Most of them are mint, just don't ask what I have in them! Lmao
Looking forward to seeing some photos when the main set hits the felt!
About 18 months into this project, and with the price of the $25s ($40 plus per chip!) Its going to be a while until I can really afford to trully make it playable. Also have to kill those Blues and make them Taj quarters at some point... it's coming along, but a long ways from the finish line. But one day this wicked mess will hit the felt! Way too much time/effort/money invested now to give up! Further into the rabbit whole is the only way to the light! Haha
You really need a YouTube video of Ben putting the rack of chips on top of Brie's "to do" pile?
I pick on Brie for the backwards toilet paper so I had to find something to get you with too
well done ben, those look stellar! bet they shuffle like butter too!
We use old ceramics, not blanks... it's what we have and have never had any color transfer issues. I remember you posting about yours a while back and I question the quality of the ceramics there. After 50 - 100 times through the oven the color starts to fade on the ceramics but we haven't seen any transfer on to the chips.
They are very rounded and most would probably just pick another chip in this line up...
Yeah, that's why I asked. They were BRPro NJ Skulls... I think they were either clamped too tight or the heating blanket got too hot.
Looks like too much heat unfortunately
I agree where you can see the chip pressed into the face there, unfortunately I think they got too hot. Luckily they weren't super rare expensive chips, but still sucks. Wonder if the Tstat broke in the heat pad?
Yes, I believe that that's what happened. I also think I clamped them too hard. But it was one of my first attempts at flattening chips and you need to learn somewhere.
I was going to go with me being a complete dumbass and noob... But, okay, you convinced me, let's blame the thermostat.
Stuff happens. Those chips were incredibly difficult to flatten and very easily squished. Ya live and learn. I think the best way to do those is lower heat with a slightly shorter time, but multiple times heated and cooled to get all the kinks out. I ended up using our oven at 170 for 6 to 8 mins 2-3 times
Chip cleaning and flattening is definitely a learn as you go process. I love what you and Ben have shared with the community. I'm curious, have you ever had any type of water infiltration on the inlays? I've heard people say that when they leave older chips in the water for more than a minute, they ended up getting water under the inlay.
Yeah all the time. Older chips, shaped inlays, leaded chips all very susceptible. House molds too sometimes. PCAs were awful for it, primary and secondary. Nearly impossible to soak them with out water reaching the paper inlay under the textured vinyl. That's why everyone reiterates testing 1 to 2 chips before doing a whole bunch. Doesn't matter if they're minty or not either.
Shaped inlays are usually the worst. Even TRKs, sometimes less than 15 seconds in soap water and it can run underneath. Always test new chips, as long as you don't leave them in there and you get the water off of them they will dry out in 15 minutes or less.
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