Fact or fiction?
That's what I was thinking too. There's another photo in the ad that shows a side-by-side comparison (assuming it's not digitally altered, the chip looks close to the same width as the original), but it's hard to tell.Get me to a belt sander and I'll get you a chip with no hats on one side.
is it possible to wear down but still have sharp edges? I know someone here actually hired someone to “square” chips that we’re tires but they also had to trim the diameter a noticeable amount and it still wasn’t a sharp edge like this. The other confusing part is the inlay. Are some of the inlays on these particular chips larger than the rest? Like the one on the error chip?Just for info -- I own some RHC chips that are worn down to the point where the canes are hardly visible, and they fit 22 to a 66.7mm barrel. So that corresponds to around a 10% reduction in material thickness to make the hat & cane 'disappear.'
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Sure. Sanding block. Or use double-sided tape and tape a fine-medium grit sandpaper to a very flat, hard, surface, and gently slide chip from side to side for a while.is it possible to wear down but still have sharp edges?
I have a chip that may support this actually. Looks like it was stamped twice with hat and canes. BrbI'm just thinking that chips aren't made like that. You're trying to tell me that a chip is pressed once, to give it its shape and harp edges and to make it solid with its inserts, then pressed a second time to get it's hats and canes?
No.
Not to say it can't be real - I suppose it somehow could have been pressed on a plain mold. But his explanation for how it came to be - it sounds like poop.
I'm just thinking that chips aren't made like that. You're trying to tell me that a chip is pressed once, to give it its shape and sharp edges and to make it solid with its inserts, then pressed a second time to get it's hats and canes?
No.
Not to say it can't be real - I suppose it somehow could have been pressed on a plain mold, and then I'm not sure what to think about its alleged half-ass inlay.. But his explanation for how it came to be - it sounds like poop.
Yes, that is the way I understand it and also the way that makes logical sense to me. Also, I know I am not going to find it now but there are some illustration diagrams somewhere here on PCF either from GPI or maybe it was CPC that shows the steps of the process. 1: base blank chip is constructed and formed/molded/pressed 2: edge spots are cut out and replaced with different color clay 3) chip is pressed a second time now with indentation for inlay 4) the inlay is placed on chip 5) chip is pressed a final time to impress the inlay, add texture, add the mold.
@David Spragg could probably tell us if this was legit or not.
EDIT: I was looking around and haven't found the illustrations I was referring to, and this doesn't support my recollection, but this is pretty neat: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...cturing-samples-stages-of-construction.40180/
That's exactly how they are made, although the 'sharp edges' are machined or ground to size/shape after the second pressing. The first pressing is to create a 'slug' with the edge spots added. The inlays are then added, and it is pressed a second time to add the final mold markings and secure the inlay.I'm just thinking that chips aren't made like that. You're trying to tell me that a chip is pressed once, to give it its shape and sharp edges and to make it solid with its inserts, then pressed a second time to get it's hats and canes?
Molds have two cups, one for each side of the chip. The chip on eBay is smooth on both sides.So with the mold/cups, is there only one on top, and the chip has to get stamped, flipped, and stamped? I don't see any other way you could get one blank and one hat/cane (other than they mismatched top and bottom cups?)
It would seem to be more efficient to have the cup on both sides, like a george foreman grill, so you only have to compress/stamp it once. Less room for error, and savings of time.
Oh I see, I misread it and thought it was smooth on one side and hat and cane on the other. That makes more sense now.The chip on eBay is smooth on both sides.