I used this from Amazon thinking that 1” dots would cover all the base of my pawns and most of the base of the major pieces. King 4.0”. Works great. I tried dots that were .75” before but those didn’t work.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Y7DKWC?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
You dont have to remove original black tape on bottom. Just add new foil on it.
I cut out the aluminum lids that are used for food trays. I attached these to the base with double-sided adesive tape.
These wooden pieces are Staunton 5 (King: 90mm)
It works perfectly and the effect is much better than the original pieces.
Let me revive this thread :-)
I modded DGT Centaur to be able to export PGN files. Works like a charm. The only gripe I have the original pieces are sort of slippery (or the surface seems so).
So I would love to buy a decent chess pieces and put (glue) some metal / foil stickers. Once I saw a picture with a pretty small foil rings. This way the felt make it less slippery.
Let me revive this thread :-)
I modded DGT Centaur to be able to export PGN files. Works like a charm. The only gripe I have the original pieces are sort of slippery (or the surface seems so).
So I would love to buy a decent chess pieces and put (glue) some metal / foil stickers. Once I saw a picture with a pretty small foil rings. This way the felt make it less slippery.
I used this stuff - 3M adhesive conductive fabric - https://www.amazon.com/woiron-Conductive-Shielding-Electrical-Interference/dp/B0C4P3KDD3
It is very thin and has a slightly tacky surface texture. The base of my pieces were (fake) leather rather than felt, and I adhered the 3M conductive fabric on the leather. It works brilliantly, and the pieces are not slippery at all!
Original Centaur left, FIDES World Chess set rightI have also discovered that the FIDES style plastic pieces from the World Chess starter set also seem to work well out of the box with little mod.
Now that's a suitable upgrade.