DIY, Makers & Builders
Naturally magicians are good with their hands. This often means they are very good with building and making things. There is a long tradition of magicians building their own props and gimmicks.
In this category we list ebooks where you will need to roll up your sleeves, prepare your tools, and make something.
related categories: Illusions, Escape & Stage
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Arrow Through Bottle and CoinRalf Rudolph (Fairmagic)Learn to make two impossible objects without glue or other bonding agents. You can hand it out for examination. No joint or slit will be visible, because there is none. No glue or hidden cuts or anything like that. Have a wooden arrow pass through a Chinese coin with a hole or a bottle with a hole.
1st edition 2017, 15 minutes | 2017 / 2 / 21 | $8.00 £6.07 €6.84 Ca$9.93 Au$10.20 | to wish list MP4 (video) |
Linking Card CollectionRalf Rudolph (Fairmagic)New impossible linking card designs
Here you learn a few simple ways to make some new impossible folded playing cards. You also can do this with your own business cards or banknotes. You even could link your business card with a banknote or playing card. A perfect souvenir! You don't need glue or anything like that. Put it in a frame or carry some with you and hand them out. 1st edition 2017, 23 min | 2017 / 2 / 21 | $6.00 £4.56 €5.13 Ca$7.44 Au$7.65 | to wish list MP4 (video) |
Say CheesePeter PrevosEffect: The magician shows a piece of cardboard that resembles a cheese wedge: "This is not a piece of
cheese, it is the cardboard cut-out of a piece of cheese". "It is a piece of Dutch cheese. You can recognise
this as the holes run horizontally". The magician shows the card on both sides. "What is the difference between Dutch and Swiss cheese?", she asks the audience. She places the card in her fist, indicates the moment of magic, and reveals the card again. "Dutch cheese has horizontal holes, and Swiss cheese has vertical holes". The magician displays the card on both sides to show that... | 2017 / 1 / 1 | $5.00 £3.80 €4.28 Ca$6.20 Au$6.38 | to wish list |
More Fantastic Tricks With Plastic CupsEugene E. GloyeThirty more excellent effects with plastic cups.
| 2016 / 11 / 12 | $7.95 £6.04 €6.80 Ca$9.86 Au$10.14 | to wish list |
22 Impossible CardsRalf Rudolph (Fairmagic)This is a collection of 22 impossible cards created by Ralf Rudolph. For each card you will get a photo of the finished (cut and folded) card, as well as a template to make the necessary cuts. You will NOT get the folding instructions. This means you have to be familiar with the basic folds to create impossible cards. A good place to start is Complete Guide to Impossible Foldings.
The cards included in this collection are:
| 2016 / 7 / 18 | $12.00 £9.11 €10.26 Ca$14.89 Au$15.30 | to wish list |
Golf Ball in GlassRalf Rudolph (Fairmagic)You will learn the secret of how to get a golf ball inside a glass with an opening smaller than the golf ball, without harming either the glass or the ball. Ralf Rudolph is a master of the impossible object. He describes his method of how to make such an object. Once you know how it is done you can make as many presents as you wish. No special tools are necessary. No chemicals are used. With a bit of preparation and the know how you can make something cool.
1st edition 2016, 2 pages. Watch how Nathan Coe Marsh incorporates this impossible bottle into a really nice effect. | 2016 / 7 / 11 | $15.00 £11.39 €12.83 Ca$18.61 Au$19.13 | to wish list |
Grandpa's Spirit BottleRalf Rudolph (Fairmagic)A complete mental act with an impossible object!
You present a bottle with a full deck of cards inside. (You can hand out the bottle for examination). The spectator selects one of five playing cards (no force!). With the heritage from your grandpa you are able to reveal any selected card. You can perform this on stage and even close up. Build the routine up to 4-5 minutes. You will learn:
| 2016 / 6 / 10 | $25.00 £18.98 €21.38 Ca$31.02 Au$31.88 | to wish list MP4 (video) |
ElementalUnknown MentalistThe owners of this ebook can get Elemental 2 for a special price.
