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wafflesthemagician New user Vancouver, Canada 73 Posts 
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I've played with my balls a bunch, and it seems that I prefer 1 inch balls. My friend has recommended a certain set of balls to me, but they're 1.25 inches, and they feel un-natural, so I stick with my own. I just use whatever's laying around for my final load. Sometimes a tennis ball, sometimes my balled-up sock I'm thinking of getting a few chain-mail hacky-sacks for my new final loads. So, how about you guys? How big are your balls?
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bwarren3Avatar.jpg "View Profile"){kind=avatar} Special user 518 Posts
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I've got 3 different cup & ball routines that I do depending on what king of crowd I'm looking at. My main routine has 2 double loads, I use the little yellow Tennis looking balls then the first load is regular yellow Tennis balls then the finale is a set of rubber coated baseballs colored Red, White & Blue that I picked up at Wal-Mart.
I also have a set of Street Hockey balls in different colors which goes over well also. Bill |
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afinemesh Inner circle Senseless gibberish that amounts to 2621 Posts
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1" all the way!
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts
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Right now, I'm only doing a chop cup routine on a regular basis. 2 baseballs....baseball size.
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Magician Shaun Special user Huntington BCH, CA 924 Posts
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I use these: http://www.monkeyknuts.com/Monkey-Knuts-......gic.html. They are heavy so once you get used to them it is hard to go to a lighter ball. They are great for a wand spin vanish because the weight gives you assurance when they are dropped. The finished ball is 1.125" for the ones I bought. There are two other sizes available and the color choices and prices are great!
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Alan Munro.jpg "View Profile") Inner circle Kentwood, Michigan, USA 5952 Posts
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W-fIn2QZgg
...but, I digress. I perform Scotty York's One Cup Routine with 1 1/2" super soft sponge balls. For the final loads, I use either tennis balls or Poof balls. which are a little larger. |
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts
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1 1/8 to 1 1/4 hard monkey fists of my own making. Bigger balls work better with a little finger grip and allows a slightly open hand for a more natural look. It's a little more difficult loading two as one, but it can be done.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24314 Posts
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Use the largest balls you can hold in your closed hand.
@waffles: When you get your post count up to 50, you will be able to get into the section of the forum called "The Secret Sessions." By the time you do this, I'll have something posted about the intricacies of ball sizes. Also, use balls that are easy to see at a distance. Take your close-up mat, shirt, jacket or vest into consideration. If you wear black, use yellow balls. They give the best contrast against black. White would be the second choice. There has been some discussion of the color contrast on this forum already, so a search should help you with this.
"The Swatter"
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Dale J. O'Neill Regular user I can't believe I only have 132 Posts
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I made monkey fist balls with 5/8 " steel bearings covered in leather lacing in different colors. The final size is about 1". They are nice and heavy with no bounce and they do not roll very far on the table.
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Gary T. Veteran user 375 Posts
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I have no idea how big my balls are only that they are comfortable in my hand. I take computer mouse balls and crochet a cover arround them out of 100% cotton yarn, comes out at a good size for me and theres a chunk of steel inside those mouse balls, so they're fairly heavy, I hate light balls. I absolutely despise them.
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Dale J. O'Neill Regular user I can't believe I only have 132 Posts
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Gary T,
I started off using the mouse balls as well but they got harder and harder to find even though I work around lots of computers. That is why I started using the ball bearings. The only downside is that they are not rubber coated like the mouse balls and some covering materials are hard to work with because they slide off the surface when you first start the covering. |
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts
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I use suede leather lacing from my local craft store and it works fine with the glass marbles I use as a core. I couldn't use nylon lace for the same reason you stated about it sliding off the core.
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts
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Fred Kaps was using 1 1/2" sponges but, to support Bill's advice, one has to remember that he had huge hands.
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Gary T. Veteran user 375 Posts
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On 2012-11-12 09:12, Dale J. O'Neill wrote: mouse balls are getting much much harder to find with all the laser mouses now days, I'm going to college for electric/electronic technology, so I just asked one of my instructors and he came back with a handful of about 10 of them  , but you can also but them off ebay, I don't know how their price compares to the ball bearings, probably more expensive, but they are available if you're willing to pay for them.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24314 Posts
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You can find mouse balls at electronic surplus houses.
waffles wrote: Quote:
I've played with my balls a bunch, and it seems that I prefer 1 inch balls. My friend has recommended a certain set of balls to me, but they're 1.25 inches, and they feel un-natural, so I stick with my own. I just use whatever's laying around for my final load. Sometimes a tennis ball, sometimes my balled-up sock I'm thinking of getting a few chain-mail hacky-sacks for my new final loads. So, how about you guys? How big are your balls? Check this thread. http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......rum=37&0
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts
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My "second generation" CM's will only take 7/8, but they easily swallow most LaCross balls.
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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Autumn Morning Star Grammar Hostess Today, I corrected grammar in 1378 Posts
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...uh...As impossible as it may seem, my balls are bigger than anyone here so far. I use 4" mylar-glitter balls. My cups are 14" tall, large enough to accomodate double final loads of pumpkins, gourds and squash, performed while I sing a song.
:cups: Click here to view attached image.
Wonder is very necessary in life. When we're little kids, we're filled with wonder for the world - it's fascinating and miraculous. A lot of people lose that. They become cynical and jaded, especially in modern day society. Magic renews that wonder.
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bowers Inner circle Oakboro N.C. 7024 Posts
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1" balls work best for me also.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24314 Posts
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On 2012-11-17 09:54, ringmaster wrote: CM's ??
"The Swatter"
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24314 Posts
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I see. Charlie Millers. Never mind.
"The Swatter"
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