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Sorry I'm not around much anymore but I just learned Joe Daley passed away back in March. I did a search around and couldn't find anything on PCF.

Joe was a long time sponsor of the blue wall and possibly here as well as the owner of Palm Imports. He ran many group buys for chips, chip racks, dealer buttons, table toppers and other gaming supplies. There was one massive group buy in particular as the first importer of the Chinese compression molded chips and the compression molded Pharaoh's from the blue wall (no small controversy there either over the way the blue wall was marketing those chips - nothing to do with Joe of course who was a stand up guy). I also remember a lot of good Black Friday sales.

He was a good friend to the community for a long time. I shall miss him.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/joseph-daley-obituary?id=57895637
 
Damn, haven't heard from him on the boards in a very long time. Bought many a chip/rack/etc... from him in the past.

OG of the original 8V chip buys.
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Hate to hear that he passed. :cry:
 
Wow, too soon... :oops:

I was just remembering last week that Joe had made those High Roller Club dealer buttons for me for a mini group buy back in 2009.
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And now I see from my emails he made these also.
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I remember he was importing those crazy bikes where 8 people pedal. I don’t remember buying much from him, but he was a giant in the community.
 
I believe he did one of the first GB for Bellagio tribute chips.

RIP Joe
 
RIP Joe :cry:
Sad news. Upon my return here I had searched for Palm Imports and just concluded it was just no more.
Remember him as always very enthusiastic in whatever project he was involved with.:tup:

I recently mentioned to someone I wish I could get more of his PALM '66.7' racks.
They were a little lighter walled than regular 66.7-67.7's, but fit Paulson and TRK much better.
I measure them at 66.5ish (my fickle caliper @ 66.4-66.6) while 66.7s go 66.7-66.8.
Absolutely no wiggle room for mint barrels of Paulsons but not too tight. +Much better for broken-in chips.
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I think he did the Protege DB, PCR DB, my own Deadwood, my custom set DB, and maybe some PNY DB's too.
Not sure about all of those but he was deeply involved with the community.
If anyone knows for sure post them to confirm.

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Sorry to hear this ..
Purchased lots from him, & Traded him new Ham radio equipment for some chip sets back in the day ..
He also bought out the Espania (sp?) company's compression molding equipment & formula, and tried to get compression molded clay chips going at his Florida HQ.
This is where the Scroll Mold came from, which eventually ended up with ASM/CPC.
I remember him telling me how he also experimented in house, using China clay blanks in the compression equipment, making "real" compression molded chips with Real inlays on them, & was toying with the idea of farming out a modified clay blanks formula to source for that type of use, instead of making the clay blanks in house, which of course never happened .. RIP
 
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RIP Joe.....Palm Gaming was the only one that wanted to work with us when we made all the PCA dealer buttons & plaques (3 or 4 group buys).
He was a great sponsor at the Blue Wall...he will be missed :(


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Ps. the Palm racks are still some of the best out there.
 
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Blaster said:
Sorry to hear this ..
Purchased lots from him, & Traded him new Ham radio equipment for some chip sets back in the day ..
He also bought out the Espania (sp?) company's compression molding equipment & formula, and tried to get compression molded clay chips going at his Florida HQ.
This is where the Scroll Mold came from, which eventually ended up with ASM/CPC.
I remember him telling me how he also experimented in house, using China clay blanks in the compression equipment, making "real" compression molded chips with Real inlays on them, & was toying with the idea of farming out a modified clay blanks formula to source for that type of use, instead of making the clay blanks in house, which of course never happened .. RIP
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One time I was emailing Joe back and forth, and he went into his garage and pressed out a chip. This was 7-8 years ago, I don’t have that pic anymore. He was very very helpful and gave me a ton of info on chip making.
 
:cry: Very sad news. Joe was a character who not only helped to brighten a small community, but brought a TON of products and services to us, and was always willing to help work his magic with an off the wall request. My first decent set of chips were from his big Private Cardroom offering (IMHO still the best china clays ever made), he did custom ceramics for me, and the felt on my second table was from Palm Imports as well (and has held up for like 15 years!). Had some very interesting table building chats with him back in the day too. Just a genuinely good guy.

Rest in peace Joe.
 
EmptyPocs said:
RIP Joe :cry:
Sad news. Upon my return here I had searched for Palm Imports and just concluded it was just no more.
Remember him as always very enthusiastic in whatever project he was involved with.:tup:

I recently mentioned to someone I wish I could get more of his PALM '66.7' racks.
They were a little lighter walled than regular 66.7-67.7's, but fit Paulson and TRK much better.
I measure them at 66.5ish (my fickle caliper @ 66.4-66.6) while 66.7s go 66.7-66.8.
Absolutely no wiggle room for mint barrels of Paulsons but not too tight. +Much better for broken-in chips.
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I think he did the Protege DB, PCR DB, my own Deadwood, my custom set DB, and maybe some PNY DB's too.
Not sure about all of those but he was deeply involved with the community.
If anyone knows for sure post them to confirm.

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Together with Joe, I helped to create and organize a mini group buy for the Joe Frontier dealer buttons. I clearly remember how he spontaneously had samples printed, which allowed us to exchange feedback via email very quickly between the US and Germany and approve the production in a remarkably short time.

I was around 20 years old at the time and extremely proud that the buttons were shipped not only to the USA and Canada, but also to Europe, Singapore and Australia. The original Chiptalk vibe was incredibly strong back then.

RIP Joe.
 

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Sorry to hear. My first venture into semi-custom chips were with the Palm Gaming china clays.

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I bought a couple of sets from Joe, mostly in the blue wall days, including a tourney set of CPS chips that saw a lot of play before I sold them.

I also got racks, carriers, cards, and several small custom orders from Joe like meetup commems, card cappers for my locals, and my Crazy Christmas tourney chips that just got played a couple weeks ago.

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PGI was 45 minutes from my house, so I usually just drove over and picked up my orders. First time I was there, Joe gave me a tour of the place and just chatted with me for 30-40 minutes. He also tried to sell me a pachislo machine. :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

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Joe in his PGI office.

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Yep. That's exactly how I remember seeing him every time I was there.
 

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