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Aptaker Regular user Boston 113 Posts |
I recently got a bowling ball at the gift swap at my magic assembly's banquet, and am looking for any info on a good effect I can build for my bowling ball. A production...disappearance, levetation, etc. I know some basic methods but want to know if you guys know where I can buy plans, or what different effects are easy to build. I know the basic mehtod of a suitcase production, but I don't know exactly how to build it. If you know where I can but plans that would be great.
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
Produce it from a cheap plastic briefcase. If you know the basic principle that's all there is to it. Hide the protrusion with your leg when you handle the case before bringing it into position.
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Aptaker Regular user Boston 113 Posts |
Thanks but will te briefcase hold the weight, or will the ball fall out? do I need to reinforce it?
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
Make a couple of straps of lawn chair webbing or something like that to cradle the ball when the case is on its side.
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...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I used heavy elastic straps, so they would retract somewhat after the production. Either way will work, though.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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Aptaker Regular user Boston 113 Posts |
All this help is great, but I'm not sure exactly where to get a breifcase that is easy enough to gimmick (don't want to say exactly how it works for fear of exposure). I am looking for a relatively inexpensive case. I went to Staples but theirs are way overpriced!
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Scruffy the Clown Loyal user Coldwater,MI 233 Posts |
Goodwill or any second hand store. No point in spending a ton on something you are joing to take a jigsaw to.
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
We bought one for $2. A gray plastic Samsonite brand at a yard sale. Go for the cheepest one you can find like Scruffy said.
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Michael Baker revealed: I used heavy elastic straps, so they would retract somewhat after the production. Another great idea and a magician who speaks from much experience. When I made mine we were working at a small casino in Nevada about 15 years ago and I "borrowed" the straps from one of the chairs poolside. Cut a piece of quarter inch plywood to fit the "bottom" (on the inside) to strengthen the case and to give you something to bolt or staple the straps to. You can glue the ply into the case with Liquid Nails or some other construction adhesive. You might end up with five bucks in the thing if you really go wild. -=tabman
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
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The Donster Inner circle 4817 Posts |
We got a good deal at Office Depot. the one we asked about was a locked display model, which they could not open because someone set the combination on it. We got it at a reduced price because they said it was defective. What's so defective about a locked briefcase? I bought it, got it home and opened it up, then set the combination to what we wanted it to be.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I had heard of this trick many years ago before it really became fashionable. I had not been told the method, though. One day I had an idea, and just happened to be driving past a thrift store. Five bucks and five minutes later, I had a briefcase AND a bowling ball. I used pop rivets to hold the elastic in place and I still use the same prop today. BTW, the method I used turned out to be the standard method, so nothing original.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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The Mirror Images Inner circle Michigan/USA 1980 Posts |
The briefcase will hold cause it is plastic. Use some velvet cloth to hold it in. I used gorllia glue caise that is the best glue to attach fabric to plastic...
Michael
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
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Michael Baker revealed: I used pop rivets to hold the elastic in place and I still use the same prop today. Now there you go. Pop rivets!!! More stuff to buy!! -=tabman
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Yeah, one day I ran out of duct tape and found out the rest of the world was held together with pop rivets.
~michael baker
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
We changed the bowling ball trick to a goldfish bowl trick at one point and I think the impact was even greater once the audience realized that that was real water and a few fish swimming around in the bowl.
I guess we'll be hijacking this thread next. I'm waiting for Rick and Bob to chime in!!! -=tabman
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ricker Special user Tampa, FL 914 Posts |
The only time I ever saw something like this was when David pulled a pickle jar out of the briefcase during his 'making a baby that shows the chosen card' trick.
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
Well, the deal is to reach into the bowl and grab a fish and eat it (palmed in carrot slice) making sure to crunch loudly into the mic. Then take a towel out of the brief case and dry your hands. Bowling ball is good but to get the impact you have to drop it onto the stage with a loud thud. The fish bowl takes some careful handling but worth it. I hesitated to mention it at first because I don't want to see any fish harmed because of a magic act. Too many doves have died over the years because of a magician's vanity.
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...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
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Aptaker Regular user Boston 113 Posts |
Wow I never thought about all of the different things to produce. I wonder if you could use straps that detach from the wood on one side, so after you produce the ball, you can load other things from under the case at the edge of your table. Then you woulnd't have to worry much about the fish bowls, being as it is not held by the straps. You just pick it up through the hole in the case, (it's hidden under your table on a protruding shelf) and you've produced two things. Anyone know a way to show the breifcase clean afterwards? Maybe kind of like the magic card case we all had as little kids where there is a false bottom that drops to cover the card...in this case that special something that makes the trick work! Then the inside of the case could be shown empty and clean afterwards. I'll definately use this method, but I'm working on a whole different routine with a folded paper bag that can be shown all around, opened and a bowling ball is dumped out, then the inside of the bag is shown to be "clean". I'm still building prototypes, but I'll tell you all how it goes.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
One of the strong points of the bowling ball (substitute and big object), is the fact that you open the briefcase and produce the item on a super thin table. If you were going to load additionals after the fact, you might as well start with an empty briefcase.
Several years ago, I made a wooden box that can be opened to show the inside, close it and re-open to produce a baseball. The inside is again clean. It has a locking gimmick. The box is about 5.5" x 4.5" x 1". Making the restraining parts was a macrame nightmare. Had to have maximum stretch and full retraction. Since then, someone marketed a mini-briefcase for a similar purpose, but I don't think it shows clean. Someone else has a version that cleans up the outside of a regular size briefcase after the production.
~michael baker
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timofy Regular user 123 Posts |
In andrew Mayne's dvd shock fx he teaches how to produce a bowling ball from a paper bag.
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Carron Special user UK 958 Posts |
I managed to get one of those locked display model briefcases. It had a set combination that I didn't know, and so I had to go through EVERY number from 000 to 999 on each individual clasp, as they had been given different codes. It took me an absolute age, but it was well worth it when I got a nice breifcase for £3.
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