Interest in a new racking system? (1 Viewer)

[ProperPokerPlayer]

I really admire the work you have put in and I think you have a really good product to sell HERE. I don't know what your overall aspirations are big picture, but i share the sentiment that WedgeRock mentioned in that I don't see you selling a large amount of these outside of PCF. Maybe I am wrong but 99%of people outside of this forum use dice chips which are likely cheaper than these tubes so I don't see them paying more for starting stack tubes than the chips themselves. I hope I am not being a downer but I wanna keep it real at the same time. Sincerely hope you can get these into production as I will be one of your first customers!
On a side note, I really like the option for 2 more tubes in the middle vs the container. For me, they would be great to have rebuys ready for each of my tables of 8. Best wishes.

My overall aspirations are to just get enough seed money to make enough of these so I can sell them sporadically to mostly niche markets like PCF. I'm gonna set my Kickstarter goal at what I hope is a reasonable 15K ( Hopefully there are at least 150 people willing to spend around 100$ on tubes and racks. The racks are gonna but 20$ then the tall(50 chip) tubes an 8 pack 40$ 5$ per tube and short (34 chips) 8 pack 30$ 3.75 per tube. I'm gonna pester at least half my regular poker crew to buy so I just need PCF members to be the other 140ppl willing to drop 100$ on the hobby (fingers crossed). The smallest run I can make that makes these prices doable will cost me around 20K but I figure if I hit the 15K mark I can drop 5K and just hope to sell the leftover inventory over the years. I will be trying my hand at making some epoxy promo dealer chips with a QR to the Kickstarter and send those out for free to anyone on here who wants one. I Need to try my skills at epoxy first before I make any promises but a thread on here gives pretty solid steps. Thanks again for all the feedback, reality checks are not downers at all. I think I am going to go live tomorrow and give it a 40 day timeframe.

 

[ProperPokerPlayer]

Well the Kickstarter is live Proper poker tubes. Please give it look place some orders/pledges. Help me make this pipe dream "pun intended" a reality. P.s my wife said tell you guys I'm a father and a ln order would help make my father's day.

 

[ProperPokerPlayer]

A little update and a big thank you to the members who have already pledged to get this rack system off the ground. Still got a little ways to go. I made the Kickstarter page much less confusing, sorry I am new at this. To those of you who are as new to kickstarted as me you won't be charged anything if I don't reach my goal. The rewards have been narrowed down and you can just get the tubes for 10 short 34chips for 35$ long 50chips for 45$. 3.50 and 4.50 per tube which was around the goal. If you do not want windows there is a add-on protection version for 1$ to remove windows. The set with the rack and bank or 10 tube capacity is 20$ more. Feel free to PM me with any questions or requests I do want make custom logo caps available and have some good ideas for future improvement but need a little seed money to get things going.

 

[ProperPokerPlayer]

Alright the kickstarter may have failed but I've got still got a product to sell. Because the kickstarted didn't hit I couldn't get any cutouts . I know some of you did not mind that and actually preferred no cutouts, so I went ahead and made an order. Also the top and bottom plates are not metal they are plastic. The rods are iron and the caps (suits) and feet (cubes) are plastic pressed on to iron nuts. I do have limited amount of iron round nuts for the top if you want. PM me for details prices are a bit flexible, discounts for bulk orders. Color options are red, blue, silver, green, and black if you do not tell me specific colors I will send equal of each.

Available now
Tall tubes hold 50 chips 4$ each
Short tubes hold 34 chips 3.50$
Sets of 10 including rack short stack 45$
Set of 10 including rack large stacks 50$
Rack alone 10$

prices do not include shipping shipping is about 14$ for a set and 20$ for 4 sets.

Available soon
The rack of 8 with the bank in the middle (+ 1 bonus short green tube for the bank) both sizes. I am currently waiting on the banks to come in should be in the next few weeks.
8bank short stack 48$
8 bank tall stack 53$

 

[ProperPokerPlayer]

Thanks for the orders so far! Also thanks for the feedback! listening to you I have made the bottom plate holes deeper, to better keep the tubes in place. Also I have made a middle clear tube size holds about 44chips. These are basically the Uline 1.5inchx6inch except a little thicker walls and should hold all 43mm chips. That said they do have some play for 39 and 40mm chips. Always open to more improvement ideas. thanks again! PM me if you want to buy some.
the tubes w/cap $1.25 cents each (20 whole cents cheaper than Uline ).
10 tubes in the rack $20.
+ shipping $8 for most of the continental U.S

 

[ProperPokerPlayer]

For Sale offers new racking system
Anyone still interested I put the racks and tubes up for sale link for the thread above. I am also selling the clear plastic tube, very similar to U-line tubes for $1.50 each or 1$ each if you buy a rack with them You can always PM me as well. I am going to keep working on an refining the product but I think I've got some solid items.

 

[ProperPokerPlayer]

I've gotten some feedback, which I encourage ! This is my first product. Some think the nuts with suits on the top are a little "goofy". Here are some nuts and links you can order to make it look a little more sleek Hex nuts , Smooth nut (threads are 1/8ips you can force M10 threaded nuts on them but I don't recommend it). I may order some in bulk and include them on future purchases, but would add a 2$ per rack so I'm on the fence. Also someone's base was not level to fix this you can actually pull the plastic cube at the base off by turning it righty tighty while pulling it off then using a level surface push the down on the whole rack into the position that levels the rack. It should hold itself in position but if it keeps slipping out of level you can use a drop of super glue. Keep the feedback coming! View attachment 1561457
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[ProperPokerPlayer]

Coming soon! The 12 rack and racks that will also fit 60 dram bottles. Current models fit Uline visipak most Alibaba golf ball tubes and the 1$ clear tubes I sell but are just barely too small of openings for 60 dram. If interested PM me. I will post a for sale thread once I got all the bugs figured out and properly tested

 

[krafticus]

The 12 rack system for the 60 dram tubes fits them like a glove. Can’t wait to use these for my next game.