Practice this several times until you get the hang of it. Practice loading the ball into the cup. Have one of your balls sitting on top of the cup. Tilt the cup forward to roll that ball into your left hand. As you tilt the cup, have the second ball in your right hand held by your pinkie so no one can see it. Then slide the ball from your pinkie under the cup.
Now hold the ball up that you rolled off of the top of the cup. Help us get to over 4, biographies in From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians. Jump to: navigation , search. Navigation menu Personal tools Create account Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. He's going to be doing his lectures here in the US in a month or so I love the pringles idea. How about a potato as a final load?
Does Pringles make a short can? The only ones I have seen I don't get out to shop much are about a foot long. If they make a short version will go look for one it sounds like a good prop. Switch for a loaded one with potato chips in it?
Or do a load with a snug fit cylider loaded with chips, then a spud. Pototo Head for added bits??? Stay tooned Johnson: My chop cup requires TOO much of bang to get the ball out I put the final loads , and everything else in the can and put the cap on top to keep it all I tested this last week table-hopping at a restaurant and I was quite pleased. Luckily I had some balls that worked well with the cup it did not arrive with velvet bag or balls and there was no "banging" or "slamming" necessary.
I was very comfortable with it with no real practicing. I now like it as much as my pringles can, however it was quite a few more buckeroos. I had considered trying out sponge balls for the final load to reduce what I carry but at several tables a spectator would grab the limes and try to squeeze them AND try to put both back into the cup to no avail.
The JP cup also has a very concave inside. This allows for some nice undocumented features. I believe there was an article in Genii several months ago re: an in-the-hands routine that used a handkerchief. The ball was rattled off the ceiling and into the spectator's hand. I never felt comfortable with this approach but the JP cup feature allows for a much gentler rattle to make the release occur. I like both the JP cup and a pringles can.
If I remember correctly, the mouth on them was almost exactly the same. The sides of the can are cardboard and eliminates that pesky "ringgggggg So why did I spend the money on the JP cup? Don't ask. I don't want to think about it. Anyone remember Doug Henning on an early TV special in which he practically slammed the cup through the table to get the ball to drop?
Anyhow, I put a disc of thin, clear plastic in the bottom it was the same size as the bottom of the cup and kept adding discs of plastic only about two or three until the "hold" was exactly where I wanted it.
Post by Pete Biro » Thu Jan 30, pm There is a technique in placing the cup down to "quietly" dislodge the ball and NOT have it bounce back up. Lots of times this is what happens, the ball bounces back up.
You set the cup down sharply, of course coming in at an angle and let one edge hit first. The ball then comes free and bounces side to side inside the cup instead of going straight down and back up depends on the surface.
Test various set down angles and styles before you give up. Post by Guest » Thu Jan 30, pm I feel I must reply to my own previous post regarding the chop cup.
The lack of response is typical of other posts I've made on other sites. It seems that if something is inexpensve and not related to expensive books, videos and DVDs it can't be good. I think the hype of current marketing has so influenced the younger generation of "magicians" that they are losing the wisdom of the past teachers at a great monetary cost.
I'm an old guy so I guess what I say is passe. Lots of people read things and do not respond. However, the "disadvantage" of a styrofoam cup is its "lightness" -- makes it tough to handle. Anyway, I hope that some of the lurkers have read this and will try it. Jump to. Had I known there was such a dichotomy between a quality vs.
Oh well I have an inexpensive set. I can tell the difference due to the weight of the cup. With my RNT set, I actually have to test the cups to see which one is the chop cup. Unfortunately, I can't tell the difference between the gimmicked and ungimmicked balls, so it really is a process of trial and error.
Donny at Rings N Things does beautiful work. I also love the Bells of St. Ammar's work is the best place to learn the classics. I have the DVDs and his book in an electronic version. Good stuff. I like the combo cup just because it gives me that extra level of wow. I've designed my routines to use that in combination with some of the more sleight of hand loads and steals.
Nov 4, 1, 1, Orange County, Ca www. Ricky Jay's "The History Lesson" uses 3 cups one of which is a chop cup and is extremely fair and amazingly visual! You must log in or register to reply here. Top Bottom.
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