Jaques still sell the coins and boards. Lubricate board with french chalk. Grooves are better than inlay, easier to see if the coin is in the bed. Some boards had brass inserts in the grooves which could be raised to check that the coins were properly in the bed. Whatever you do don't touch the...
Hi David This is my first post on the forum so hope I'm doing it correctly! It looks to me as if the tails have simply not been pushed down far enough. How did you do the clamping? You need to use a block that has cut outs so that it just pushes on the tails and not on the pins. You need to...