This is that rare routine which can be powerful even in the hands of a beginner. And for a pro this can become a reputation maker. Stunning impact and yet so easy to do that it can be performed within 10 minutes of learning. No sleights, no stooges, no preshow, no reset, instantly repeatable. Nothing is spoken or written down by the participant related to her choices. About 40 cleverly designed and ready to print props are included. You may not actually need all these because you will only use 5 cards. But they are included as creative... | 2016 / 3 / 13 | $18.00 £13.67 €15.40 Ca$22.33 Au$22.95 | to wish list |
Pip TableTimothy RoseThis is a DIY ebook is for building an attractive, light weight, portable and cost effective performance table. Everyone needs a table or ten when doing shows. Many on the market today are just way too much table and way too much money. This ebook is the answer to your table needs. Pip tables are attractive, sturdy for medium duty, fold-able, compact, reliable, easy to build, cost effective, light weight, airline friendly and great for all venues and performing styles/audiences. Build it in a weekend or less and have a great utility for a lifetime. This manual goes through the process of building... | 2015 / 8 / 23 | $10.00 £7.59 €8.55 Ca$12.41 Au$12.75 | to wish list |
Tricks of the TradeGeorge ArmstrongIf you are familiar with Magician's DIY Tips and Tricks then Tricks of the Trade is written with a very similar idea in mind just 60 years prior. It describes a multitude of DIY tips and gimmicks and improvements for the magician.
It describes things like:
1st edition 1949, PDF 22 pages. | 2015 / 5 / 8 | $4.00 £3.04 €3.42 Ca$4.96 Au$5.10 | to wish list |
Backdrop Designs for PenniesGreg McMahanBackdrops add so much to a show, but they can also subtract so much from your wallet. Here's a great resource for building inexpensive backdrops for as low as $30!
A good backdrop can really kick things up on a notch on attaining that professional look. Yet, they don't have to be expensive. Using materials you can find just about anywhere, even around the house, you can make your own backdrop for less than $30. Many different types of backdrop systems are shown, and the pros and cons of each one discussed. There is a lot of information in these notes... extremely helpful if you want to... | 2014 / 3 / 8 | $20.00 £15.19 €17.11 Ca$24.81 Au$25.50 | to wish list |
SharPenAbhinav BothraPhase I - Bite off the pen nib and spit it back on. Immediately, open the refill compartment, let the spectator touch the nib.
Phase II - Make the refill rise out of the pen. Bonus - A Russian Roulette with pens, where spectators select the pens to be smashed. The whole effect is totally under the performer's control. The video will explain you how to gimmick a pen. No special pen is needed. 1st edition 2013, 12 minutes | 2013 / 12 / 24 | $2.00 £1.52 €1.71 Ca$2.48 Au$2.55 | to wish list WMV + MP4 |
Locked Books 01: The Invisible TopitAlexander de CovaAn improvement on the classic TOPIT device.
For years many have been using the TOPIT gimmick. Michael Ammar made the sewn-in-type TOPIT popular. All those years Alexander de Cova was always thinking whether it might be possible to hide the bag (or better: the bag's opening and the edge) in the jacket. After becoming acquainted with the works of Tommy Wonder and his breakthrough concerning the tails TOPIT, things clicked together. Tommy's system inspired de Cova to apply the principle to a regular TOPIT. The result is that this TOPIT can't be seen, because there is no visible edge. In this ebook de Cova... | 2013 / 11 / 23 | $19.95 £15.15 €17.06 Ca$24.75 Au$25.44 | to wish list |
Super Memory List: print and perform 1George Marchese("Print and Perform" is a new magic series that will enable you to easily build yourself beautiful tricks just printing them.)
