DJ Mack
Flush
As some of you know, my wife and I like to host casino fun nights from time to time. They're a blast in the winter when nobody has anything going on. We've wanted to kick it up a notch with the addition of craps or roulette. We settled on roulette for the simplicity and we can make use of our unused pool table to boot. While craps is great fun 80% of our friends don't know how to play, and frankly there isn't time to teach them on game night.
I've spent way too much time going back and forth on what wheel to buy. I wasn't up for spending the multiple thousands needed for a casino one (nor do we have the space) but I didn't want a $100 12 inch piece of plastic either.
The Dal Negro 50 cm came well recommended but it was difficult to find a decent one on the used market. I finally bit the bullet and ordered one from the UK and it was delivered in two days. @justsomedude and I were joking that in the time it took for my wheel to get here from the UK my box of boxes went from his studio to the UPS Store and no further!
Without further ado, here's the outcome.
Fragile! It must be Italian! The box was wrapped in plastic and it had just one dent. Not too bad for an international journey.
After getting rid of 90% of the packing material, here it is. Seriously - this thing was overpacked. I wonder if the distributor is a PCFer on the side? Yes, it's a single zero which is exactly what we were hoping for. Too bad there are no layouts to match without getting into custom work.
Some mockups. If my calculations are right I'll probably want to have 400x$5, 300x$25, 200x$100,100x$500 on the table, plus 60-80x$1,000, 20x$5,000 and 5x$25,000. That means I need some more 43mms but I'm already locked in competition with my dad who needs about a dozen $1ks for his own purposes. (PS - If anyone has Primary CLE HS $1k/$5k/$25k they're itching to get rid of, shoot me a PM).
This indicator tree is kind of cool. I originally got one of the wraparound chip displays but realized that they are made for full sized wheels. The tree is nice because it also cuts down on the real estate needed on the table. Eventually I'll get a set of lammers to use instead of denom chips.
Last but not least, how does it roll? Let's take it for a spin! It's very easy to over-spin this sucker and send the ball flying. Even at such high speeds everything is super smooth and unlike some of the plastic ones I've seen there's no risk of sending the whole thing flying.
I've spent way too much time going back and forth on what wheel to buy. I wasn't up for spending the multiple thousands needed for a casino one (nor do we have the space) but I didn't want a $100 12 inch piece of plastic either.
The Dal Negro 50 cm came well recommended but it was difficult to find a decent one on the used market. I finally bit the bullet and ordered one from the UK and it was delivered in two days. @justsomedude and I were joking that in the time it took for my wheel to get here from the UK my box of boxes went from his studio to the UPS Store and no further!
Without further ado, here's the outcome.
Fragile! It must be Italian! The box was wrapped in plastic and it had just one dent. Not too bad for an international journey.
After getting rid of 90% of the packing material, here it is. Seriously - this thing was overpacked. I wonder if the distributor is a PCFer on the side? Yes, it's a single zero which is exactly what we were hoping for. Too bad there are no layouts to match without getting into custom work.
Some mockups. If my calculations are right I'll probably want to have 400x$5, 300x$25, 200x$100,100x$500 on the table, plus 60-80x$1,000, 20x$5,000 and 5x$25,000. That means I need some more 43mms but I'm already locked in competition with my dad who needs about a dozen $1ks for his own purposes. (PS - If anyone has Primary CLE HS $1k/$5k/$25k they're itching to get rid of, shoot me a PM).
This indicator tree is kind of cool. I originally got one of the wraparound chip displays but realized that they are made for full sized wheels. The tree is nice because it also cuts down on the real estate needed on the table. Eventually I'll get a set of lammers to use instead of denom chips.
Last but not least, how does it roll? Let's take it for a spin! It's very easy to over-spin this sucker and send the ball flying. Even at such high speeds everything is super smooth and unlike some of the plastic ones I've seen there's no risk of sending the whole thing flying.
