(In case there are different versions, I mean
the one taught on McBride's AOCM series).

I get to the point where I need to weave the
cards just fine, but I cannot get those
suckers to lace together. The deck just
blocks up and the cards line up in opposition
to each other and refuse to weave! Any hints
would be great, thanks.

The best way to solve your problems will be for you to check out this site:

http://home.att.net/~sleights/card.htm

A whole description of the One Handed Shuffle.

All the best in magic,

Pablo Tejero

My God! I have seriously never been helped
so much with just one reply! I went to that
site and noticed the angle was wrong and
POOF! My first attempt was a success! Thank you!
I guess I never noticed that on AOCM. (Through no fault of Mr. McBride's I assure
you all). Thanks again.

I am very glad and pleased I could help you. It´s a great site!

I think that this page is very good, maybe one of the best places to learn the one handed shuffle.

It´s great to help people.

All the best in magic,

Pablo Tejero

That site is very good. It is exactly the way that I do it, except that it took me several months of trial and error attempts to learn what he teaches in one page.
Also, note that the "faro" sort of weaving is much easier if your deck has a concave bend. If you don't know what that is, it will happen on its own after you repeatedly practice springing the weave together at the end.
By the way, I think that the one-handed shuffle is just about the most impressive card flourish you can do - anyone who sees it can appreciate the rarity of the degree of skill involved.

I just want to add something here that was posted in a thread I started (but shouldn't have) that REALLY helped me. I was struggling with the one handed shuffle for a while and then ReyRey Puentes made this post, and it made a world of difference. It didn't solve my problems immediately, but it definitely helped get me on the right track. It seems to obvious now, but at the time it was a brilliant insight, and maybe it can help someone else:

Hivemind,
I have the same problem. No matter how hard I try they do not weave. I have been practicing 24/7 for the last week and I just can't get it. I’m still going to keep practicing. Practice is the key to mastering anything.

There is a different handling in the Encyclopedia of playing card flourishes. I found it helpful!

I can't even attempt the one handed shuffle to do my rheumoatid arthritis...

However someone at my work has been practacing, and that is the ONLY part he still can't do... From what I've read/heard, that one thing is the hardest part of the entire trick...

Yo can see one handed faro shuffle here:
http://www.mastermagic.info (click on videos)

Mats
http://www.kjellstrom.info

I had thre same problem til recently.

Here's how I learned:

Onece you are in position, push the bottom corner of the corners facing each other together, and then push. this should make the cards weave from bottom to top, and its much easier this way.

Roman