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talkingmute New user Central Florida 4 Posts |
I have searched around the Café and have not been able to find anything on this so I am asking here.
Does anyone know of a detailed workshop plan for the Folding Chair to Suitcase? This is a link to a video that shows it in action.https://youtu.be/6ypGYEIqJhA Here it is being performed by Horace Goldin. https://youtu.be/-QfQO_JWfFc?t=3m54s I did find a very basic plan in an old booklet by Marconick but it doesn't have a lot of details. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Jack Hughes World of Magic vol.3
~michael baker
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
I have a fairly expensive one that's already made. You can stand on it, you can sit on it. I don't expect you to get on but for the record.
There are dovetails in two corners that are acute and obtuse respectfully. I took this to the industrial wood supply, where I get my hardwoods and the owner said he'd only seen another item from Sweden that had the same attention to detail. Then I checkered the seat and back using a router and guides. Talk about 14 hours I will never get back. That was the main reason to buy a CNC panel cutter. Now the same work would take 20 minutes excluding the set up and clamping. The legs have springs which requires making two of them work conversely to what the manufacture made. Anyway, this model is probably way to involved for you. The first model was made using a single frame from that movie. It took 19 straight hours but accomplishes the job. Remember FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.
Jay Leslie
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Anverdi-museum Inner circle 1193 Posts |
This item always intriqued me...someday I will sit down and build one. Nothing fancy, just one as a sight gag like Horace Goldin did.
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
You could probably build one in two days, Chuck
Jay Leslie
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
A chair that you cannot put anything on is not that mystifying. If it could hold a box or case to work out of, then you would get great reactions.
China Magic has them for $299 plus postage. |
Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I think most any of them would support a case/prop box. It would take one pretty beefy if you wanted to sit on it, though.
I have a suitcase to table that is kind of unique in design. You open the case and the legs jump out and flail around like a spider that you just sprayed bug killer on until they set, and then it's a table. I want to make a chair to suitcase and begin with the case to table sitting on the chair. Then, act as if it is too low. Change the case to a table, then change the chair to a case, set it upon the table and remove things from the case and do the act.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
GS121002 Veteran user but he still can't help build a border wall with only 313 Posts |
Thank you! I had never seen the Folding Chair to Suitcase before and it was mesmerizing to watch. What a challenging project it would be to build...... however, if you were to undertake that task, you would need to make sure it functioned as a seatable chair, in my opinion.
Gary Salisbury
San Diego, CA It's a fact! - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. (This line censored by Dave Scribner because it is in Latin) - What you believe is real, is real! Who was that masked man and what is he all about? - https://www.pinterest.com/garydsalisbury/ |
Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
It would be next to impossible to make this as a chair to sit on, then it would weigh 50 lbs. or more. Maybe if it was made out of steel and welded, then you might kill your self with flying parts.
It does look like fun to have around, but the jumping stool seems to get good reaction for a climax on a show. Click here to view attached image. |
jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
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On Nov 6, 2015, Bill Hegbli wrote: No, no and no again. Sorry Bill, not even close in this case. Many famous magicians have already bought one. I'll send you a Pm with photos. You just need to be a good engineer. Perhaps I should say that "I" just need to be a good engineer because the average person (company) is only interested in cranking out this effect as a visual throw away, and not interested in spending the time and money to make it the way it should be made. Then again, the average buyer is only interested in spending the least amount possible and doesn't care if the prop works. But I think, why bother making a chair you can't sit in, if I'm going to make something like this It should be given the attention it deserves. My model weighs 15 pounds, closes in just three seconds, AND you can pick it up and move it around at any time, which you can not do with others and... It holds 180 pounds of someone standing on it..... In the center... Right where the joint between both halves is located. (Only possibly by customizing parts just for effect. It's made from mahogany and the shell is 1/2 thick. (And not square) And, it has spring loaded hinges to swing the legs shut when and only when the time is right. Engineering is everything but and cost is high for most but collectors (although I use mine all the time and just used it in a lecture for So Cal Asso Of Magi) last month and I'll be using it in a youth museum Friday. (14 hours )
Jay Leslie
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Jay, Your Chair to Suitcase, it has form and function, a real thing of beauty, and looks like the perfect prop for those that appreciate a genius at work. Takes over 80 hours of physical labor, in addition to the design and brain power behind it.
You really have to advertise more, I didn't know you made such small illusions that were on the have to have lists. I would love to have one, as it is one of those great props that very few if anyone else would be performing. Take time payments? LOL Everyone should check this out, just to see what a real engineer in magic can create. You need to make a video of you closing it. http://www.thehouseofenchantment.com/pag......ase.html Wonderful piece Jay Leslie, you have outdone yourself on this one. http://www.thehouseofenchantment.com/pag......ase.html |
Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Agreed! That is a gorgeous piece of furniture!
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
Jimmy Joza Special user New York City 760 Posts |
Wow! That is a beauty. Up until recently, I owned Jay's Elite Chair Suspension (only sold it because my back has been a source of discomfort last handful of months and didn't want it to just sit in one corner, no pun intended). His chair suspension is well-designed, well-built so I can just imagine his Chair to Suitcase.
"Those who simply walk in others' tracks leave no footprints."
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ssucahyo Inner circle 1954 Posts |
Many years ago we made for Hanklee.It s hard to make and need special hinge.
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
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On Nov 19, 2015, ssucahyo wrote: That must have been Hank's problem. He became unhinged.
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