Can you put an inlay on interlocking T-molds?

smitty007 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 03:58 PM

Anyone know if you can put an inlay on the BCC interlocking T-molds? I'm thinking I would like to have BCC put an inlay on my T-molds. I was wanting to do a hot stamp, but it is just too much for me right now.

I really like the look of the solid inlayed paulson's that I have seen on WPT tournaments, and think it would look good on the T-molds. Plus, with the new BCC inlay GB in the works, it would probably make it affordable.

Any thoughts/ideas?

Thanks!

kmalsom · #2 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by smitty007

Anyone know if you can put an inlay on the BCC interlocking T-molds? I'm thinking I would like to have BCC put an inlay on my T-molds. I was wanting to do a hot stamp, but it is just too much for me right now.

I really like the look of the solid inlayed paulson's that I have seen on WPT tournaments, and think it would look good on the T-molds. Plus, with the new BCC inlay GB in the works, it would probably make it affordable.

Any thoughts/ideas?

Thanks!

Are you meaning a label? HPC owns the mold and doesn't allow customs on that mold. They sell blanks and some stock chips on that mold.

joshuadalton · #3 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kmalsom

Are you meaning a label? HPC owns the mold and doesn't allow customs on that mold. They sell blanks and some stock chips on that mold.

Not to nitpick, but HPC wanted to allow customs on their mold, but BCC nixed the idea after Strange had his set produced.

(That's at BCC, not you Kari)

JM · #4 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 04:38 PM

Yes you CAN put labels on them, BUT even the thinnest ones will rub against each other in stacks.

tonypap · #5 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by joshuadalton

Not to nitpick, but HPC wanted to allow customs on their mold, but BCC nixed the idea after Strange had his set produced.

(That's at BCC, not you Kari)

are there any picture's of strange's set???

smitty007 · #6 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 04:57 PM

sorry, double post...deleted

smitty007 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 04:57 PM

I was more thinking of sending them to BCC and having them put a label on them.

Is this a no go?

I know BCC will do hot stamping on the T-molds...seems weird if they would not do an inlay on them...

jdunford · #8 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tonypap

are there any picture's of strange's set???

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/custom...tml#post606191

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Originally Posted by smitty007

I was more thinking of sending them to BCC and having them put a label on them.

Is this a no go?

I know BCC will do hot stamping on the T-molds...seems weird if they would not do an inlay on them...

It sounds like you misunderstand how inlayed chips are made. MSPatton posted a nice link that I can't seem to find right now... Anyway, the inlay is pressed into the chip when it is still soft, and then the "mold" is pressed in the final compression step. The inlay is sealed into the chip in this way. It cannot be done to an already solidified chip.

*EDIT* Found the link:
STAGES OF MANUFACTURING AN INLAID CHIP

smitty007 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jdunford

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/custom...tml#post606191

It sounds like you misunderstand how inlayed chips are made. MSPatton posted a nice link that I can't seem to find right now... Anyway, the inlay is pressed into the chip when it is still soft, and then the "mold" is pressed in the final compression step. The inlay is sealed into the chip in this way. It cannot be done to an already solidified chip.

*EDIT* Found the link:
STAGES OF MANUFACTURING AN INLAID CHIP

Ahhhhhhh...very nice post j, thank you! That makes a lot more sense now...

So, was someone saying that BCC does not do custom T-molds?

Matthew · #10 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jdunford

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/custom...tml#post606191

It sounds like you misunderstand how inlayed chips are made. MSPatton posted a nice link that I can't seem to find right now... Anyway, the inlay is pressed into the chip when it is still soft, and then the "mold" is pressed in the final compression step. The inlay is sealed into the chip in this way. It cannot be done to an already solidified chip.

*EDIT* Found the link:
STAGES OF MANUFACTURING AN INLAID CHIP

Close, but to clarify a little. The places for the inserts are nibbled out (and the pieces are saved to use as inserts in other chips) then the colored inserts are fit with the base color chip and pressed together. The chips, now with edge spots, are then placed in a different machine (and this process can be done at anytime) where the inlays are placed on them and then the chip is compressed again. this is where the inlay is fused with the chip and the mold design is created.

THIS IS MY HYPOTHESIS: I would image that BCC is unwilling to continually change their tooling to the T-molds to press inlays into the chips. They most likely have it set up to do exclusively flame molds. Now when HPC orders Samurai or T mold blanks, they will change their tooling for that production run based on it's quantity. T-mold blanks or any blank chip can be hotstamped in a different machine. So I think BCC will only do customs with inlays on the flame mold because the mold machine is set up for it and it is not economically advantageous to constantly change the machine set up between molds due to the nature of the very very very short production runs of custom home sets.

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