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TreyP1T New user St. George, Utah 10 Posts |
I picked up some billiard balls at a second hand shop a while ago, they fit perfectly in my Rings-n-Things Paul Fox cups, and I love the look of them. However I struggle with them "speaking" either when I load them into the cup or when I put the loaded cup on the table. I'm looking for some solutions to this. It's already been suggested I look into Paul Gertner's work, and I intend to, but in the interest of a "no stone left un-turned" approach I was wondering if anyone new of someone manufacturing full size rubber billiard balls? I've done some looking but so far not found any.
I'm Trey, I'm a magician, a liar, and a cheat. But you can trust me!
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
I do a chop cup routine with three billiard balls as the final loads. No talking.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
Chuck Finley Regular user 139 Posts |
When loading something like this it is because the ball strikes suddenly against the cup; obviously. Try holding the ball in a way that you can almost spin it slightly as you load it by using your fingertips. This will create less blunt force in one spot and cause the ball to talk less. I wish I could give you more specifics but it just a "knack" thing really. I can say this though if you are doing it even closely to correct you will almost be dragging your fingers across the lip of the cup and the ball will rotate slightly over your fingertips. The ball will only roll while in contact with your finger tips and only a tiny bit at that.
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TreyP1T New user St. George, Utah 10 Posts |
Thanks for the advice Chuck, I'll give that some practice and see what I can do with it.
I'm Trey, I'm a magician, a liar, and a cheat. But you can trust me!
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Chuck Finley Regular user 139 Posts |
You are very much welcome.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
There are some other techniques for this. They do require a lot of practice and/or misdirection.
However, this area is not the place to reveal secrets. When you have 50 posts, "The Secret Sessions" will become available to you. Or you can send me an e-mail.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts |
It is fun, for me at least to try to make odd/new things work.
I suggest that you keep looking for the magician that has already solved the problem, and in the meantime try to solve it yourself. Then maybe when you get into the secret sessions you'll have a method that hasn't been published. My addition to the conversation is this: sound is relative.
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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Dsquared New user 1 Post |
Billiard balls are what I have been considering also. I am very new, so I will just be watching.
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BlushingCrow New user 14 Posts |
I'm half wondering if pool balls might be easier to m*nipul*te than billiard balls..
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gregg webb Inner circle 1564 Posts |
I have seen foam billiard balls at the Dollar Store, in fact got some. They are smaller than real B.balls. I sometimes use them as loads for the cups. There are full size baseballs and tennis balls in foam also at the Dollar Store (Dollar Tree).
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