Building chip trays

TonychanmanTonychanman
in General Poker Chat
I got the itch to build something other than poker tables recently so I decided to try to make some wooden chip trays. I thought I'd share some progress and pictures.

I made a couple of blanks, roughly 2-3/4"x9-1/2"x1". Clamped them together and took them to my drill press to drill some 40mm chip sized holes.
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These are just test pieces, I'm planning on making some out of laminated maple and walnut or cherry combinations, but so far not bad. They're still rough, no sanding yet.

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Comments

  • JimmyHoJimmyHo
    pretty nice, won't chips slide out the ends?
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Ah yes, they're going to have some 1/4" strips glued to the ends.
  • kwstevekwsteve
    Hey, they look cool. Can you make me a rack for my oversized chips? They are 50mm I believe. Same size and thickness as a dealer puck. I need a rack to hold 80 chips.

    Apparently chip racks of that size are not easy to get so there may be a market for them.
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Sure, I'm going to be building them to hold all different sized chips. I already have a friend who's getting me to build some trays to fit his 44mm chips.
  • moosemoose
    Oversized racks but you will have to check if yours are 44 mm or 48 mm.

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  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Hey! Don't be diverting away my potential business! jk of course.

    If you're looking for plastic chip trays and you have the 44mm chips, PGI has a special going on:
    we also found a quantity of 44mm chip trays- most probably used at some point in time but in exc condition

    27.50 for 10 plus shipping
    chiptrays for sale
  • kwstevekwsteve
    I'm pretty sure the ones I have are 50mm. At least according to this ad they are:
    42 x bcc 50mm "Grand Cardroom" $20 Poker Chips Paulson Bonus | eBay
    I'll have to check them for sure. Right now they are at my brother's house.
    All I'll need is one tray to hold 80 chips so if you want to make one up I'll pay whatever as long as it's reasonable. I'll let you know exact measurement as soon as I can.
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Sure thing, I can do 4 rows of 20. It won't be ready right away or anything, I've just started doing these and I'm super busy with tables at the same time. What kind of wood do you think you would want?
  • kwstevekwsteve
    Yeah, no problem. No rush whenever you get around to it. Don't have a preference on wood. I'll defer to your expertise. Whatever you think looks best.
  • moosemoose
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  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Weeeeeeee... got some more done with laminate wood. After sanding these down and rounded the edges, 2 more strips of dark cherry will be added to the sides.

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  • moosemoose
    Yeah those are nice. How much are you looking to charge? I'd recommend probably an oil finish since it won't harm the chips.
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    I'll be finishing them with a few coats of polyurethane.

    I'm not totally sure about how much I'm going to charge for them yet. I'm trying to figure out what's a fair price. I think the bulk of the trays I'll be building though will be made out of just 1 type of wood rather than these laminated ones.
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Working on your trays KW.

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    They've been glued and are clamped and drying. I'll trim them to size and roundover the edges then finish them off with a couple of light coats of polyurethane.
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Got these things finally finished off. I rounded the bottom edges as well as drilled some holes for some magnets. I added two coats of polyurethane first before adding the magnets.

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    Making a bunch more in the process, it's a little messy, that's only the chips from 1 set of chip trays.
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  • wildbill7145wildbill7145
    You Sir, are a fine carpenter. I on the other hand, am a rough wood butcher.
  • moosemoose
    The only thing I can build with wood is fires.
  • JohnnieHJohnnieH
    moose wrote: »
    The only thing I can build with wood is fires.

    ....says the guy who made his own craps table!
  • wildbill7145wildbill7145
    JohnnieH wrote: »
    ....says the guy who made his own craps table!

    I remember that looking pretty good when Moose posted pics.

    I pick one big outdoor woodworking project every year and struggle my way through it. This year it was a shed. Nearing completion.
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  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    moose wrote: »
    The only thing I can build with wood is fires.

    no kids??
  • compueasecompuease Admin
    GTA Poker wrote: »
    no kids??

    You can build kids outta wood?
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Nice shed! I've always told myself that when I buy a house that I would build a nice big shed/workshop.

    I'm actually pretty clutzy when it comes to building things, I'm still working on my accuracy. At first when I built these trays the holes in the side pieces didn't line up, I had to use a spindle sander to smooth it out. I love woodworking though.
  • TonychanmanTonychanman
    Getting a bunch of trays finished for my new china clay pharaohs. I'm liking them quite a bit.

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  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    compuease wrote: »
    You can build kids outta wood?

    in the morning
  • wildbill7145wildbill7145
    GTA Poker wrote: »
    in the morning

    I swear I thought of posting that back in June, but just didn't get around to it. Thank you for this.
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