In this edition of The Inventor’s Notebook, I’d like to give you a tour of my “Fibber McGee’s Closet”. For those that haven’t heard that expression before, it comes from the radio show (yes it is old) Fibber McGee and Molly, where the door to an overstuffed closet would be opened and the contents would […]
The subject for this month’s Inventor’s Notebook was inspired by Club Secretary Joaquin Ayala, Ph.D. Ex Libris column in the August Newsletter. If you haven’t read it I encourage you to do so. Although I always loved watching magic, my interest in practicing magic started when I received Mattel’s Magic Showstoppers Showcase for Christmas. The […]
At the January 2017 club meeting, Gene Anderson lectured based on his new book, Pure GENEius. Pure GENEius is available at Gene’s Website. One of his routines that sparked my imagination was his die box routine with a mock Priest Sermon / Old Mother Hubbard theme. Not only is it different from the run of […]
Last month in Issue #4, I detailed my latest creation, a two-man Strat-O-Sphere I call DuoSphere. I wrapped up that issue by saying… “A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum”, or should I say a funny thing happened in developing DuoSphere. As I was wrapping up the DuoSphere build and looking over […]
In this issue Karl shares a unique two-man take on the classic Strat-O-Sphere.
Get Creative With Sefalaljia Issue #3 In the September 2, 1939 issue of The Jinx, Stewart James wrote about a small spirit cabinet; Safalaljia. The cabinet is typically about the size of a shoe box. The doors cover an opening that faces the audience. Objects are placed inside the cabinet, the doors shut, the spirits […]
