Hello fellow Magi!

I've been working on a few new routines and that require different types of gaffs/gimmmicks to be made. I could use a few ideas as to how to accomplish the construction of some of the gaffs though.

First of all I'm working on a new routine with gaffed cards. I have already made the gaffed designs by using a high resolution scanner and a lot of time working in photoshop. However I need to figure out the best way to print the gaffed cards and laminate so that they look and feel as close to Bikes as possible. I have a high res ink jet printer...it's the lamination and type of paper that I'm worried about. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Secondly - I need to find out where I can buy the type of adhesive that they use in magazines to hold in inserts. When dry, it's pretty elastic and has a spongey feel to it. If anybody knows what this stuff is called I would really appreciate it.

Lastly - Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make a 'punch' to cut cards. As mentioned earlier I will be printing on cardstock a lot of gaffed cards (Almost an entire deck of different cards) to create an effect, and I would like to find a quick way to cut them to the correct shape. At minimum I would require a way to round the corners uniformly.


Thanks a bunch in advance.

-Jlareau
:bluebikes:

I think the glue you are referring to is rubber cement. It has the same qualities you mentioned.

I assume you are talking about making the round corners on the cards. If so, go to this link:

www.kjmagic.com

Hope this helps

Ray Banks

Just wondering if it would be easier to use blank face bikes and those lettraset-type card symbols. Not good for mass production, but if you are making one-offs I think they would be much more convincing.

I think the adhesive you are looking for either rubber cement or a very close cousin. Rubber cement may do what you want.

-bigwolf {*}

The adhesive you are looking for is called padding compound. Try stationery stores or inquire at print shops.

Sid

Thanks a lot guys. Sid, thanks for the tip. I've been trying to figure out what that stuff is for a while now.


jlareau

:bluebikes:

I'm doing the same thing as you, making gaffed cards for the Three Card Monte, but with a different theme. I looked at Staples yesterday for paper, found 80 weight photo postcard paper, $10 for 40 cards. I can get at least 4 cards per postcard, so 8 cards a sheet. The paper is a slippery matte finish on one side, unfinished on the other. I was going to use the unfinished side as the back of the card, the matte side as the face. I was really wanting a finish on both sides, but I can work with this.

I'm also in need of a corner rounder, I'm going back to Staples today to check out that corner rounder product by Carl Manufacturing that Ray Banks suggested.