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  1. krab

    Double Undercut

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    Preserve cards

    This is why I use bikes. I get them for $13 a brick. Between practice signed cards card on ceiling building my own gaffs spilled drinks it doesn't matter I'm spending about a dollar a deck. And I do very little card work during my normal gigs. I do have an old time riverboat type gambling theme...
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    Preserve cards

    The powder and cornstarch are both bad idea. Make sure you keep your hands clean. Store your cards in a cool dry place. Keep a towl with you and change out decks.
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    Being discouraged

    My mother said the same thing til I did that first trade show gig. Honestly you are 16 and most mothers say the same thing about kids who want to be artist musician magicians ect ect. What you have to understand in two years you will be 18 and it kinda doesn't matter. What kinda changed my...
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    Double Lift Problem

    I use the Larry Jenning's Snap Double. but honestly it sounds like a practice issue
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    If you were starting over again...

    I got lucky in that my mentor didn't charge me cash. He had me do little things like split card make gaffs split thread roll reels. In the end he he for paid for his time and i learned how to make most of my own stuff.
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    New color change!!!>maybe?

    The first five minutes of the video gives you the answer which is no, it's just your way of doing the effect.
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    New color change!!!>maybe?

    It's a simplified handling of the Swing Change. When you think you have something new just go back to this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWiF-SAp6G8
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    What did I do right and wrong?

    With the auto focus thing I would change it from Vienzo to Vertigo. Like Luis said take some time to dress a bit better, like a shirt with a collar and some buttons. It looked like you were also trying way to hard to be Zach Mueller. Scratch that. I looked at some of your other videos and you...
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    If you were starting over again...

    What would you buy two effects and not some books to get a basic education in the workings of slight of hand?
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    If you were starting over again...

    The Paul Harris and Expert at the Card Table is a bit advanced for someone just starting out. You have to crawl before you can walk.
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    Monarch Gaff Deck

    Bicycle no longer make gaffs for the 808 rider backs, but will for the 809 mandolin decks. Many of the old timers know how to make their own gaffs anyways so this change didn't really effect them. I'm thinking it might be time for me to get out my old lectures on card splittings and start...
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    Questions about invisible thread?

    I get mine at the fabric store. I learned how to split it from my mentor.
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    If you were starting over again...

    It is a reprint of the original mail order course. It is also searchable which makes it a big help. It is also 1313 pages give or take. The 8 vol set was really only a 6 vol set for years until Harry Lorayne did vol 7 and then they added number 8. But that download version is a great buy, The...
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    Questions about invisible thread?

    I had always used wooly nylon for stripping, but lately I have been playing around with kevlar. I have a rig that my mentor taught me how to build back in the early 90's and I still use it to this day to help in the splitting. I know how to do it with panty hose from a lecture by Frank Pemper...
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    If you were starting over again...

    Tarbell Complete Course by Tarbell. (this can be had as one download for about $30) Royal Road to Card Magic, by Hugard & Braue. Modern Coin Magic by Bobo. Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks by James. Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic Amateur Magician's Handbook by Hay Magic and...
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    IBM in San Francisco?

    Most rings will let you come to one or two meetings with out being a member.
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    The Expert At the Card Table Fascimile

    If you have the money to spend... Green with Erdnase Conjuring Arts Only 52 sets of this deluxe Green Erdnase Package - Get yours! To end 2013 right we are offering this exclusive set of our Erdnase-themed merchandise for the special price of $129 postpaid in the US (*$149 everywhere else)...
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    THINK Of A Card Tricks

    Well it depends on skill level for which version of ACAAN I point you towards. It also depends on how you want it to look
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    Facebook covers

    what is this facebook you speak of? Is that like twitter?
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