Make a tiny craps table out of stuff around the office.

Sometimes I get bored at work, sometimes I like to go to the casino. Now I've brought the casino to work! Well a little tiny, tiny part of it.

Make a tiny craps table out of office supplies (mostly).

Step 1 Materials

cardboard
glue stick (or is this a tool?)
paper
printer
tape
velcro
little dice (from the star wars pocketmodel card game. I bought it for the pocket models and have never actually played the card game)

way too much down time at work


tools:
scissors

Comments

[nerd12]

why not use old button battery's as the chips?
the small ones can be for small amounts and the larger ones can be more expensive.

[mikeasaurus]

Re: Step 7:   

reads:             "dice stick"

should read:   'croupier's rake'

[skimmo]

i was just about to say altoids, i agree

[weasel999]

what about using an altoids tin for the table

[j626no]

use clay....they sell clay in arts and crafts stores....roll it out on your counter and slice with a knife. lay out and let them dry. real chips are clay so this is a logical (and cool) choice

[buckmcf]

Could you provide the Craps Table Printout that you used or a link to it?

[aintMichael]

Just do a google image search for "craps table layout". I'd rather not link to any sites that I have not gotten explicit permission to do so.

[c14h20o4]

You could buy (or steal) different colored poster board and use a hole punch to make your chips.

[yopauly]

paper and the tiniest leather hole punch that has a hollow center like

[yopauly]

http://www.kardwell.com/craps.htm

Everything you need to know. Don't think you can win. I've seen every possible system. They only work SOME of the time. Don't buy a system, save your money and buy casino stock. It's the best shot you have if you want to gamble.

[yopauly]

to be scale chips would have to be as thin as paper and a stack would be about a 1/8 tall. Real measurements are 1 1/2" diameter. A stack of 20 is 2 and 9/16ths. one check is about1/8 inch. A real Vegas table is anywhere from 10 feet( very small) to 16 feet(very big) The width is about 5 feet from outside to outside. BTW, what a cool little table. Very nice work. I worked in the field for 29 years.

[mapson]

Great job! How about using discs sliced from a pencil eraser (or different colored erasers) as chips?

[talty]

I love it! :D I don't work in an office but I still want to make it! It's perfect!

Well about the chips, you could use some clay to make them! Use a tiny cutter http://www.theclaystore.com/pages-productinfo-category-103-product-498/kemper-klay-kutters-basic-set-3-16.html but they're a bit expensive. Maybe using the plastic tube of an empty pen would be a good cutter.

[aintMichael]

I was thinking about using clay. I tested a couple types that I have around. The trouble is getting them out of the cutter with changing the shape too much. I think with some practice this may be the way to go, I just have to perfect the process.

[finky555]

Awesome little table. I don't see any dimensions but from the look of the dice I think you could use the disks from a game called tiddlywinks. Finding the game could be a challenge since I haven't seen it around for many years but then I haven't looked for it either. Check it out here http://cgi.ebay.com/1958-Whitman-Clown-Tiddly-Winks-Game-4402-29-Excellent_W0QQitemZ300326806064QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090706?IMSfp=TL090706128007r14836

The reason these would work well is that when you press down on an edge, the disk tips up making it easier to pickup than a cardboard disk.

[aintMichael]

well the table is a little shorter, but a little wider than a dollar bill, so I think those chips may be a little too big. To be to scale the chips would have to be about the size of a small nail head. What I was thinking of doing was actually just printing the board lager, say about the size of letter paper so that you could place bets on it instead of the table. It takes away a little bit of the fun in size, but I'm not sure that having chips that little would make it possible to even play or keep track on the table itself. I may just make a few tiny ones for fun, but I'd like to actually play a little as well.

[finky555]

DoH, I looked at everything but the bill to try to see the scale :) Tiny buttons would be perfect, the kind for infant clothes and they come in different colors and most likely available at WalMart. And a little bit of teachers stick'm on the end of a pencil would work to pick those tiny buttons up (the putty they use to stick paper to the blackboard, also available at WalMart). I just don't remember what it's called. Great looking table, you really gotta make it playable after such a good job.

[kissiltur]

Tiddly winks is readily available in Britain (search on amazon.co.uk), so you could buy it there. Obviously the shipping might be a bit steep though.

[ERCCRE123]

how about using tiny pieces of metal to use as chips? cut them from somethhing like an altoids tin and use a magnet to pick them up/store

[aintMichael]

That's a pretty good idea, I would just have to think of a way to cut them consistently at that size, which may be fairly difficult.

[I_am_Canadian]

Very nice. I might make myself one.

[theRIAA]

lol, awesome. great handiwork.

[aintMichael]

Thanks!