I do all my own home improvement and maintenance, and so find myself at a hardware store at least once a week. Meanwhile, collecting poker chips has rewired my brain to notice poker chip-sized objects everywhere. The hardware store is the worst/best for this.
Some recent finds include a hard plastic ring is from a sink drain assembly; then there’s a metric washer, and a ball-bearing:
The plumbing flange fits a Paulson starburst very snugly on the flat side... It took a little stretching to make it fit (pardon my farm-damaged fingers):
The ball-bearing is very slightly larger than a chip (I’d say about 40mm rather than 39), and makes a great card protector:
The washer on the other hand is very slightly smaller than a chip:
And finally, I also found a 1-5/8" wooden closet rod holder, which I painted to make into a custom dealer button:
I first painted the interior black, and then covered it to spray paint the exterior. Then I used some pennies and a washer to “float” a chip (slightly damaged) in the middle, leaving a channel around. To secure these, I used contact cement, so I could actually salvage the chip if necessary... Though the one I use as the photo shows is slightly damaged, so it could be sacrificed... I’m going to add some felt or contact paper to the bottom to make it slide better, as the wood texture catches a bit.
Now, someone please say that I’m not the only one with this problem...
Some recent finds include a hard plastic ring is from a sink drain assembly; then there’s a metric washer, and a ball-bearing:
The plumbing flange fits a Paulson starburst very snugly on the flat side... It took a little stretching to make it fit (pardon my farm-damaged fingers):
The ball-bearing is very slightly larger than a chip (I’d say about 40mm rather than 39), and makes a great card protector:
The washer on the other hand is very slightly smaller than a chip:
And finally, I also found a 1-5/8" wooden closet rod holder, which I painted to make into a custom dealer button:
I first painted the interior black, and then covered it to spray paint the exterior. Then I used some pennies and a washer to “float” a chip (slightly damaged) in the middle, leaving a channel around. To secure these, I used contact cement, so I could actually salvage the chip if necessary... Though the one I use as the photo shows is slightly damaged, so it could be sacrificed... I’m going to add some felt or contact paper to the bottom to make it slide better, as the wood texture catches a bit.
Now, someone please say that I’m not the only one with this problem...
