Making Chip Racks (1 Viewer)

[monkeydog]

I've been thinking about making some cases and racks lately and the issue that seems to be the "hardest" to make is the round part of the tray (the U that cradles the chip).

Is there any reason that it needs to be a U? I remember having some old Harold's Club chips that were flat on two sides due to storage in racks that were too high, so the U doesn't solve that issue.

If you had rectangular dividers so that the end view looked like this IOIOIOIOIOI, would it not work as good?

Making sure that the weight of the tray above is carried by the edge of the rack and not the top of the chip?

 

[Shaggy]

@chipjoker was thinking of making some a few years ago with straight sides. Never got around to it.

 

[upNdown]

I've been thinking about making some cases and racks lately and the issue that seems to be the "hardest" to make is the round part of the tray (the U that cradles the chip).

Is there any reason that it needs to be a U? I remember having some old Harold's Club chips that were flat on two sides due to storage in racks that were too high, so the U doesn't solve that issue.

If you had rectangular dividers so that the end view looked like this IOIOIOIOIOI, would it not work as good?

Making sure that the weight of the tray above is carried by the edge of the rack and not the top of the chip?

I don't see why that wouldn't work. I think most cases are made that way, right?

 

[riotouslevity]

My opinion as I just submitted a design for prototyping .
Main difference is that a chip won't fall flat. Thus, easy to push back up. This is most critical for in-table racks when managing a bank. I think the plastic guys use the rounded profile as it uses less material.

Thus for storage, I don't think rectangular channel is a problem.