JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
Hello,
So as I alluded in my Members Mark case thread, I decided I needed something better for storing my growing chip collection. Thankfully IKEA sells a cabinet that's actually pretty well sized, called the ERIK. Now there are few cabinets under this name, but the one to use is the 3 drawer version.
Now only two of the drawers are locking, the drawer with the lock and the one above it. So what's strange is although the website picture shows the lock in the bottom drawer, the instructions have this helpful picture to show why you should assemble this with the lock in the middle drawer.
So that struck me as funny. But the key thing about this cabinet is each drawer fits 14 racks. (Would fit 16 perfectly if not for the handle cutouts.)
I have all 12 racks of my chipcos in the middle drawer and two racks from my Free River Club ABS chps.
So in the top drawer, I decided I wanted to have a secure way to store the cash, and I've always found it difficult to reconcile the bank from my personal money just by keeping them in separate pockets. So I decided I could also use this to hold the cash separate from my person, but still secure using a plastic till from Amazon. Since I picked a smaller till, it fits in the top drawer with 6 more racks.
(Note the item I linked really took about 3 weeks to ship, if you are less patient than that, spend a few extra bucks and get a prime item.)
So in the top two drawers I can lock 2200 chips and a cash till. In the bottom unlocked drawer in theory you could store another 1400 chips, but I decided to just use this drawer for empty racks and "tournament tubes," and my extra Free River Club Inlays.
I figure I can wheel it close to my seat where I would otherwise have a TV tray and have easy access to chips and cash while being easy to secure. Since it's on casters, it'll roll back to the corner easily when the game is done.
One warning, when these drawers are fully loaded, you can't open more than one at a time or it will tip forward since it's on casters. But otherwise the drawers seem more than sturdy enough to take the weight of 14 racks of chipcos.
But there you have it, and easy, secure hosting stand for up to 4200 chips, or 3400 chips and a till.
So as I alluded in my Members Mark case thread, I decided I needed something better for storing my growing chip collection. Thankfully IKEA sells a cabinet that's actually pretty well sized, called the ERIK. Now there are few cabinets under this name, but the one to use is the 3 drawer version.
Now only two of the drawers are locking, the drawer with the lock and the one above it. So what's strange is although the website picture shows the lock in the bottom drawer, the instructions have this helpful picture to show why you should assemble this with the lock in the middle drawer.
So that struck me as funny. But the key thing about this cabinet is each drawer fits 14 racks. (Would fit 16 perfectly if not for the handle cutouts.)
I have all 12 racks of my chipcos in the middle drawer and two racks from my Free River Club ABS chps.
So in the top drawer, I decided I wanted to have a secure way to store the cash, and I've always found it difficult to reconcile the bank from my personal money just by keeping them in separate pockets. So I decided I could also use this to hold the cash separate from my person, but still secure using a plastic till from Amazon. Since I picked a smaller till, it fits in the top drawer with 6 more racks.
(Note the item I linked really took about 3 weeks to ship, if you are less patient than that, spend a few extra bucks and get a prime item.)
So in the top two drawers I can lock 2200 chips and a cash till. In the bottom unlocked drawer in theory you could store another 1400 chips, but I decided to just use this drawer for empty racks and "tournament tubes," and my extra Free River Club Inlays.
I figure I can wheel it close to my seat where I would otherwise have a TV tray and have easy access to chips and cash while being easy to secure. Since it's on casters, it'll roll back to the corner easily when the game is done.
One warning, when these drawers are fully loaded, you can't open more than one at a time or it will tip forward since it's on casters. But otherwise the drawers seem more than sturdy enough to take the weight of 14 racks of chipcos.
But there you have it, and easy, secure hosting stand for up to 4200 chips, or 3400 chips and a till.
