Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:32 am GMT by Deakon
OK, don't laugh, but I was wondering if anyone had pictures or would be able to get pics of chips being made. I love watching those show about how things are made and thought, "I have a poker chip obsession, I wonder what it looks like when chips are made." I think it would be pretty neat to see the what it takes to make the chip I drool over :D
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Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:13 pm GMT by DaBear
Some info here, though not like Discovery Channel
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/mfgchip.htm
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:17 pm GMT by Fins
Not great but here's a mardigra before the face is printed...
Some damaged chips you may have seen...
Pic from pokerchipsreviews.com I believe
Some info from Patrick Milligan at homepokerchips.com regarding Chipco's...
"Some of the limitations of edge printing stem from the mechanics of
the printing process. When they print edges, they do it to a stack
of 20 or so chips. What feeds the printer is 20 copies of the edge
design, stacked vertically.
For stripes (including diagonal stripes), the edge design is extended
so that it can print on the full edge. For any other edge graphic
(text, card suits, geometric designs), the height of the graphic is
limited to insure that it will print on the edge. There's enough
variation in the thickness of the chips that the alignment of the
text or graphic will not always be centered vertically on the edge.
This limits text to 5 or 6 point size, which is pretty small.
Gradients are possible, but only if they go left-to-right, not
bottom-to-top. If you think about it, you will realize this is
another manifestation of the alignment issue for text. Since they
usually don't have as much space to work with, gradients tend to not
work quite as well as on the faces.
The other restrictions and limitations of the edge printing has to do
with bleed issues. In addition to the bleed from magenta rich colors
(Red, Orange, Purple, and some Blues) on the faces, there is an
additional bleed problem with Black and Charcoal colors on the edges.
If you use white (or light colored) text on Black, the result will be
a smudgy grey in many cases. If you want to use white text on a red
edge, you can't use a thin black stroke to avoid the bleed, since the
black will bleed as well.
Since many designs include a red and/or black chip, I try to
discourage edge text due to the bleed problems.
The bottom line for text or other graphics on the edges: It needs to
be a simple design or font (sans serif fonts work well), and it's
best if it is black or dark color on a light color."
- Fins
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:37 pm GMT by PanthersHUTCH15
I have also been very interested in this.
My senior year in high school my baseball team travelled to kentucky for some tourneys and we took a day to visit the Louisville Bat Factory and it was awesome, much funner and more interesting than I expected. Then, a few months after we got back, they did a video tour on the Travel Channel.
My point is that with poker being so popular right now, and the Travel Channel being one of the main poker channels with the WPT, I wouldn't be surprised to see a show about how poker chips are made coming on in the future. It seems as though half of the shows on that channel now are about Las Vegas or Gambling. It would also be great publicity for whatever company they decide to tour because many people would see the show.
Posted Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:48 pm GMT by CaptLego
Sounds like a good idea to me. I've seen several shows about how they make money (bills and coins). Chips seems like a natural.
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