Micro Plates

[Troy Archie]

I'm looking to buy or make some micro plates. I see they're sold here but I live in Canada and there's no shipping. Another leads out there or ideas?

[Rick Deckart]

It's cheap and not very difficult to build these yourself, see http://www.performancemenu.com/forum...read.php?t=869

[Patrick Donnelly]

I just use some small chain loops, however, they provide 1.25lb pairs, not kilo measurements. I've still not fully converted to kilos.
http://patrickhdonnelly.blogspot.com...ht-plates.html

[Craig Loizides]

My favorite is 1 7/8" washers. They cost about $1 each, fit an olympic bar and weigh about .55 lb/.25 kg each.

http://www.amazon.com/1-7-USS-FLAT-W...6855&sr =8-12

[Gregory L. Johnson]

Iron Woody ships internationally. However, I like Craig's solution. I wish I had known about those washer's sooner.

[Dave Van Skike]

both craig's and patrick's ideas are really sharp..going to have to do that.

[Brian Lawyer]

Originally Posted by Craig Loizides

My favorite is 1 7/8" washers. They cost about $1 each, fit an olympic bar and weigh about .55 lb/.25 kg each.

http://www.amazon.com/1-7-USS-FLAT-W...6855&sr =8-12

I like this idea the best but are you sure those fit an Olympic bar. I did the conversion and 1 7/8" is 47.625mm. I thought the diameter of the collar of an Olympic bar was 50mm.

[Kris Reeves]

I think the way washers are sized is that the washer will fit a bolt 1-7/8" big...therefore the opening is slightly larger than that. I don't know...don't hold me to that. Let me go look it up.

[Craig Loizides]

The 1-7/8" washers I bought have an inside diameter of 2". They fit every olympic bar I've tried them on.

http://www.nutty.com/pdfcharts/uss_flat_washer.pdf

If you're worried they won't fit or want a slightly heavier washer you can go to a larger size.

[Brian Lawyer]

I just found these 1.25 lb plates for a pretty good price, http://www.bwproducts.com/fitness/eq...ting/index.htm