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11-07-2006, 10:14 AM
|  | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rochester, MA Age: 40
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| | | Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
So - I have this guy at work that loves to do woodworking in his spare time. he likes to use fine woods and do lots of inlay work and such. He comes by looking for assistance with his servers and laptops, so I started talking to him about building me a chest for my Samurai Palace chips. He was very excited - or atleast pretended to be (sounds like my wife) - and said he would start getting some ideas together. Well, that was six months ago and many, many visits with different ideas being thrown around. I've really been trying not to push him because he's doing this for a fantastic price.
Yesterday he asked me to come out to his truck and he showed me a full-scale mockup he made out of poplar. It is almost identical to what the finished product will look like, except for the top - which will be a lid - and a few other treats. The trays are the actual trays that will be used, but they still need to be sprayed with some "fuzzy stuff". I figured I would start this out by posting pics of the prototype so you guys can have fun waiting with me. I'm going to ask him to take plenty of pictures as he goes, but sometimes he gets wrapped up in his work...     | | Sponsored Links |  |
11-07-2006, 10:16 AM
|  | Big Stack | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: TRAINING Age: 31
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| | | Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
Wow Phil, that is awsome. 
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11-07-2006, 10:18 AM
| | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rochester, MA Age: 40
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| | | Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
Thanx bud. The top really is going to look different - with a full walnut top with some kind of inlay work done in curly maple. This prototype doesn't do it justice at all, but I figured it was a good starting point for the post. |
11-07-2006, 10:29 AM
| | Big Stack | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: TRAINING Age: 31
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| | | Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
For sure a good start for the post. Throw some stain on the proto and it's money. I can't wait to see the inlay work on the real deal....Keep us posted.
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11-07-2006, 10:46 AM
|  | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rapidly Warming Up England Age: 41
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| | | Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
Looks good Phil.
What's the final capacity expected to be? 1000? |
11-07-2006, 10:49 AM
| | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rochester, MA Age: 40
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I believe it will be around 1400. |
11-07-2006, 10:56 AM
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| | | Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
Very nice. And if you don't have them already, it would be a terrible shame not to buy more Samurais to fill it, wouldn't it?  |
11-07-2006, 11:00 AM
|  | Creativity Alliance | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SWEDEN
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| | | Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
Wow, this is interesting. The mock up is looking great so it shall be nice to follow the development of the real thing. |
11-07-2006, 11:02 AM
| | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rochester, MA Age: 40
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| | | Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
I have about 1,200 already - and I am certainly going to buy some chocalate\cherbert quarter pies when they become available. I can't wait to see the nice walnt with the drawers full of Samurai. |
11-07-2006, 12:37 PM
| | Big Stack | | Join Date: Dec 2005
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| |  Re: Custom Walnut and Curly Maple Poker Chest for my Samurai Chips
Wow thats some AMAZING wood work! |
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