Why not? Just drill a hole through the mold cup's hat so that the clay spews out of the hole when being compressed.You can do that to a chip, but you can't do that to a mold or cup.
Why not? Just drill a hole through the mold cup's hat so that the clay spews out of the hole when being compressed.You can do that to a chip, but you can't do that to a mold or cup.
Why not?That's not how any of this works..
Fair point, but wouldn't the mold cup be pretty thick, so even when in the mold cradle the clay would be like a stick of clay coming out of the chip, which I'd imagine is pretty easy to notice.The hole will just fill up with material (and look identical to the OP pics). The cups are installed in the mold cradle, which would supply a backstop to keep the clay from going anywhere.
You do realize the factory workers would see it before it would be finished, correct?You do realize that clay chips have a finishing step, correct?
And chances are that 'stick' would break off in the mold, anyway.
Not true. The chip's hat can't be filled, as it is a solid block of metal in the mold (creating the 'cavity' in the chip, and preventing it from being 'filled').if that stick broke off in the mold it would probably fill up the whole hat, not just everything past it, making it look like a normal chip, not like the one shown here.
What I'm saying is that it would fill up the piece of metal in the mold that has been drilled with clay when compressed. Either that or it would fall out after being taken out of the mold, and the worker taking it out would see that happen. And regardless of all that, why the hell would Paulson cancel a mold? Why not just saw it in pieces and throw it out?Not true. The chip's hat can't be filled, as it is a solid block of metal in the mold (creating the 'cavity' in the chip, and preventing it from being 'filled').
Exactly. Which is why I'm sticking with 'converted mold' theory. It's by far the most plausible.What I'm saying is that it would fill up the piece of metal in the mold that has been drilled with clay when compressed. Either that or it would fall out after being taken out of the mold, and the worker taking it out would see that happen. And regardless of all that, why the hell would Paulson cancel a mold? Why not just saw it in pieces and throw it out?
I'm not sure how that could be done, but I guess that's more plausible than the mold being drilled.Exactly. Which is why I'm sticking with 'converted mold' theory. It's by far the most plausible.
I'm not sure how that could be done, but I guess that's more plausible than the mold being drilled.
Are you sure?I'm pretty sure that you're not sure of anything that you've said in this thread.
I'm sure this could have been settled with a round of rockem sockem robots a few hours ago and we could be in this exact same position as we are now.....Are you sure?
What is our current position?I'm sure this could have been settled with a round of rockem sockem robots a few hours ago and we could be in this exact same position as we are now.....
That red robot has a better hook then blue robot.....What is our current position?
I believe you mean the short, orange, mustachioed robot.That red robot has a better hook then blue robot.....
They are the same height!I believe you mean the short, orange, mustachioed robot.
You caught me! I'm gonna knock your block off!
You son of a..... Take your Updoot!What’s that strange dot on the red robot’s arm? Never seen that before...anyone know anything about it?
I purchased a 600pc lot of used roulette solids around two years ago from a fellow in Kentucky, and many of the chips bore those markings. I didn't notice them at first - someone on the forums did, and then eyebrows were raised all over the place. They felt like the real deal to me but those pips sure had me curious. I sent a sample chip to one of the folks at the CCA, and he concurred with my opinion - the chips were indeed made by Paulson. I then took the whole lot of them to ththe convention last year and put them in front of David Spragg, Eric Rosenblum, et. al., and everyone agreed. Paulson.
David suspected that the pips were basically just defects/imperfections in the mold itself and weren't caught in QA until after some chips had been produced on them and let into the wild. It's effectively its own mold variation, but one they'd rather not have in use (as evidenced by the fact that there aren't more of them out there). So far I've only seen those variations on solids.
These are the real fakes. Confirmed plastic cheapos
Thanks captain obvious. Was just pointing out the injection marks in the obviously counterfeit hats.These are the real fakes. Confirmed plastic cheapos