Warning about ChipCo racks puncturing chips. (1 Viewer)

[TheJestyr]

I haven’t heard anyone mention this, so figured I’d make a post.

I bought a bunch of these ChipCo Int racks. I loved the quality and value. But just a heads up…

At first I noticed some plastic pieces that needed to be shaved down where the chips sit. OK, no big deal. Most people know about those. But after stacking my mint and nm chips in bird cages, I noticed a lot of my chips were getting flea bites.

Turns out there’s a very sharp piece at the very center of the BOTTOM of the rack that I didn’t shave down, and my chips were being punctured.

I’m not saying this for any other reason than just a heads up to the community. Thanks all!

 

[FordPickup92]

Yep. Always hated this about chipcos
No good for stacking

 

[mike32]

Should be easy enough to sand it off. Plus then you could create some more valuable micro plastics!

 

[Colquhoun]

Yes, I’ve made a couple posts over the years about this….it certainly could be quite damaging, especially to clays.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...-in-acrylic-chip-racks-bad.73862/post-1497029

It’s always the injection marks closer to the ends that are the most problematic:

 

[TheJestyr]

Yes, I’ve made a couple posts over the years about this….it certainly could be quite damaging, especially to clays.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...-in-acrylic-chip-racks-bad.73862/post-1497029

It’s always the injection marks closer to the ends that are the most problematic:
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Those were the ones I was aware of. I WASN’T aware of the bottom of the racks when stacked.

 

[TheJestyr]

Should be easy enough to sand it off. Plus then you could create some more valuable micro plastics!

Correct, it’s easy to fix, as long as you’re aware of it

 

[DirtyTIVA]

Agree with @Colquhoun there have been discussions on this with some members claiming no problems. I used to sand down every chipco rack I bought before permanently switching to Unique 4200s and warneke boxes.

 

[Taghkanic]

I’ve never liked the idea of stacking chips with racks anyway.

 

[buzzmonkey]

Should be easy enough to sand it off. Plus then you could create some more valuable micro plastics!

True. For every 987,000 racks you sand down, you can make one new free rack.

 

[doublebooyah85]

My bad thought I told you about those little nipples on chip co racks. I grab a screwdriver and just pop that pesty plastic injection nipple right off!

 

[doublebooyah85]

Those were the ones I was aware of. I WASN’T aware of the bottom of the racks when stacked.

Ohhhhhhh hmmmm

 

[philhut]

Never thought about or encountered this as a problem.....until now of course, I will have to check my racks. My regular racks are all the cheap 68mm Amazon racks....they seemed to be smooth on the bottom. Maybe this is how marks have occured, I though it was from chips being tossed in pots or me being rough stacking them.
Is this a mostly unique to Chipco racks problem?

 

[TheJestyr]

Never thought about or encountered this as a problem.....until now of course, I will have to check my racks. My regular racks are all the cheap 68mm Amazon racks....they seemed to be smooth on the bottom. Maybe this is how marks have occured, I though it was from chips being tossed in pots or me being rough stacking them.
Is this a mostly unique to Chipco racks problem?

I haven’t noticed it on any of my other racks. At least in my small sample pool, it’s unique to ChipCo.

 

[TheJestyr]

Ohhhhhhh hmmmm

Haha…it’s cool…I saw other people post about the little plastic nipples in the tray itself, but never about the bottom of the rack puncturing the chips below.

 

[allforcharity]

I'll have to check my ChipCo racks. I'm not really using them for my clays, but better safe than sorry.

 

[Marius L]

Thanks for the heads up. Will need to check mine! I have at least some of these with chips in them