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Anonymous
Hello, does anyone know where I could find ISOA4 paper in the U.S. above 20lb? Preferably near cardstock, or 110lb. I have U.S. legal cardstock, but I'd like to try out A4 since it's the native size for most of my papercrafts.

I found some photo/gloss A4 paper on eBay that I was thinking of buying, but I'm not sure how thick it is. The description says 170gsm, what is the equivalent in lb?
>http://www.starprintbrokers.com/conversions.html
says it could be roughly 95lb (most likely this one), or roughly 150-160lb.

There was also a 260gsm A4 paper being auctioned, but it wasn't photo paper and I don't know what the conversion to lb would be, since the above website showed it suddenly jump to pt.. Which I'm not to clear on.

All of these conversions confuse me, could anyone shed some light?
>> Anonymous
Just go to a CopyMax and buy a ream of 110lb Legal paper (8.5*14 I believe) and have them cut it down to A4 (8.3*11.70). It's what I do and it usually ends up costing about 17 U.S.D. for about 250 pages. Plus I keep the pieces that they cut off in case I can find use for them. I tend to use them to replace tabs for a more seamless effect.
>> Anonymous
>The description says 170gsm, what is the equivalent in lb?

I could calculate that if somebody told me what "lb" stands for... I mean I know it's pounds... but pounds what? 150-160lb per 10000 sheets of paper or what?

gsm is actually g/m², grams per squaremeter.
>> Anonymous
>>63603
lbs is measured by "a ream", meaning 500 sheets. Unfortunately, this could be anything from 500 sheets the size of the deck of an aircraft carrier, or 500 sheets the size of an matchbox. You see why it's not a very useful standard...
That's why paper weight converters like
http://www.hagadoneprinting.com/4dlink/4daction/paperWeightConverter
give you 5 different answers in this case (most likely ones), since they don't know what size of paper you're talking about. In papercraft, I think you should look at "cover" 200 gsm = 110 lbs.
>> Anonymous
KILL YOURSELF YOU PAPER FOLDING RETARD
>> Anonymous
And another thing: photopaper is actually not really that good for papercraft...
Normal cardstock works much better, and is a lot cheaper usually.
Where do you get your regular printer paper? The best thing would go and ask the peopla at that place if they sell cardstock as well, or else know where to get it or if they can order it for you. They should also be able to tell you stuff like paper weight.
Usually people use anything between 160 gsm (about 90 lbs, double the paper weight as regular paper) and 200 gsm (110 lbs) for papercraft. But if anything else works better for you: then use that. ;o)
>> Anonymous
>>63605
Americans and their fucking medieval units...
Well thanks for the converter anyway

>>63609
>And another thing: photopaper is actually not really that good for papercraft...
That's true... I'm still looking for 200 g/m² paper that is NOT glossy/photo and still affordable.
>> Anonymous
so liek i just discovered this paper folding stuff, do you guys tape or glue the folds? what do the pros (you know the hardcore nirgins that build the lifesize things) do?
>> Anonymous
Thanks for all of the input, I actually didn't know about CopyMax until>>63540mentioned it, so I checked it out. I have one about 20 miles from where I live and went through with getting the ream cut. So, I'm satisfied.
>> Anonymous
>>63688
Troll harder.
>> Anonymous
>>63715
I saved this thread as a pic for further requests
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
I want to get into paper folding, but I have nowhere to put the finished products.
>> Anonymous
Yes you do.
Trust me.
>> dvana
You don't need a place to put it. You just need to show it to someone, and usually they'll ask for one. ^^;; Or maybe that's just my friends...