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wafflesthemagician New user Vancouver, Canada 73 Posts 
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A good magician friend of mine told me of this strange technique a Korean guy did that uses three Voyageur dollars, where one would take two of the dollars, place them in his cupped hand vertically so that they would face each other, with the last dollar in between them. When squeezed tightly, it would become suspended. With some strange squeezing movements, the performer could actually manipulate the coin in the middle to spin on the horizontal axes where it's touching the two coins. I've tried playing with it for a while, but it feels very... strange and knacky. It seems very plausible, though, as I've done a couple full rotations trying this technique. Any thoughts?
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madelaine New user 91 Posts
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Yes, I have a thought: I think you are nuts.
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts
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I can't quite seem to picture what you are saying Mr Waffles.
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magus Special user Huntington Beach, Ca 669 Posts
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This was in an early Paul Harris book
crappy deium-
what a lousy day to be seized thaumometer- a device for measuring a magical field |
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts
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Do you know which one?
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orchid666 Special user u.k 626 Posts
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It was in one of the art of astonishment books, and paul describes it as a 'friend of a friend has this friend that can do it' type situation, and is asking anyone if they know it to be true. He describes his efforts, and I've had the same result. Can get the middle coin to revolve about 3 quarters of a turn, but that's it! Weird one this, I can see how it would work, as the on/off pressure does start the coin moving, but am thinking that if anyone has witnessed it, it may have been exaggerated!
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Danny Diamond Inner circle Connecticut 1400 Posts
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You don't drown by falling in the water;
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts
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Didn't look very perpetual to me...
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Jonathan Gold New user Montreal, Canada 38 Posts
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I worked on this for a while, and was able to get the coin to spin about 3 or 4 times, but it would invariably move to one side and fall. In the hands, once you start to get the knack, it feels doable. If I'm not mistaken, Paul Harris said he'd write a chapter in his next book about anyone who could demonstrate it to him.
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How Regular user NJ 102 Posts
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How do you start learning this? Any good dvd on it?
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Silversleights04 Regular user Houston, Texas 184 Posts
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Seems a little hokey, but if we're going with plausible methods, maybe some kind of tension and release momentum cycle. Like that game "shoot the moon" with the two bars and the marble?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT9n31M_Z0o
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Posted: Nov 6, 2012 05:41 am 