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anyone with experience of the "CD lathe"

I've read of this a couple of times over the last two years and wondered if anyone has had any direct experience with it.
The operating principle seems sound, but the price, though probably justified, makes me hesitate.
Here's a thread discussing it on the Zerogain forum:
http://www.zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14033
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amfibius
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I read about it and thought that it sounded like a really bad idea. This is because it might cause your CD to rot.

As you know, CD's have a thin aluminum layer sandwiched between a plastic layer and a layer of lacquer. In the early days, the aluminum layer went all the way out to the edge of the CD. This layer would be exposed to air, causing the aluminum to oxidize.

Read more about it here:

http://cdrot.com/info/why-are-cd-rotting-how-it-happens
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