Extracting chips from lucite? (1 Viewer)

[Squakmix]

I just came across this chip encased in lucite:

And it has me wondering whether anyone has tried to remove a chip from a block of plastic like this. I imagine the possibility of doing it without damaging the chip is extremely low, but someone out there must have been tempted to try it at some point.

 

[leo822]

Many have tried all have failed AFAIK. Best I’ve seen is a shaved down chip with thin layer of cloudy lucite still on it

 

[Thomacetti]

When pouring, the chip melts a bit...so it's no regular chip anymore.

Or so I heard

 

[Goldfish]

This is why this forum is awesome. Members will not be denied access to chips!

 

[Eloe2000]

What’s is the melting point of a chip?

 

[tabletalker7]

What’s is the melting point of a chip?

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If it is safe to get chips that hot I would think people would dry chips after cleaning in the oven. I think that chip is permanently lost

 

[Colquhoun]

I just watched this video about a coin in acrylic.
Sadly, if the plastic has fused to the chip, the outcome will likely be quite different than this:

 

[CrazyEddie]

What’s is the melting point of a chip?

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Not sure about melting, but they get soft at much, much lower temperatures.

It's probably a lost cause. (... but I haven't tried it myself so don't take my word for it!)

 

[CrazyEddie]

I just watched this video about a coin in acrylic.
Sadly, if the plastic has fused to the chip, the outcome will likely be quite different than this:

You could probably get a coin-in-center chip out of lucite...

... if you only cared about the coin-in-the-center.

 

[Eloe2000]

If it is safe to get chips that hot I would think people would dry chips after cleaning in the oven. I think that chip is permanently lost

Not sure about melting, but they get soft at much, much lower temperatures.

It's probably a lost cause. (... but I haven't tried it myself so don't take my word for it!)

This would certainly be my assumption. I really can’t imagine there would be anyway to free a chip from lucite without significant damage.