[EasilyFound]

Did ASM change the way in which the inlays are made? Recent pix in the custom chip gallery seem like they are textured. If so, are they better than before?

[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by EasilyFound

Did ASM change the way in which the inlays are made? Recent pix in the custom chip gallery seem like they are textured. If so, are they better than before?

The texture comes from the final pressing into the clay.

That said, they are exactly the same look as my original 1990 Palmas. No difference at all.

[luckychick]

Within my single order, some chips seemed a lot more textured than others. I have no idea why. Sometimes, even on a single chip, one side would feel quite smoothed and the other textured. Generally, the amount of texturing correlated with the denom, implying that perhaps the day (operator?) affected the outcome, but I'm just guessing.

[EasilyFound]

The texture comes from the final pressing into the clay.

Are the inlays pressed into the clay or glued on top of the clay? I always thought that AMS glued the inlay on top of the clay whereas BCC and TRKing pressed the inlay into the clay making it impossible to peel off so that there were no spinners or inlays with bubbles. I understand others have had different problems with BCC, but I'm just asking now about how the inlay is affixed to the chip.

[noelsarchs]

I think there is a spot of glue but very small. I've actually tried peeling an inlay off and they are pretty hard to get off. When you do, you can see where the first attachment was made with some little glob of something.

[AlbinoDragon]

I've got H molds where some of the inlays are pretty smooth. I'm sure that has to do with the age of the H-mold cups. The others I have (most only in sample form) are textured. Some old, collectible chips that JimB has said ASM/Burt produced are textured over the inlay as well (horseshoe for sure).

The hourglass is beautifully textured all the way across. The FDL (which has been pulled) has no texture on the inlay.