Optically Clear Acrylic (Phthalo)

$43.00$173.00

Each of our Acrylic dice are individually machined and the polished in 5 stages to bring back the optimal clarity and luster inherent to cast acrylic. This process is labor intensive, but it produces far superior results to injection molded acrylic dice.

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Acrylic, or poly(methyl methacrylate), was invented in 1928 and first marketed in 1933 as safety glass thanks to its shatter resistant nature. Since its inception Methacrylate has been synthesized in about a dozen different methods leading to twice that many trademarked names for poly(methyl methacrylate). Names like Lucite, Plexiglass, ACRYLITE, and Perspex are all essentially the exact same thing with some very minor differences due in part to how the methacrylate was produced. The PMMA we use in crafting our Alchemist’s Dice is manufactured by Lucite.

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Acrylics are used in many applications from aquariums, to helmet visors, and even bulletproof body panels for armored vehicle. It’s also used for aircraft canopies and in making ballistic glass. Depending on the application, acrylic is either produced in a casting process or it is extruded, as is the case with the acrylic beads used in injection molding. We chose cast acrylic rod as our base material over, the much less expensive, extruded acrylic as the casting process gives us a significantly increased optical clarity.

alchemist dice compairsonEach of our Acrylic dice are individually machined and the polished in 5 stages to bring back the optimal clarity and luster inherent to cast acrylic. This process is labor intensive but as you can see in the image to the right, it produces far superior results to injection molded acrylic dice.

PLEASE NOTE: We no longer use laser cut acrylic boxes, all of our dice have been upgraded to include our standard box as chosen above.

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2 reviews for Optically Clear Acrylic (Phthalo)

  1. Ted Tufts

    Can I order a single D20 as a Life counter? Where the numbers are in order and not random?

    • Charlie Brumfield

      yes you can. email us at contact@artisandice.com and we can get you an invoice for it.

  2. EnigmaticPariah

    Are there plans to stick these again? I’ve been slowly gifting sets to my gaming group and one member is crazy about these. I’ve not seen an order sheet on this page since I started following, though.

    • EnigmaticPariah

      Erm… Stock^.

    • Charlie Brumfield

      yes. we will have more material in later this month. the raw stock was on back order with our supplier.

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