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Paulson: Full label replacement tutorial thread (4 Viewers)

The other very important part is watching your depth. As soon as you see the base chip material stop applying any pressure. Use the depth stop but have a light touch!

This is what took me the most time to get comfortable with and where the speed will come from as I continue to get better. In the beginning I was very cautious not to mill too much out.
 
Rhodeman77 said:
I am milling my inlaid chips. I have 1100 chips and the thought of doing them all by hand is insane and the cost to have someone else do it would double the cost of the set at least.

I finished the first rack last night and here is the first 20 labeled.

it took about an hour to do the mill the entire rack. Going forward that time will be less now that I found a system.

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The hard work paid off. These look amazing.
 
Rhodeman77 said:
The other very important part is watching your depth. As soon as you see the base chip material stop applying any pressure. Use the depth stop but have a light touch!

This is what took me the most time to get comfortable with and where the speed will come from as I continue to get better. In the beginning I was very cautious not to mill too much out.
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Honestly, I go super shallow now and risk it for every job, but I try and leave enough a fingernail and grab it firmly. Slip right on top. I've had 6-7 come back for remills, but less likely to truly kill a chip that way. Shipping is alot cheaper then killing a truly unique chip....
 
Rhodeman77 said:
I am milling my inlaid chips. I have 1100 chips and the thought of doing them all by hand is insane and the cost to have someone else do it would double the cost of the set at least.

I finished the first rack last night and here is the first 20 labeled.

it took about an hour to mill the entire rack. Going forward that time will be less now that I found a system.

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Love love these chips! And that new inlay :bigbucks:
Well done mate :cool
 
So after looking through both this thread and the pr0n thread on this, I have a question that I assume will have split answers, but will ask anyway. What are people's thoughts on lining up the replaced inlay with the inserts of the chip? I have seen it done both ways by experienced chippers and am just curious on the opinions and reasoning for them. When I eventually do this, it will be on a 418. Thanks.
 
I’ve always said it didn’t make a difference because from the factory they were never aligned but then the Isle’s appeared.
 
I think alignment is just a personal preference.

In the past I’ve always aligned when placing labels. Those were small amounts. But I’m fixing to start labeling a few thousand chips (2 sets) so I don’t know whether I’ll give up on that notion in favor of speed (probably not) once I get going.
 
Rieguy said:
So after looking through both this thread and the pr0n thread on this, I have a question that I assume will have split answers, but will ask anyway. What are people's thoughts on lining up the replaced inlay with the inserts of the chip? I have seen it done both ways by experienced chippers and am just curious on the opinions and reasoning for them. When I eventually do this, it will be on a 418. Thanks.
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I am not aligning mine currently. The biggest one that it would matter is the HS snapper. With 3 different colors. What I am doing it trying to have both sides of the chip lined up closely.
 
Rhodeman77 said:
I am not aligning mine currently. The biggest one that it would matter is the HS snapper. With 3 different colors. What I am doing it trying to have both sides of the chip lined up closely.
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Since my relabeled chips will be added to casino chips that are not aligned with the inserts, I think I am going to avoid aligned to keep a consistent authentic feel to them. Maybe if I was relabeling a whole set I would go the other way then. I will try and have both sides lined up closely as well though. Thanks for the responses.
 
Rieguy said:
So after looking through both this thread and the pr0n thread on this, I have a question that I assume will have split answers, but will ask anyway. What are people's thoughts on lining up the replaced inlay with the inserts of the chip? I have seen it done both ways by experienced chippers and am just curious on the opinions and reasoning for them. When I eventually do this, it will be on a 418. Thanks.
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it really is a personal preference, i talked to @wonderpuddle about this same topic not to long ago. i myself make both sides of the chip uniform but dont always align em to the same edge spot but if you flip the chip over it's aligned. He on the other hand likes them random as to simulate the same style as Paulson as most of their chips are never aligned. So really it comes down to what you prefer. i like em uniformed :)
 
Forty4 said:
I’ve always said it didn’t make a difference because from the factory they were never aligned but then the Isle’s appeared.
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But is that always the case? I've seen some Paulson chips from the factory with aligned inlays. I'd need to search to find them, but I know they're out there.

As mentioned, it's a personal preference. I edge spot align all my labels.
 
grantc54 said:
But is that always the case? I've seen some Paulson chips from the factory with aligned inlays. I'd need to search to find them, but I know they're out there.

As mentioned, it's a personal preference. I edge spot align all my labels.
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I know the Isle’s were aligned. Sure there are others but that was the first I recall seeing.
 
Rieguy said:
So after looking through both this thread and the pr0n thread on this, I have a question that I assume will have split answers, but will ask anyway. What are people's thoughts on lining up the replaced inlay with the inserts of the chip? I have seen it done both ways by experienced chippers and am just curious on the opinions and reasoning for them. When I eventually do this, it will be on a 418. Thanks.
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When I did my CDI murder, I reserved about 40% of the chips to do some sort of spot alignment on them, and then randomly did the rest.
 
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I have seen these roulette chips from time to time, which appear to be slightly different inlays. It looks like the one on the left is laminated the exact same size as the inlay. Whereas the one on the right appears to be laminated larger - to the edge of the recess. Would these chips look the same after removing the inlays? I would think so, but I have never tried it. There are some of these roulette chips that the lamination even goes into the "roulette" letters. Same question - would the process be the same?

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Hi sorry PCF newbie here...Is it possible to just put a label over the inlay? Or would that possibly mess up the stack height and potentially cause other issues?
 
Kimbap said:
Hi sorry PCF newbie here...Is it possible to just put a label over the inlay? Or would that possibly mess up the stack height and potentially cause other issues?
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It depends. If they are Excellent+ condition chips, and the recess is deep enough, you might get away with a NON-laminated thin aftermarket sticker on top, however:

1) you might still have some spinners (some chips where the overlabel is thicker than the available recess)
2) you might see the texture of the laminate layer underneath (if it has one), and it might make your overlabel look weird

I wouldn't try this trick on clay chips that have been well-used, especially well-used roulette chips.
 

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