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Leo Reynolds Jr Special user 864 Posts 
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Matman Regular user 105 Posts
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Wow, I learned a lot today. I have to fix my "Wormhole" gimmick. It looks like I will use rubber cement to fix it. Thanks for all the good advice!
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Nikki78 Special user I impaled Dracula with 511 Posts
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In addition to the above mentioned methods I often use double-sided tape. This also works fine and the card stays flexible if you are just gluing the two long sides (very near to the edge)
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts
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And if you get bold and daring, check out Dry Mount Tissue.
Stanyon
aka Steve Taylor "Every move a move!" "If you've enjoyed my performance half as much as I've enjoyed performing for you, then you've enjoyed it twice as much as me!" |
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Sick & Twisted New user 70 Posts
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Rubber cement
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Philip Busk Loyal user 229 Posts
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I've had good luck with 3M spray mount adhesive.
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Motor City Special user Metro Detroit Area 587 Posts
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My vote is for 3M spray mount on both surfaces.
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MAGIC325 Regular user 157 Posts
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Glue stick. Always convenient to travel with.
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MagicJuggler Inner circle Anchorage, AK 1161 Posts
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Why not contact one of the many custom card people and have the card specially made for you for only a couple bucks? That way you never have to worry about anything separating, and the card will have the nice crisp feel of a normal brand new card. A lot of gluing methods either leave the card too stiff or too soft, and still too thick to handle as easily as a single card.
Matthew Olsen
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Son of Cards By New user Lancaster, CA 9 Posts
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Its interesting to read these threads and suggestions. After watching my dad , Neil Lester, AKA: Cards By Martin, make gaffs for years, he had some unique techniques for doing things, very few I find here in these threads. I know he used rubber cement, but only for certain gaffs. Different glues gave the cards unique handling characteristics.
Perhaps I should have spent more time in the shop learning the tricks of the trade. Fortunately he wrote a book about how he did everything. One of these days I'll get around to publishing it. He once told me "I can split a card into 3 parts and I have uses for all 3 parts." He could split the front and back and have what he called the "core." I imagined it to be the center layer where the card was originally glued. I have all his stuff still, but. not being a magician, don't know what most of the pre-packaged gaffs are. Maybe some day I'll find a card specialist who wants to help me go through it. FYI for those interested, there would be perks for the one who steps up to the task.
Curtis Martin
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Leo Reynolds Jr Special user 864 Posts
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On 2012-10-02 11:24, Son of Cards By wrote: Yes Please do! Or find someone who will do it for you shame not to share his vast knowledge Best Leo Jr |
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CardMaker Inner circle Ludwigsburg/GERMANY 1063 Posts
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Hi Curtis!
really nice to meet you here! You could send me photos of gaff cards and I can try to identify them. Just contact me. Bernd a.k.a. CardMaker Quote: On 2012-10-02 11:24, Son of Cards By wrote:
CardMaker/Bernd Maucksch
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Howie Diddot Inner circle San Francisco & Los Angeles California 3288 Posts
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I purchased a used video on the Café The Art Of Card Splitting by Marty Martini Grams and after I received it and PMed the seller that I was happy with the transaction, I happen to ask why he sold it.
His reply was that he never got around to making the additional equipment necessary to split a card explained by Martini in the video and the video just gathered dust. I had the necessary parts made by a professional fabricator and the minimum amount I would need to have built was three sets. So… I am selling a new, never opened Marty Martini Grams The Art Of Card Splitting Video the card press and the card splitter board as discussed in the video enabling you to split a card with all the necessary equipment. If you already own the video, but never got around to making the equipment necessary to split a card; I have the card press and card splitter board for sale The example discussed in the video was manufactured in brass; my set is acrylic and is just as accurate. Here is the post in the sales and trade forum http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=76 |
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Poof-Daddy Inner circle Considering Stopping At Exactly 5313 Posts
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Can you just use laminated wood for a splitting board?
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Howie Diddot Inner circle San Francisco & Los Angeles California 3288 Posts
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The card splitting process can be accomplished anywhere, even on the tile of your bathroom floor.
It’s the use of the board to accurately line up the front and back of the card to “flip” them together exactly on the first attempt; both sides of the card have adhesive on them and the slightest misalignment will ruin the complete creation. The board is especially useful when you cut the front of the card in half either horizontally, or diagonally to make a face with two different values |
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