flippyflop89
Sitting Out
I know there are definitely a couple threads on this but wanted to share my opinion and layout.
Bought the Apache 3800 from Harbor Freight and got the orange because well its bright and in your face lol. It's a little bit big for just 600 chips but the 2800 wasnt going to cut it and its heavy enough already so i didn't want to add many heavy accessories on the sides. Ive got a copag 2 deck bridge case on the right, two slots for rogue packs of poker or bridge sized cards on the left. And a little dealer button slot that should fit 60mm just fine and I plan to buy a cooler one when I get around to it.
The foam that came with it is pretty decent. The pick and pluck works well. I took a pocket knife to the top connectors of the squares to get them started and then just pulled at them the rest of the way without issue. I did make a couple mistakes, well poor planning and redesigns lol. A tiny (really tiny) amount of super glue did the trick to put them back.
They are noticeable when you glue them back until you hit it with Plastidip. I did 8 coats and it took about a can and a half and I waited 20-40 minutes between coats as I was just doing other stuff and would run out to do a coat when I had 5 minutes. I had to flip them over obviously so the insides of the cut out probably got more than 8 coats because they were exposed during both sides. Which is probably good as they will take the most abuse. Last thing I'll probably do is double sided tape the lid foam into the lid. It slid out real easy before the Plastidip but still wiggles out every third opening or so.
Also, the back part of the foam is likely to take the most abuse as you carry this by the handle and all the weight falls to the back of the case. I thought of pushing the chips 1 square closer to the handle. However as the back section squishes ill probably just rotate the whole thing 180 degrees if it gets bad enough.
Very fun project, feel free to ask me any questions. I attached my final foam pluck design layout to help anyone looking to do something similar.
Bought the Apache 3800 from Harbor Freight and got the orange because well its bright and in your face lol. It's a little bit big for just 600 chips but the 2800 wasnt going to cut it and its heavy enough already so i didn't want to add many heavy accessories on the sides. Ive got a copag 2 deck bridge case on the right, two slots for rogue packs of poker or bridge sized cards on the left. And a little dealer button slot that should fit 60mm just fine and I plan to buy a cooler one when I get around to it.
The foam that came with it is pretty decent. The pick and pluck works well. I took a pocket knife to the top connectors of the squares to get them started and then just pulled at them the rest of the way without issue. I did make a couple mistakes, well poor planning and redesigns lol. A tiny (really tiny) amount of super glue did the trick to put them back.
They are noticeable when you glue them back until you hit it with Plastidip. I did 8 coats and it took about a can and a half and I waited 20-40 minutes between coats as I was just doing other stuff and would run out to do a coat when I had 5 minutes. I had to flip them over obviously so the insides of the cut out probably got more than 8 coats because they were exposed during both sides. Which is probably good as they will take the most abuse. Last thing I'll probably do is double sided tape the lid foam into the lid. It slid out real easy before the Plastidip but still wiggles out every third opening or so.
Also, the back part of the foam is likely to take the most abuse as you carry this by the handle and all the weight falls to the back of the case. I thought of pushing the chips 1 square closer to the handle. However as the back section squishes ill probably just rotate the whole thing 180 degrees if it gets bad enough.
Very fun project, feel free to ask me any questions. I attached my final foam pluck design layout to help anyone looking to do something similar.
