The Irish in me is always trying to stretch a dollar, so I'm looking for ideas on where to find clear acrylic discs which are the size of Morgans, and/or Halves. I've tried a number of plastic companies online, but most do not cut anything thinner than 1/8", not to mention I don't need one hundred discs!

So far all I can come up with is flashlight parts or some sort of lighting fixture cover...thingy.... yep.

Any ideas ? Oh, if you know of a magic shop (I've tried a bunch of those as well) that sells these, please let me know.

Thanks for reading.

Are you looking for them to have designs/decals on them (like the coins?) - Or are you just looking for circle-coin diameter sized chips of clear acrylic, that are the same thickness as a coin (but just clear...).

If the first, you might look into 3D-printing, since I cannot think of an item like this (Look into transparent SLA resin, for some interesting results...). If the latter, get a dowel-rod of acrylic in the diameter of your need, then cut off slivers/chips to fit the thickness required, with some slight finish to make them transparent?

Just my 2cents

Buy a sheet of acrylic, cut the discs with a hole saw and finish them with a file and emery cloth.

Buy a sheet of acrylic, cut the discs with a hole saw and finish them with a file and emery cloth.

Might work for you:

http://www.jewelrysupply.com/Plastic-Dis......_28.html

You'd have to ask how thick they are.

Not a bad idea Tom, I just need the appropriately sized hole saw and a plastics supply store. Problem is, I live on an island, with nothing like that within a four hours drive... Still, I do get over to the mainland now and then, so I'll have a poke around then.

Craig, I looked up a bunch of acrylic and plastic sites; most don't carry stuff smaller than two inches in diameter..but jewelery or crafts stores - good idea! I'll send them an email re: thickness.

TKF, no stickers, they are to be transparent (hence the 'ice' in ice coins). There is a great routine where the spec ends up holding four transparent coins instead of the morgans they expect..can't remember the name at the moment, but the final reveal gets a great reaction ! Then there's the old 'knock the silver right off the coin' where a transparent disk and marble-sized ball bearing are used.

I'm a little surprised these are not available from magic shops...

Is this what you are looking for?
http://magic.about.com/od/magicreview/fr/060207icecoins.htm
http://www.wizardhq.com/servlet/the-5120......=youtube
http://www.alakazam.co.uk/product-Ice-Co......ick.html

Try here:

http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Acr......uct.html
or
http://www.discountpokershop.com/acrylic......554.html

John

Taterini: I'm looking for transparent acrylic disks, and not the DVD set which comes with 4 gimmick coins for ~$60 Canadian. I'm working on a few things that would be improved by the use of these 'ice coins'. Being a cheap SOB, I'd rather not spend any more than I have to.

Wizzard, YES!! Thanks very much for the two links. Still waiting a response to an email I sent to a jeweler's supply co. as they have the correct diameter, but they may be too thin...