Beta. Dimensions, weight and time are calculated estimates until the test print series is done.

Poker chip generator

A printed chip is too light by nature: 39 mm in PLA comes to barely five grams, while a casino chip weighs nine to eleven. This generator therefore builds a weight pocket – a sealed cavity inside the chip. The print pauses at half height, you drop in a washer, the print carries on. Afterwards you see nothing and feel everything.

Size

Diameter 39 mm Thickness 3.3 mm

39 mm at 3.3 mm is the ceramic casino size. The home market often runs 40 mm.

Edge notches 12 Notch depth 0.8 mm

The notches are what you feel and hear when shuffling. Zero notches gives a smooth plaque.

Inlay area 24 mm Recess depth 0.3 mm

The recessed face later takes a sticker, paint or a second filament colour.

Weight pocket

Pocket diameter 22 mm Pocket height 1.2 mm

Measure the washer you intend to use and add 0.3 mm.

Insert Quantity 100

Chip rack Rows 5 Chips per row 20

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Weight: what is possible and what is not

Casino chip	nine to eleven grams, compression-moulded clay or ceramic, parallel faces to a hundredth
Home market	11.5 to 14 grams, plastic with a metal core
Printed, no insert	barely five grams at 39 mm. Feels like a toy.
Printed with a pocket	seven to twelve grams depending on the insert. That is the range where it becomes fun.
What printing never reaches	the parallel faces of a pressed chip. A printed stack never stands as still as a ceramic one – that belongs said out loud.

The legal side in one sentence

Selling chips and accessories is free – what requires a licence is running games of chance, not trading in game material. Printed values are unproblematic as long as no existing casino chip is imitated and the chips are not used as means of payment. This is a working aid, not legal advice.

The full documentation is in German

This page carries the essentials. The detailed sheet – the print pause, materials, profile and care – is in German: documentation.