I learned a bit of magic as a kid...just inherited a good bit of kit from a relative and figuring out what works...

I've got a few Indian TR and a T Genie. ( and a working Spider Pen).
The elastic broke in three of them over the span of a few hours.
What elastic do you recommend?
One of my instruction manuals at least attempts to explain how to repair them....yikes.

OR as an alternative, would I better off buying a fresh one and in a model that is less problematic?

By the way...I've rigged a few strands of IT to practice without the ITR

THANKS

Practice with the spider pen. It's an excellent IT device, however it does require a lot of patience. If you want to work with a reel, get an ALPHA reel. The thread is exposed and they are very simple to re-thread if the thread breaks. Take your other reels and throw them away. Just my 2 cents.

Jim

Having about 30 years IT experience, I also have no use for an ITR. I've had and used at least half a dozen different ITR's. If you can use one, great! Myself, I'm finding that Vectra is said to be the strongest IT, but I still just use regular W****y N***n serger thread.

ITR's all suffer from thread breakage. Nature of the beast...

Doug

One of my favorite all time effects utilizes a reel. The effect I'm referring to is my handling of the "Haunted Deck" similar to Nicholas Einhorn's "Spooked" but with a different hook-up system for the reel and reel placement location. I perform my Haunted deck routine no less than 6 times per evening 3 evenings a week and seldom break the thread. I've been using the same reel now going on 6 months. My reel of choice is Sorcery's "Original Thread Boss" which utilizes "Wooly Nylon" thread. Here is a link for it:

http://itrmagictricks.com/I._T._R.__tm-O......nfo.html

However, there was a lengthy learning curve in conjunction with a much improved reel attachment system and location.

Thanks for the tips!
Will hopefully save me hours of frustration....would rather practice