[omar]

Folks - help me out here. What exactly is a spinner? I have read some reviews of certain chgips which seem to exhibit this "defect" but I am unclear as to how to identify this and just what the detriment is when handing (stacking/playing with) chips that have this problem.

Thanks for your comments!

[pie taster]

Place your chip on a flat surface and see if you can spin it like a top.

A chip that is flat will not spin. But a chip that has a raised center (defect) will spin like a dreidel.

[Stevo]

I had a girlfriend in college who was a "spinner". Should have married that chick...

[omar]

Stevo - thanks for the memories.........ahhhh, the good 'ol days.

Pie - thanks for your response.......next question, what is a dreidel?

Seriously, OK, a spinner spins. So, I assume that the a spinner in the middle of a stack of chips would then cause that stack to "spin" if you applied pressure to the top of the stack and tried to twist it left or right? Or, otherwise, just make the stack unstable relative to that same stack without the spinner? I am just trying to understand exactly what problems a spinner causes to chips when used in play. Thanks.

[cpiaaq]

Originally Posted by omar

what is a dreidel?

A dreidel is a Jewish top.
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Originally Posted by omar

So, I assume that the a spinner in the middle of a stack of chips would then cause that stack to "spin" if you applied pressure to the top of the stack and tried to twist it left or right?

That is correct. Sometimes the chip is barely concave, and the recess on the chip under to it is enough that it goes unnoticed. When I check for spinners I spin them on a glass surface, I have missed a lot by just checking my stacks for gaps.

Originally Posted by omar

Or, otherwise, just make the stack unstable relative to that same stack without the spinner? I am just trying to understand exactly what problems a spinner causes to chips when used in play.

This is also true. In a stack of 20, that has a spinner in the 10th position, the stack will have a tendency to slide at that point. If you had a lot of spinners you couldn't stack very high, it would become wobbly.

[Captn_All_In]

Originally Posted by Stevo

I had a girlfriend in college who was a "spinner". Should have married that chick...

Oh baby I know what you mean!!!!

[PinataUT]

and the top is made of clay - nice

[pie taster]

Originally Posted by omar

Pie - thanks for your response.......next question, what is a dreidel?

I had a little dreidel.
A dreidel made of clay.
And when I spin the dreidel.
A dreidel I will play.

I'm not even jewish.. but you gotta love that song!

[_Z_]

Originally Posted by cpiaaq

Sometimes the chip is barely concave, and the recess on the chip under to it is enough that it goes unnoticed.

Bowed-out is convex. Bowed-in is concave. ops:

Spinners, therefore, have a convex surface.

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[cpiaaq]

Originally Posted by _Z_

Spinners, therefore, have a convex surface.
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Thats what I meant ops: All my spinners are convex on one side and concave on the other.

Can you tell which ones are spinners?

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