Stacking Clay Chips in racks? (1 Viewer)

[koodah70]

Hi,
This may have been discussed in a previous thread but I didn't see one:

Clay chips can be deceptively heavy and as we know, pressure over an extended period of time can produce interesting consequence. Does anyone have any concerns with stacking Clay Chips (like Paulsons) in racks that are 3, 4, or 5 high (or more) for long periods of time? Presumably the weight of 100 chips would be spread over the 100 chips below them.

 

[RoyalBluff]

Great question, I'm curious to know as well.

 

[DeeVee8]

I decided to go with these racks for my ceramics. They can stack like this and they're still protected. I choose to store them vertically, just like they stack on a table.

 

[dennis63]

The pressures under which.compression-molded chips are made are much higher than what you would create in reasonable stacks.

I've stored racks of 100 CPC chips in racks inside bird cages stacked five high for years with no effect.

Going higher would create the greater risk of knocking ovet the stack of racks.

 

[72o]

5 high you say? Ppfftt.

 

[Saoliver]

Going on 15 years with my custom ASMs (CPC) stacked 5 high. Have not had one damaged chip.

 

[Poker Zombie]

I've seen pictures of WSOP chips stored in racks 10-13 racks high. I think it is safe to assume that since these chips are only used for 3 months and then stored for 9 months, that no ill effect would come from tall stacks in a temperature controlled environment. Eventually, any "slop" in the racks is going to be a greater concern at height, as well as the structure the chips are sitting on (the PSI is very great because there is very little rack to surface contact).

 

[Saoliver]

5 high you say? Ppfftt.

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Which casino cage is this?

 

[Poker Zombie]

Which casino cage is this?

WSOP - it's the photo I spoke of in my post. 72o posted the photo as I was typing.

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

Which casino cage is this?

how do we break in and steal these... obviously not for the face value....

 

[QuiQuog]

I would think that if you imagine stacking single chips 3, 4, or 5 high, you wouldn't consider it an issue. In a very real sense, that's all you're talking about. In racks, it's just doing this 100 at a time.

 

[K ALL IN 9]

5 high you say? Ppfftt.

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There's approx 170,000 chips in this picture. I didn't factor in the incomplete racks and this is assuming the shelves of yellows are completely full like the upper left shelf

 

[justsomedude]

5 high you say? Ppfftt.

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Sick.

 

[pltrgyst]

Just watch out for any heat over 75 degrees...

 

[Sparty]

5 high you say? Ppfftt.

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first 30 seconds after seeing this pic:

My first thought was "WOW".
My second thought was "I want that too"
My third thought was "This guy must have lots of money!"
My fourth thought was "He's got a serious 'Moar Chips!' problem (I mean more serious than mine and most of ours)"
My fifth thought was "This is clearly a vendor's warehouse or something"
My sixth thought was "I'm an idiot, i thought this was in @72o 's basement or something? yes, i'm an idiot"

 

[Chipandchair]

Just watch out for any heat over 75 degrees...

Very true. Seems like heat is the quickest way to damage a chip. Ironically, also the best way to flatten a warped chip too

 

[BGinGA]

Keep 'em tight and cool, and you'll have no issues stacking up to at least 20 high.

A combonation of heat and loose fit will almost certainly cause serious problems, even with just two stacked racks. Softened material under pressure with room to deform will do so.

 

[davin]

I like the matsui racks as they have little dimples on bottom that lock into next rack, great for storing!! And no pressure on bottom rack as the actual racks take the weight not the clay

 

[DerberAlter]

good question, and good answers! thank you

 

[mugect]

If using the 'standard' racks that stack on the barrels below, the weight is being distributed over 100 chips (assuming of course all are equal diameter). So when stacking full racks, each chip below is bearing the chip above + 1/100 the mass of the rack. That pic from @72o shows 13 high. The bottom chip of your vertical barrels at the table are at risk!

 

[mugect]

Need to amend my previous statement: surface area of a 39mm chip is ~1194mm^2. The area of chip contact in a rack is <214mm^2, roughly 5.5 times less than the face. Ergo, my barrel theorem is erroneous.

But I do encourage all to stack ‘em high!

 

[Poker Zombie]

Need to amend my previous statement: surface area of a 39mm chip is ~1194mm^2. The area of chip contact in a rack is <214mm^2, roughly 5.5 times less than the face. Ergo, my barrel theorem is erroneous.

But I do encourage all to stack ‘em high!

I was going to point out your error, but thought you might have just been trolling.