Any interest in Tina Diamond mold for next month? (2 Viewers)

[justincarothers]

I have the opportunity to offer the diamond mold this coming month. Only comes in 39mm. Any interest?

Can use any of my previous designs. Here are a few examples

 

[andrebttx]

Personally, I think the Diamond mold looks worse than the Cards mold. However, I would be unlikely to be participating in either, so my input is kind of moot there. But curious to see if there’s huge demand for one over the other.

 

[jcjc]

May be interested in a tourney set.

 

[justincarothers]

Never seen a group buy for them so just gauging interest

 

[doublebooyah85]

Neat mold. Changing it up is a clever idea.

 

[TheOffalo]

May be interested. Seems like since the debossing is narrower there’s less of the off-color issue (or it’s less noticeable) than with other molds.

What are potential costs, close to cards mold?

 

[justincarothers]

May be interested. Seems like since the debossing is narrower there’s less of the off-color issue (or it’s less noticeable) than with other molds.

What are potential costs, close to cards mold?

Same price as cards mold. $.40 each. 39 mm

 

[BGinGA]

No experience with Tina's version, but I ran a group buy for Sun-Fly's diamond mold sample sets a few years back.

I think it's a great mold, much nicer than the cards mold imo. No color penetration issues with the debossed diamond cavities, and they outperformed every other ceramic chip I tested at the time (ABC, PGI, Chipco).

In fact, those Sun-Fly ceramic chips out-performed every single chip in my collection (including Paulson RHCs) except for THCs and TRKs in stackability and stack stability tests, and it wasn't even close.

 

[blueshells50]

May be interested. Seems like since the debossing is narrower there’s less of the off-color issue (or it’s less noticeable) than with other molds.

What are potential costs, close to cards mold?

Still new to all of this...what is the off color issue?

 

[blueshells50]

This may not be the same manufacturer, but i have been doing research on alibaba just to get a feel of the look and found these. Just nice to see how the mold looks with different edge spots. Its growing on me quite a bit !

 

[Colquhoun]

Still new to all of this...what is the off color issue?

The recesses of the mold are quite deep, and the space is large enough that the darker or saturated inks don’t transfer the same as the ink on the face of the chip.
That can lead to color changes within the recess of the mold. It doesn’t seem to happen with thinner recess like the diamond mold.

 

[justincarothers]

The recesses of the mold are quite deep, and the space is large enough that the darker or saturated inks don’t transfer the same as the ink on the face of the chip.
That can lead to color changes within the recess of the mold. It doesn’t seem to happen with thinner recess like the diamond mold.
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And from my experience dark blue is the worst color for a chip.

 

[SpareTire]

Those look nice - will probably wait on making a decision until my July 2023 No Mold order arrives (my first order from Tina).

 

[blueshells50]

Those look nice - will probably wait on making a decision until my July 2023mNo Mold order arrives (my first order from Tina).

my next set is a custom, and i dont plan on dropping double to triple the price at CPC or BRpoker so...might as well before i get my white label horseshoes

 

[carza]

Been working on this design for a hot minute. Was waiting on the next cards mold group buy to jump in but I may like the diamond mold better. Either way I think these will go better in a mold than a no-mold. Being patient anyways!

 

[Colquhoun]

Been working on this design for a hot minute. Was waiting on the next cards mold group buy to jump in but I may like the diamond mold better. Either way I think these will go better in a mold than a no-mold. Being patient anyways!View attachment 1194336

Cool design! I recommend making any thin lines quite a bit thicker. Black tends to spread or “bleed”, and can swallow up thin white lines. The text on the bottom is likely to disappear…even the Oakland Lounge type will get much thinner as the black ink spreads (especially the thins on the A, K and E).
Another recommendation is to wait for the Greek mold hybrid chips that Justin is launching very soon. It is a ceramic chip with a recess for a label. Those labels print much higher quality, and you may not need to make much of an alteration at all.

 

[BigSlickTux]

Not the Diamond mold, but I will pm you with an order for customs.

 

[blueshells50]

Diamond mold actually fits the theme of my set a bit so im definitely going diamond on the artwork from @mattross1313

 

[dragonswillrise]

I like the Diamond Mold. If you get a group buy together, please include me. I'd be in for 500-1k depending on the design.

 

[blueshells50]

I like the Diamond Mold. If you get a group buy together, please include me. I'd be in for 500-1k depending on the design.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...d-diamond-mold-group-buy-october-2023.110225/

 

[justincarothers]

I like the Diamond Mold. If you get a group buy together, please include me. I'd be in for 500-1k depending on the design.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...d-diamond-mold-group-buy-october-2023.110225/

Closing soon. Please post your order there or PM me your order

 

[SpaceMonkey420]

The casino club in redding uses these diamond molds for their live $1 at all Table games. No comment otherwise.