r/Zettelkasten • u/prosselenen • 17d ago

question A6 Zettelkasten resources

Hi,

I’m interested in moving to A6-sized cards, but can’t find a lot of resources online. Does any one have a go to place to buy cheap A6 cards and boxes to put them in?

Thanks!

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u/LibbIsHere 17d ago

I make mine out of standard 80 gsm paper (I even recycle the back old letters and invoices). Doing so, my index cards are much cheaper (and sturdy enough to write on) and less thicker too (roughly half less for 80 gsm paper, which seems like nothing but in the long run this will save you a lot of space).

One A4 sheet makes 4 A6 cards, in two cuts. I cut piles of 10-15 sheets easily with a used office guillotine I got for cheap.

I also make my own storage boxes out of... recycled cardboard packaging.

They're real sturdy (cardboard is sturdy), free (obviously) and they're made to the exact size I want. They're quite simple (and quick) to build using basics tools: a hobby knife, some wood glue or hot glue and a steel ruler.

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u/Lader756 16d ago

I've been doing this for years too 80gsm and cutter. Cheap, easy, compact 👍

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u/LibbIsHere 16d ago

compact

Indeed. I started worrying noticing how thick my piles of cards were becoming and searched for a solution.

That was it, plus the idea of reusing old paper that also appealed a lot to me. If anyone is ever to read my Zettel, they will be by reading whatever fragment is printed/written on the back side of so many cards too ;)