No, it wasn't a major thing... unless, of course, you had just cut your last piece of expensive birch plywood 1/4" too narrow...

Looks very nice enjoy! And be PROUD!

I fiberglassed the curves under my drop in table to day.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......able.jpg
Yes I know this is not the way the plan said to do it.

This is how I handled the 2 inch discrepancy on the back of the illusion.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......ixed.jpg

I have seen this handled 4 different ways, this is the way I think looks best.

the first thing I did was take off the top black stripe on one side of the top box, next on the bottom box I put a black stripe that tapers from 1 1/2 inches at the top to 1 inch at the bottom.


I was very happy with how the curves under the table came out
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......able.jpg

The problem with zig Zag is that it looks dated. Has anyone thought of doing a Zig Zag with the shape and art work of Modern Art. I have build 4 Zig Zags and think I have it worked out.

Since the exposure, a gazillion people have lined up to tell me how the old Zig Zag works. Now, it sits on a high shelf in the warehouse, next to the Shadow Box, as a reminder that we are just a commodity as performers and you either improve or fade away.

Another way to present it might be what's called for? How about laying it on it's side like a girl without a middle? If the center section was raised it might look like a different illusion. The assistant, then, should be painted to look like she's on her side or laying on her back and the dimensions could be changed so it's more flat then tall.

Who's going to make it first?

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Never let the M Magician dectate what you do. the Zig Zag and Shadow Box can still fool aud.

They haven't fooled my audiences for the last several years and we do a lot of illusion shows. The people come up after and tell me exactly how they work.

Wow We have differnet aud. as I have never had someone tell me how my Zig Zag Works.
http://illusionman.8k.com/photo4.html
Altho I do think I have the perfect Zig Zag.

Do anyone have a source for this latch?? My hardware store no longer carries and can't find on E-Bay.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......atch.jpg

sorry about the bad picture best I could do.

http://www.vandykes.com/

If they don't have it...chances are, no one does!

I am working on the drawer slides this week. I am using Knape & Vogt 84000PR 16 inch heavy duty drawer slide. If you know of a better one let me know.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......ront.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......side.jpg
I am amazed how well thought out the plans are, as this slide fits just right.

Actually, the professionally-built ones I have seen do not use drawer slides, but a set of two (male/female) wooden or Delrin dovetailed slides, much like some dining tables. This allows the top to be removed for storage.

I originally built mine with the slides, and then changed them out to slides I made from Delrin plastic.

Something like this might also be an option:

http://www.davesanders.com/catalogdownload/sect05.pdf

Thanks, if the drawer slides don't work I will try to make my own. I have posted EXTRA pictures of building my MODERN ART ILLUSION on my web site.
http://illusionman.8k.com/
on the left hand side you will see all my pages, scroll down to the last page (building my moder art illusion) and click.

I got the slides on today.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......ther.jpg
and
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......aged.jpg

I put these on in a way I can can still breakdown the boxes for travel. let me know if you want to see how I did this.

To put on the slides so they can be removed I used velcro. Cut 1 inch by 1 inch to length and mount these on the slides, put male velcro on the outside of these blocks
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......lock.jpg
then mount to the table drop in
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......N/in.jpg
and
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/....../out.jpg


I put the female velcro on the inside bottom of the top box, http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......0573.jpg
aand stuck the two togather.

Looks good. I don't know if the plans indicated velcro, but strong velcro can wear out after repeated uses. I would have used T-nuts or wingnuts, but that's just my personal preference- velcro should give more surface area for the parts to grip.

Nice Job , got any updated photos/video, also what type of wood did you use?

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Thanks-- I was on a very tight budget on this illusion- $250.00 - could some one else do that I don't think so, as I had a lot of the stuff-- most of the wood came out of my scrap wood pile the casters I had left over from another project
extra Wood $30.00
hinges $90.
paint and sand paper $50
slides around $30. (I had to buy two set as I messed up the first set)
Velcro $30.
spandex $30.

I have left to do
Spandex
Gimmick
Sword
How much more do you want to see and I can show here . I would like to show how I make the gimmick ( as I know I do it different than the others). Let me know.

Also almost all these pictures and some I can't post here are on my web sie and can be clicked on to be blown up very big for detail.

This is the mannequin I am build my gimmick off of.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w221/......feet.jpg