Custom artwork group buy. US/CAN CARDS MOLD (7 Viewers)

[RudysNYC]

So if I have this correct, the process is to essentially print the design onto a transfer-like paper, and heat press it into the chip?

If so, that gives me MUCH more confidence in my tournament set coming out better than my fears suggest

edit: to clarify, I ask because idk if the Chinese have figured out a way to do it some other way, I put nothing past Alibaba vendors/factories

 

[TheDuke]

This place makes poker chips:

Visit to a smaller plastics factory with pics and video:
http://dontstopliving.net/exclusive-behind-the-scenes-in-a-chinese-factory/

Thanks for sharing. These inside looks within other countries are always fascinating for me.

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

They can make anything happen in Shenzhen if they have the demand and your money.

Can they make REAL clay poker chips roughly equivalent to CPC for half the cost?

 

[BGinGA]

So if I have this correct, the process is to essentially print the design onto a transfer-like paper, and heat press it into the chip?

If so, that gives me MUCH more confidence in my tournament set coming out better than my fears suggest

edit: to clarify, I ask because idk if the Chinese have figured out a way to do it some other way, I put nothing past Alibaba vendors/factories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sublimation_printing

 

[RudysNYC]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sublimation_printing

Shows how wet behind the ears I still am. For some odd reason, I imagined they somehow printed directly onto the ceramic . But now, it kinda makes sense why old Chipcos had that distinctive white rim.

As always, thanks for the info @BGinGA

 

[TheDuke]

Can they make REAL clay poker chips roughly equivalent to CPC for half the cost?

I'm guessing the capital investment of required equipment is probably a huge barrier.

If I recall, I thought David Spragg noting the immense cost of recreating the Roman mold as the reason why that mold was retired.

 

[SeanGecko]

FYI some of you will be receiving an excel sheet. Tina doesn't have them all done yet

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

I'm guessing the capital investment of required equipment is probably a huge barrier.

If I recall, I thought David Spragg noting the immense cost of recreating the Roman mold as the reason why that mold was retired.

Yeah, I know. I was being facetious due to use of the word "anything."

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

FYI some of you will be receiving an excel sheet. Tina doesn't have them all done yet

Is this a good thing or a bad thing, I can’t tell

 

[SeanGecko]

Is this a good thing or a bad thing, I can’t tell

GOOD making sure everything is square before we head to production.

 

[Kensco]

GOOD making sure everything is square before we head to production.

I just got Tina's spreadsheet from @SeanGecko and it had the wrong artwork depicted (an initial version, not someone else's artwork).

So yep, this is a good thing

 

[krafticus]

Dear Everyone,

Now that the ordering window is closed, let’s get Mr. @SeanGecko back his chips that he sent out as samples. He was more than gracious and very patient as his chips traveled the world. I’m sure they are home sick.

Let’s send them home

Mine went to KY

 

[Eloe2000]

Yeah, I know. I was being facetious due to use of the word "anything."

They absolutely could if they thought the demand was there, which I suspect it really isn’t to invest for scale. Or if they had the money up front to do this. I suspect if one had the desire to bankroll the business that they could get it up and running fairly quickly. I just suspect it isn’t a worthwhile endeavor. Dye sublimation and the tools and technology has other applications so it is a worthwhile pursuit. Compression clay does not.

I was making those comments honestly, not as a joke. A good friend is a mechanical engineer and has been traveling back and forth for decades managing manufacturing implementation for many US companies over the years. Shenzhen is 1.5x the pop of NYC and it’s almost entirely focused on manufacturing. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge, technology, capacity, and drive to manufacture anything and everything there.

 

[Eloe2000]

Not going to bother Sean and this group buy with this, but does anyone know if Tina & Co. do dealer buttons (dealer button sized ceramics)?

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Yes, but if I remember well they are not as thick as the ones done by SunFly or ABC. Also min. order quantities (25) apply as far as I know.

 

[Himewad]

Yeah, if they are the same as the Scrub Donkey DBs, they are the same thickness as a poker chip, and 55mm in diameter. Pictures show a 60mm dealer button from BR Pro Poker, Scrub Donkey 55mm dealer button, and Scrub Donkey 39mm chip.

 

[jr8719]

Based on my ordering process with Tina, my feeling is that they will print and approve samples as they go along.

