[BL Striker]

What causes spinners? Is this a sign that the chips are of poor quality? Which chip and type of chip are know to have this problem? I dont have my own set yet but I do have a bunch of samples and I have noticed that some of the ceramics contain spinners yet none of the clays do.

[dad604]

Spinners are cause be the chip being cupped, concave or convex. According to Yeltsen, BC have the most spinners.

[spicychili]

It is also caused when short blond girls in college drink too much.

Those were the days.

[PocketRocket]

Unless it is a manufacturing defect, they're most likely the result of the chip warping. Jim Blanchard from ASM made a post here recently suggesting that this can be the result of the chips being stored in a high heat environment (such as inside of a car on a summer day.) Since chips are primarily composed of plastic, one should keep in mind that many plastics can and will distort under heat. You might also want to check out Ten's article on the Chip Bake-off in the articles section of this site (it has nothing to do with cookies )

Originally Posted by BL Striker

What causes spinners? Is this a sign that the chips are of poor quality? Which chip and type of chip are know to have this problem? I dont have my own set yet but I do have a bunch of samples and I have noticed that some of the ceramics contain spinners yet none of the clays do.

[FetishGirl]

Originally Posted by dad604

Spinners are caused by the chip being cupped, concave or convex. According to Yeltsen, BC have the most spinners.

Correctomundo! Blue Chips with non-recessed centers have ALOT of spinners but I think the cheap Chinese plastic chips with metal inserts are the worst! Cheap chips are usually either cupped or they have edgespots that are thicker than the rest of the chip. That, often in combination with being really slick, makes them more or less impossible to stack.

[PocketRocket]

??????? Which Blue Chip products do not have non-recessed centers?

Not sure of the Chinese chips, actually I've seldom heard of spinners from those, there's already plenty of other things wrong with them just from the lack of quality control.

Originally Posted by FetishGirl

Correctomundo! Blue Chips with non-recessed centers have ALOT of spinners but I think the cheap Chinese plastic chips with metal inserts are the worst! Cheap chips are usually either cupped or they have edgespots that are thicker than the rest of the chip. That, often in combination with being really slick, makes them more or less impossible to stack.

[austin5string]

Originally Posted by FetishGirl

Correctomundo! Blue Chips with non-recessed centers have ALOT of spinners but I think the cheap Chinese plastic chips with metal inserts are the worst! Cheap chips are usually either cupped or they have edgespots that are thicker than the rest of the chip. That, often in combination with being really slick, makes them more or less impossible to stack.

I would argue that slug chips spin because they are slick, not because they are cupped or warped, thus they are not technically "spinners." I would also argue that slug chips are more consistent in shape and weight than the highest dollar clay or ceramics.

~John

[PocketRocket]

I think you'll find that there is greater consistency in weight and dimension amongst all of the injection molded chips whether they be poorly made Chinese imports, or casino grade chips from the likes of Chipco, B et g, Bud Jones, or RT Plastics.

Originally Posted by austin5string

I would argue that slug chips spin because they are slick, not because they are cupped or warped, thus they are not technically "spinners." I would also argue that slug chips are more consistent in shape and weight than the highest dollar clay or ceramics.

~John

[FetishGirl]

Originally Posted by PocketRocket

??????? Which Blue Chip products do not have non-recessed centers?

Not sure of the Chinese chips, actually I've seldom heard of spinners from those, there's already plenty of other things wrong with them just from the lack of quality control.

These for example:



I had to buy a set of 11,5 gram suited chips with metal inserts once because I had nothing to play with for a while. About 60% were spinners. A stack would wobble because the chips were not flat. And when I say they were spinners it's not because they were slick. A chip will not spin for 2+ seconds just because it's slick.

[FetishGirl]

Originally Posted by austin5string

I would argue that slug chips spin because they are slick, not because they are cupped or warped, thus they are not technically "spinners." I would also argue that slug chips are more consistent in shape and weight than the highest dollar clay or ceramics.

~John

No. A stack of 11,5 gram chips will wobble because the chips are not flat. And they spin like crazy. You can spin the ones that are not flat for more than 2 seconds but you can not really spin the ones that are resonably flat. A chip will not do 20-30 revolutions in 2+ seconds just because it's slick.

You can also grab a stack and spin half of it on top of the other half