I would come across poker chips from Desser House here and there on eBay over the years, and eventually decided I start to track them all down. Once I did, I knew I had to build some kind of proper display for them.
First thing I did was print and laminate the ad seen above. I found this in some local newspaper on CDNC. I took an old piece of plywood and after laying it out digitally, I cut it to size, then mounted the ad in the center.
My goal was to recess the chips by drilling all the way through, then mounting additional wood on the back to keep them from falling through.
After that it got a coat of green paint (to emulate the felt top of a poker table). I went down to the local hardware store and got a piece of acrylic cut to size as well.
The rest was simple. I drilled and screwed the acrylic into place. On the back I just used two small screws and a heavy piece of wire to use as a way to mount it.
I later found that there was is a 9th chip ($20). Even if I had known, it would have been difficult to incorporate an odd number of chips into my display. Part of me will remain tortured by not having it!
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