DIY Cathode Lamp using old CDs

he pile of CDs that had been massing in my room was growing to epic proportions. So I decided to make myself a CD lamp. The circular base was actually cut using a template on a table saw, then sanded after clamping it in a drill press. The cold cathode tube is from NewEgg. The one I bought isn’t available any more. (Good reason too, because it had a very non-functional ‘beat’ setting for music). Check out Chad’s CD lamp on flickr here. There are several other designs online, but this is one of the better ones that I have found.

Power Supply Dongle. Since the lamp was designed to work of a ATX power supply, I decided to use an external power connector on my Antec P180 case. The grey wire leads to the lamp, and is an old
mouse cable (recycle!).