmm2...(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:48:56 +0000 (UTC), Elmo > > <dcdraftwo...(a)Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> wrote: > >What are the shiny CDROM-sized platters in an old desktop disk drive made > >out of? > > >I glued two of them together so that the offset covered the center hole to > >use as an indestructable traveling shaving mirror. > > >A friend said they won't pass TSA security but they're not sharp. They are > >just really shiny and really flat. > > >What are they made out of anyway? > > I've taken them apart but I didnt' try bending them. If you really > think the tsa will complain, bring another one you can bend for them. > Maybe that will help, if they really do complain. Or bend the double > one you're bringing and use the bent part as a stand. > > On Leno tonight, Headlines. someone was photographing a pedestrian, > but he turned his head away and put a file folder between his head and > the camera. Unfortunately the glass window behind him gave a perfect > reflection. Something he might not have known from his vantage > point! Any HDD I've taken apart I'd be concerned about from a safety standpoint... the platters don't "bend" at all, and if you try too forcefully they will explode into a whole mess of tiny, sharp shards. Good if you're trying to destroy one that you're decommissioning; not so good if you've packed it with your underwear. nate |