Show us your HSI frac solution! (3 Viewers)

[RudysNYC]

I committed a small avian genocide for my fracs but I regret nothing

 

[moordb]

My first shot at HSI fracs. These are milled and relabeled with @Gear inlays.

 

[grantc54]

My first shot at HSI fracs. These are milled and relabeled with @Gear inlays.

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They look great? What chip set are you adding these to? Secondary $1s?

 

[moordb]

They look great? What chip set are you adding these to? Secondary $1s?

Yes, I'm using Secondary $1s and relabeling Primary Snappers as $.50 fracs. I know, $.25 and $.50 fracs. I just like a colorful pot in my cash games.

 

[JustDave]

Was gonna use these as a frac for a used set.

But gonna go in a different direction now.

 

[CLKin]

Whoa the 500's make a nice quarter!

I'll likely murder these $500s eventually, as I think their purpose as a $0.25 will work for me for good. Need to startup and see. Really dig the Jack $5 here. Not sure about the $25, but it looks great in person...
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[TeamNapoli]

can anyone put a picture of the HSI 1 SEC next to the 1A Sec
just like to see if the off white is off enough to distinguish them apart in a stack

 

[Hairy_Crocodile]

Was gonna use these as a frac for a used set.

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But gonna go in a different direction now.

I got two racks of these too. They look pretty, but these were the hardest chips to murder so far for some reason

 

[jazzV3]

My first shot at HSI fracs. These are milled and relabeled with @Gear inlays.

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Can you show these next to the Secondary $1's?
Faces and stack photo?

 

[Santa123]

The obvious solution:

 

[Easylife]

Some might not mind this inconsistency, but that just isn't going to work for me. I think the easiest solution is to just find some other chip to use. I know the HSI's and especially the $1's are cheap for paulsons, but that 7/8 inlay on a RHC is just wrong....Of course another solution is to mill out that entire area the inlay and that whole flat area outside the inlay. I can't comment on milling as I have not done that yet. I probably will at one point, but so far I haven't had the need. I think it might be tough to get a flat bottom milling bit bigger than 1", but maybe not. The other inlay on the HSI denominations, and on RHC in general, is normally 1 1/16" dia so if you have to mill to 1" and the others are 1 1/16" this might still bother you a bit. Of course, 1" is a whole lot closer to 1 1/16 than 7/8" is.

Another solution, as mentioned, is that you can just label right over what is there. The end result of this is not as good and may or may not cause wobbly stacks and or spinners. To each to their own, but I have done both and to me it is worth it to murder it and do the full inlay replacement.

The benefit of doing this is you can go back to what it originally was. After a full inlay replacement, there is no going back.

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Some might not mind this inconsistency, but that just isn't going to work for me. I think the easiest solution is to just find some other chip to use. I know the HSI's and especially the $1's are cheap for paulsons, but that 7/8 inlay on a RHC is just wrong....Of course another solution is to mill out that entire area the inlay and that whole flat area outside the inlay. I can't comment on milling as I have not done that yet. I probably will at one point, but so far I haven't had the need. I think it might be tough to get a flat bottom milling bit bigger than 1", but maybe not. The other inlay on the HSI denominations, and on RHC in general, is normally 1 1/16" dia so if you have to mill to 1" and the others are 1 1/16" this might still bother you a bit. Of course, 1" is a whole lot closer to 1 1/16 than 7/8" is.

Another solution, as mentioned, is that you can just label right over what is there. The end result of this is not as good and may or may not cause wobbly stacks and or spinners. To each to their own, but I have done both and to me it is worth it to murder it and do the full inlay replacement.

The benefit of doing this is you can go back to what it originally was. After a full inlay replacement, there is no going back.

So if you do an over label the chip can still be restored to original at a later date?

 

[Jake14mw]

I got two racks of these too. They look pretty, but these were the hardest chips to murder so far for some reason

What makes them hard to murder? Do you just mean that the inlays are really tough to remove? Got any updated pics?

 

[Nanook]

So if you do an over label the chip can still be restored to original at a later date?

Yes, all you have to do is just peel off the Gear label. You might have some adhesive residue left over on top of the laminate from the original inlay, but that can easily be removed with some alcohol. Other than that, no issues restoring to original.

I would recommend doing just a few of each and see what you think. No way an overlabel is working for me, but others will disagree.

 

[Colquhoun]

I’ve also used duct tape to remove gooey adhesive. Smoothed the tape out over the adhesive and peeled it off quick, gets most of it. Then tap the tape a couple times on the adhesive to get the rest.

 

[TeamNapoli]

ah waxing for chipping world. so you can say you gave your chips a brazilin?

 

[Hairy_Crocodile]

What makes them hard to murder? Do you just mean that the inlays are really tough to remove? Got any updated pics?

The labels under the plastic are stubborn on mine for some reason. Another member and I were discussing it in a pm and he was laughing that he didnt have to use any nail polish remover, where as nail polish remover was barely working for me.

 

[TeamNapoli]

I have put pualson chips (never tried plastic) in a heating blanket (140deg) then with a $5 hobby knife(exacto) from harbor freight found it easier to remove the labels. cut an x in label and peel

 

[Hairy_Crocodile]

I have 120 aguas murdered so far
400 IOCs
200 LL 1s
80 HSI 25s
20 HSI 100s

The aguas were my first, and I decided to switch to other chips after I had problems. The others were super easy. I'm unsure why these specific ones are a PITA...lol

 

[Outkicked]

Hi all,

So, obviously there are a lot of HSI sets around but very few HSI frac chips. Show us your solution! I got some secondary snappers to use as fracs, but I'm not sure about them. I think I'm going to look to trade them for something else to go with my HSI primary set. Preferably light blue. Right now I'm leaning towards some Santa Ysabel $1 chips, but would love to see (or hear) some other suggestions! Post 'em up!

 

[allforcharity]

So if you do an over label the chip can still be restored to original at a later date?

Most of the time, yes. BUT depending on the tenacity of the overlabel adhesive, you might pull off the protective laminate layer off the original inlay, and that can't be replaced (easily).

 

[TeamNapoli]

@Outkicked i think they look great, what dont you like about it a chip with white spots next to a chip with base white?

edit: never mind i mis read your post

 

[Colquhoun]

ah waxing for chipping world. so you can say you gave your chips a brazilin?

 

[JustDave]

Was collecting frac candidates at one point because I loved the HSI SEC 5s so much but am going in a different direction. Here are all of them in one place.

 

[moordb]

Can you show these next to the Secondary $1's?
Faces and stack photo?

 

[JStew]

Nothing too creative. Murdered primary snappers with Gear labels.

 

[PURinger]

Love the looks of the snappers being converted to a frac!!

 

[Jake14mw]

Love the looks of the snappers being converted to a frac!!

Agreed. It's a shame they are so rare.

 

[BamaT8ter]

 

[Granadol]

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Beautiful chip. What was it?

 

[BamaT8ter]

Beautiful chip. What was it?

Maryland Live! $2