[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by imperial10

I've been itching so bad to get customs from ASM, I'm so glad I waited. I hope the orders do go well and that they continue past February. So well that they expand on their 43/44 mm chips.....so well even that they bring back the fleur de lis mold .........

You are lucky. I've jumped on every one of the three offerings so far, bought a few thousand chips and each time a new offering comes out. Now, I would just like to have a full set of 44mm chips!

But at least I have plenty of prototypes on hand to choose my colors from now and the inlays are done and ready to go on the chips.

[osumike11379]

Originally Posted by jimb

A review will be posted this week which will give detailed information on the 44mm chip. This chip will only be available to ChipTalk.net members and only for the month of February. After February, the 44mm chip may or may not be offered again. We will see how the order goes.
jimb

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!


turbo tax don't fail me now!!!

[JM]

Mmm, told ya I wanted something bigger than 43mm and Jim obliged!

[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by JM

Mmm, told ya I wanted something bigger than 43mm and Jim obliged!

So, I have a question for Jim and this does not seem to have been asked in the interview thread. Why would an American chip company of the age of ASM be making anything in millimeters instead of fractions of an inch??????

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by noelsarchs

So, I have a question for Jim and this does not seem to have been asked in the interview thread. Why would an American chip company of the age of ASM be making anything in millimeters instead of fractions of an inch??????

Because they're an international standard, and more people the world over use metric? Just a guess.

[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

Because they're an international standard, and more people the world over use metric? Just a guess.

Yes, but how many casinos were there around the world back when they started making chips?

Besides, we need something to take our minds off the waiting for the announcement, so I might as well ponder the metric question. I even purchased a new construction grade tape measure that has both feet/inches and metric so I can do my job here without looking like an idiot asking how many feet are in 2.75 meters, etc.

[JM]

Let me take a stab at it - because that's the way we've always done it!

I'd guess that since chips were being made way back in the early 20th century here, and the metric system was not yet as popular here as it is now (yeah right), that the molds were maybe made in a country that did use metric measurements.

[Button Potato]

Crap. I knew I shouldn't have opened up this thread.

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by Button Potato

Crap. I knew I shouldn't have opened up this thread.

Why? Is the itch taking over Kevin?

[7thSeat]

44mm is about 1 3/4 inch.

I guess that's not relevant though.