I just ran across a battery powered card shuffler on Amazon for 10 bucks. While I'm not naive enough to think no one ever thought of it, I can see real possibilities in a magic setting.
Curiosity
Misdirection
Deck Switch
Add-On
These things come to mind. I'm tempted to get on and play with it.
Is anyone aware of any literature on these or other thoughts.
I know this sounds like a MC topic, but I just can't bring myself to post there.
Thanks.....
Automated Card Shuffler
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Re: Automated Card Shuffler
Steve, very interesting idea to use card shufflers in magic.
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Re: Automated Card Shuffler
If memory serves, Larry Becker published some ideas and a routine on this topic previously.
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Re: Automated Card Shuffler
Here are the references:
Becker, L. "Dynamation" in Larry Becker's Mentalism for Magicians. Busby-Corin, Inc. 1981. pg 49.
Becker, L. "Shuffler 2" in Stunners Plus!, 3rd ed. Aplar Publishing. 2002. pg 143.
Becker, L. "Dynamation" in Larry Becker's Mentalism for Magicians. Busby-Corin, Inc. 1981. pg 49.
Becker, L. "Shuffler 2" in Stunners Plus!, 3rd ed. Aplar Publishing. 2002. pg 143.
Re: Automated Card Shuffler
For anybody interested, particularly the "Mentalism for Magicians" might be harder to find, both of the Larry Becker titles mentioned above are available as ebook here http://www.lybrary.com/larry-becker-m-533.html
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