EFFECT: You, the memory-man, demonstrate to really have a super memory. You show to the audience a sheet of paper containing a list of 50 six-digit numbers. You declare that you have committed to memory the full list. The six digit numbers are identified by ciphers from 1 to 50. The identifying ciphers are scrambled to make it more difficult memorizing the associated six digit number. Three or more spectators, in turn, choose and announce one identifying figure... | 2013 / 4 / 16 | $4.00 £3.04 €3.42 Ca$4.96 Au$5.10 | to wish list |
Coin Ditcher Gimmick: for vanishing coinsMark StoneBased on an old concept that has been seriously rethought to create a simple and practical device; it allows for complete vanishing of coin gaffs and regular coins of any size up to jumbo 3" coins.
| 2013 / 2 / 3 | $15.00 £11.39 €12.83 Ca$18.61 Au$19.13 | to wish list |
Psychic on WheelsShawn EvansPOW is the Mentalist's PAL.
POW (Psychic On Wheels) is DIY Series #3, where you will learn the novel application of using a small motorized toy car to find a freely selected or forced card. No major modifications required, no knowledge of electronics needed - just the proper know-how. Main Effect: POW will travel over a row of cards and directly stop on the spectator's selected card. POW will also follow freshly drawn curving lines (road) to a row of cards and will automatically stop on the chosen card. The wonderful Dick Koornwinder is credited as the first magic creator to use... | 2012 / 7 / 16 | $10.00 £7.59 €8.55 Ca$12.41 Au$12.75 | to wish list |
Prestige Pen ProjectsShawn Evans"We humans have a long history of using writing instruments to record and transfer our thoughts and impressions. We magicians have a long history of gimmicking writing instruments to deceive thoughts and create magical impressions".This ebook is a combination Do-It-Yourself and Magic Effects ebook, containing 9 major DIY projects and 7 full working routines, plus a host of other tricks. Learn how to make 3 types of flash pens, a flameless, smoke loading pen, a PSI pen, multiple-purpose pens, novel uses of off-the-shelf pens and mentalist utility pens. No knowledge of electronics needed... | 2012 / 7 / 7 | $42.92 £32.59 €36.71 Ca$53.25 Au$54.72 | to wish list |
Fantastic Tricks with Plastic CupsEugene E. GloyeMany magicians get their greatest pleasure out of making their own tricks - and there is no form of construction easier or less costly than working with plastic cups. For the man who likes to make his own - no workshop is needed for these easy to construct effects. Over thirty tricks you can make for pennies each. Good magic, low cost. Illustrated.
1st edition 1976, 52 pages; digital edition 2012, 42 pages. | 2012 / 4 / 6 | $6.95 £5.28 €5.94 Ca$8.62 Au$8.86 | to wish list |
Build Your Own Psychic CalculatorShawn EvansDo-It-Yourself: "Trick-Out" Your Calculator
With a Psychic Calculator you can create endless mind-reading, prediction, and magic effects - a mentalist dream come true. Don't pay up to $300 or more for a Mentalist or Psychic Calculator when you can make your own in less than 30 minutes, for under $10 (including the price of the calculator!), plus the use of just a few common household items. No knowledge of electronics needed - just the proper know-how. This ebook will give you the "details in detail" with over 20 step-by-step photos and illustrations that will guarantee your success. ... | 2012 / 4 / 2 | $19.95 £15.15 €17.06 Ca$24.75 Au$25.44 | to wish list |
Cosmar Coin GimmickMark StoneUtility holder/vanisher
Step-by-step explanation with detailed photos on how to build and use this practical coin utility device (two-gimmick set). Each gimmick allows for secretly holding, retrieving, producing or vanishing five half-dollar coins or four dollar-size coins or for producing one or two 3" size coins. If used with palming coins, the gimmick will hold double the number of coins. With easy-to-follow visual instructions and readily available low-cost materials, this 47-page ebook shows how the gimmicks can be made in minutes. Includes directions for proper... | 2012 / 3 / 25 | $15.00 £11.39 €12.83 Ca$18.61 Au$19.13 | to wish list |
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