My thoughts/problems with Chipco racks (1 Viewer)

[lane_robert_s]

I just got my first mint Paulsons and thought it best to store them in 66.7mm racks. I got some Chipco racks from Apache.

I ran into two problems. Any thoughts on this?

1) I was surprised to find nubs on the beds where the chips lay at either end of the barrel. I took a knife and broke them off but I was confused why they were there int he first place? If it's related to molding the plastic, I'd think they could find another place to do it. Picture attached. Potentially damaging to the chips!

2) the chips fit great in the beds but the bottom is super tight when stacking. I may have given some flea bites trying to get them seated. Ugh. And when I take one rack off the other, sometimes the top rack grabs a whole barrel from the bottom rack and chips fall. More potential damage! I can work through this... but it surprised me.

 

[bergs]

I’ve had the same problem with the nubs in the barrel part of the rack, particularly the ones on the end. Apply a butter knife and some pressure and they pop off perfectly.

 

[bergs]

I’ve had another issue with these (or maybe it was chips) where the racks discolored and my chips stuck to the rack. Rotating them regularly in the rack avoids this but it’s kinda silly for 5000+ chips.

 

[Johnblue]

To be fair, these racks were designed for casino use, not museum display and preservation.

I’m going to try those group buy China Matsui racks and hopefully those serve our purposes better, but I’ll still use good old racks for game day.

 

[lane_robert_s]

I’ve had the same problem with the nubs in the barrel part of the rack, particularly the ones on the end. Apply a butter knife and some pressure and they pop off perfectly.

That's what I did.

 

[Nanook]

I’ve had the same problem with the nubs in the barrel part of the rack, particularly the ones on the end. Apply a butter knife and some pressure and they pop off perfectly.

That's what I did.

Me too...
I also took a utility knife and used it to scrape the rough edges around the inside bottom of the racks. I know all of this bs is from the molding process. None of this should be necessary, but it is.