Price$20.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryStage
Date AddedNov 14, 2012
Switchboard Clipboard the Rising Card
Rogers, Wayne and Romhany, Paul
Paul Romhany
(Based on 1 review)
In this version of a Rising Card in picture the re-set only takes seconds. This is perfect for trade shows, private parties and those jobs where you don't have the time for much resetting between performances.
This book is a step by step instruction on how to make up this amazing effect with items you can buy anywhere.
Pages: 53 - 5" x 8" - Softcover - Black and white photos
Reviews
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When I first read the description of this I was somewhat skeptical because I had never heard of it before, and already knew of the Martin Lewis effect, 'Cardiographic'.
I was quite surprised when I read through it to read the interesting history on the effect. On a side note, the creator of the 'Switchboard Clipboard', Wayne Rogers, had talked to Martin Lewis about this version and all was well. Even though the end effect is the same, both handlings are different. I can attest to that myself, being familiar with both versions.
This book (or its download PDF version) gives you the history of the effect, teaches you how to build two different "styles" of it (one is completely rudimentary and the other uses some purchased parts) and there are pictures. Lots of pictures...
In my opinion, some of the pictures really needed to be either updated or printed in color to help clarify what they were illustrating. Since they are all black and white, some of them were not entirely clear.
The written instructions are clear enough but it took me reading through the construction parts two or three times to fully understand what was going on. That may be for one of two reasons: 1) English is not my first language and/or 2) The instructions could have been a little more clearly (read: carefully) written. Further than that, after reading through so many times, I started using the photos from one of the two "styles" with the text from the other to build mine, which somehow made it clearer to me.
One thing not included in either the book nor the PDF download which should have been are printable templates. The size and shape of the thought bubble and the card that rises into it, as well as the final display page, took a lot of experimenting to get it all just right. It took me a couple of hours just playing around to get it right. Templates would have made it much easier - just print or copy and you are done. That more than anything is what knocked the star rating down.
The rest of it is fantastic and overall the prop is quite easy to build. The first version can be made with all cardboard or other suitable materials of your choice. If you build the second version, you will have to buy what are called folder clipboards, which for some people may be difficult to find, depending on where you live. I made both versions just to try it and they both turned out great.
The effect itself is wonderful and the presentation ideas with this are limited only by your imagination. If you like 'Cardiographic' and/or if you cannot afford that version, this is an excellent substitute.
Highly recommended.
I was quite surprised when I read through it to read the interesting history on the effect. On a side note, the creator of the 'Switchboard Clipboard', Wayne Rogers, had talked to Martin Lewis about this version and all was well. Even though the end effect is the same, both handlings are different. I can attest to that myself, being familiar with both versions.
This book (or its download PDF version) gives you the history of the effect, teaches you how to build two different "styles" of it (one is completely rudimentary and the other uses some purchased parts) and there are pictures. Lots of pictures...
In my opinion, some of the pictures really needed to be either updated or printed in color to help clarify what they were illustrating. Since they are all black and white, some of them were not entirely clear.
The written instructions are clear enough but it took me reading through the construction parts two or three times to fully understand what was going on. That may be for one of two reasons: 1) English is not my first language and/or 2) The instructions could have been a little more clearly (read: carefully) written. Further than that, after reading through so many times, I started using the photos from one of the two "styles" with the text from the other to build mine, which somehow made it clearer to me.
One thing not included in either the book nor the PDF download which should have been are printable templates. The size and shape of the thought bubble and the card that rises into it, as well as the final display page, took a lot of experimenting to get it all just right. It took me a couple of hours just playing around to get it right. Templates would have made it much easier - just print or copy and you are done. That more than anything is what knocked the star rating down.
The rest of it is fantastic and overall the prop is quite easy to build. The first version can be made with all cardboard or other suitable materials of your choice. If you build the second version, you will have to buy what are called folder clipboards, which for some people may be difficult to find, depending on where you live. I made both versions just to try it and they both turned out great.
The effect itself is wonderful and the presentation ideas with this are limited only by your imagination. If you like 'Cardiographic' and/or if you cannot afford that version, this is an excellent substitute.
Highly recommended.