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shomemagic Inner circle Missouri 2232 Posts |
I just purchased this all wood die box and I was told it had the sliding sound feature...I received it and I hear no audible sound when I tilt the box... I see on the inside a groove channel filled with wood and sanded... Is there a difinitive way to be activate this feature or even find out for sure it has it...I was told this box has been sitting on a shelf for years...maybe it stuck... I would appreciate your help with this.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
If the weight is made of steel, there is a good chance it has rusted and is stuck.
Photos?
~michael baker
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shomemagic Inner circle Missouri 2232 Posts |
I will try to send you some photos...do you think it can be freed up if stuck?
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Hard to say unless you can get into the slide groove. I've seen some boxes where you could, but more where you can't.
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shomemagic Inner circle Missouri 2232 Posts |
I don't think you can get into the groove slide ...but I will look closer
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
It may end up that you have a silent Die Box. That is not a terrible thing, as you can bone up on your mime skills with the tip, tilt, slide, fake-out thing. Trust me, the kids will still bite, even if you are working for a roomful of hearing-impaired folks. Besides, in a roomful of screaming kids, how many do you think actually hear anything from the box?
~michael baker
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
There's a blue "collector's" die box with a yellow die similar to a Rubik's Cube look (like the Mikame' design) that comes brand new out-of-the-box with no weight built in.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Yeah! Over the years, I've owned a half dozen douse boxes. They all had "sliders". But, as Michael just noted, I seriously doubt that anyone could hear past the first row--if then.
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george1953 Inner circle Mallorca (Spain) 5943 Posts |
I have one over 80 years old, bought it 30 years or more ago. It has a really loud sound, its a bit worse for wear now but I wouldn't change it. The modern versions just don't seem to have anywhere near the same quality.
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radamwarner Regular user Georgia 170 Posts |
Does anyone know the history of the venerable Die Box? I have yet to try to make one.
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radamwarner Regular user Georgia 170 Posts |
PS Has anyone ever used a lead fishing weight for a Die Box slide?
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Lead is too soft. Use a very large brass washer... no rust, loud clunk.
Somewhere out there in magicland is a Die Box I made a long time ago that has a five dollar slot machine coin for the weight!
~michael baker
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jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
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On May 18, 2014, radamwarner wrote: Today's four door "Sucker Die Box" was invented by English magician-ventriloquist Alexander Davis c. 1886. Davis sold his manufacturing rights to Otto Maurer who first marketed it in 1887 as the "Most Wonderful Dice Trick". In my opinion, the best of these requires no sliding weight which, no matter what others say, never convinces me I am hearing the die slide back and forth. Instead, the best sound illusion comes from the ones in which the die itself actually slides back and forth making the most convincing sound. Of course, that eventually requires at least one face of the die to be repainted on a regular basis as it wears down from all the sliding, but even that giveaway can be a subtle illusion of trickery in the sucker plot.
Jim Gerrish
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On May 19, 2014, jimgerrish wrote: To take that another step, there is also a Die Box design in which there is a separate sliding shell, into which the block shell fits. Both slide in unison. The extra sliding piece never leaves the box, so therefore never needs to be re-painted due to the scuffing issue. It's a rather clever idea, I think. Boxes where just the block shell slides can be used for sucker "peek" subtleties (similar to the Shenanigan style, although they are mechanically different). The double shell idea gives the impression that there remains a solid wall dividing the two chambers. Both have their own advantages.
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
This last set-up Michael mentioned (the separate sliding shell that stays inside the box) was a design of one the early National Magic Co. Die Boxes. It might even go back further than that.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On May 19, 2014, Julie wrote: It is in Ponsin on Conjuring dated from mid 1800s.
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
Yep, that's further...
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bstokes New user 47 Posts |
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On Apr 25, 2014, Michael Baker wrote: I agree. I have never had a kid yell, "It's on the other side, I heard it go!" It's always "It's on the other side, you're tilting it!" The visual is what they follow. |
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wa-na-be Veteran user 355 Posts |
I have one that has no slide mechanism. I prefer the sound of a block moving back and forth so I routed a slot in a thin piece of would cut to the same dimensions as the bottom of the die box. Like Michael said in a previous post I used a heavy piece of brass for the slide.
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts |
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On May 19, 2014, Julie wrote: I have one of the original National Magic Co. Die Boxes. Still works like a charm. FWIW
Stanyon
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