If they can get people to green light their samples, then they can go to work on printing the entire set; making it a much more continuous and, ultimately, quicker process than having to wait until everyone has approved their sample sets before producing one mass run.

Their customer service is impeccable, and I believe they'll do whatever it takes to make sure everything is done as quickly as possible; Tina didn't have to give me two-day shipping, but she did! Just my opinion, of course.

 

[JustDave]

Yeah, if they are the same as the Scrub Donkey DBs, they are the same thickness as a poker chip, and 55mm in diameter. Pictures show a 60mm dealer button from BR Pro Poker, Scrub Donkey 55mm dealer button, and Scrub Donkey 39mm chip.

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I got a 60mm sized but poker chip thickness dealer button once. It was SUPER strange, felt bendable, and it didn't have that heft I associate with a dealer button. I'd say BR Poker or the guy who mills them out of plastic would be the direction I'd go.

Dave

 

[Eloe2000]

I got a 60mm sized but poker chip thickness dealer button once. It was SUPER strange, felt bendable, and it didn't have that heft I associate with a dealer button. I'd say BR Poker or the guy who mills them out of plastic would be the direction I'd go.

Dave

Unfortunately I cannot due to artwork issues. I already have a quote request in with Tina & Co.

 

[JustDave]

Unfortunately I cannot due to artwork issues. I already have a quote request in with Tina & Co.

If the option is 'thin dealer button' or 'no dealer button' I think 'thin dealer button' is the obvious answer.

 

[Himewad]

If the option is 'thin dealer button' or 'no dealer button' I think 'thin dealer button' is the obvious answer.

Don't need to start up anything here, but I disagree. Thin dealer buttons are the suck. Especially when you can get solid ones from a site vendor.

 

[SeanGecko]

We are now on the last part of finalizing orders making sure the excel sheets are correct. I am tempted to putting them all in goolge drive folder and send that link to everyone that.

 

[chrismurda]

Still waiting patiently in excitement for excel sheet

 

[SeanGecko]

Still waiting patiently in excitement for excel sheet

Not everyone was done yet.

 

[slurpeee]

We are now on the last part of finalizing orders making sure the excel sheets are correct. I am tempted to putting them all in goolge drive folder and send that link to everyone that.

Cool. It would be a nice change to have something fresh to hit refresh on every 30 seconds.

(thanks again for everything on this!)

 

[SeanGecko]

Cool. It would be a nice change to have something fresh to hit refresh on every 30 seconds.

(thanks again for everything on this!)

When Tina has all of the spreadsheets done I will put them in a readable only link. Less emailing for me!

 

[Eloe2000]

When Tina has all of the spreadsheets done I will put them in a readable only link. Less emailing for me!

Yeah man, make it as easy on yourself as possible.

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

They absolutely could if they thought the demand was there, which I suspect it really isn’t to invest for scale. Or if they had the money up front to do this. I suspect if one had the desire to bankroll the business that they could get it up and running fairly quickly. I just suspect it isn’t a worthwhile endeavor. Dye sublimation and the tools and technology has other applications so it is a worthwhile pursuit. Compression clay does not.

I was making those comments honestly, not as a joke. A good friend is a mechanical engineer and has been traveling back and forth for decades managing manufacturing implementation for many US companies over the years. Shenzhen is 1.5x the pop of NYC and it’s almost entirely focused on manufacturing. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge, technology, capacity, and drive to manufacture anything and everything there.

I did not take your post as a Joke. MY POST was intended to be the joke. Just wishful thinking that we could get some cool real clay chips for cheap.

 

[Eloe2000]

I did not take your post as a Joke. MY POST was intended to be the joke. Just wishful thinking that we could get some cool real clay chips for cheap.

Yeah sorry I didn’t intend to quote you. I think some other people thought I was making a sexual intending or something.

 

[BGinGA]

I got a 60mm sized but poker chip thickness dealer button once. It was SUPER strange, felt bendable, and it didn't have that heft I associate with a dealer button. I'd say BR Poker or the guy who mills them out of plastic would be the direction I'd go.

Dave

I couldn't/wouldn't use a 3.3mm thick chip for a dealer button regardless of diameter, but a 55mm diameter chip might be useful for frisbie-sized upper denomination chips (think 50mm Paulsons).