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THE BEGINNING Photo - 1962 - Age 9 - It started when I was very young. I loved taking things apart, fixing things, building something out of nothing. As a direct result of this, I tend to be a pack-rat. Love to go to flea markets and pick-up junk that I will someday make something out of. I save everything because it may come in handy for a project some day, and usually does.MAGIC TRICKS & ILLUSIONS - 1980's - 1990's As a professional magician for nearly 20 years, illusions are a costly proposition, unless of course, you can build your own. Over the years I built a vast array of stage props and apparatus, often with the help of my best friend, Bill Planter. It is also advantageous if you can sell them to other magicians. One of the tricks I invented is called, "Linking Dollar Bills". Two $1 Bills are shown front and back and then folded together and heated with a lighter. The bills "melt" into a single, (2) Dollar bill. At left above I'm pictured with the chase light frame and shimmer curtains I made with a Sawing-the-Lady in Half illusion I restored for a fellow magician. Below I'm at work on a "Crystal Casket Illusion". This apparatus was used by a fellow magician to make NASCAR driver Davy Allison appear, at Davy's induction into the Hall of Fame.3 CUP MONTE This was a clever little trick that relies on the deceptive nature of its size. Inside the wood base, which is only 3/8" thick, there are three magnetically triggered switches, something used in burglar alarm applications for doors and windows, and a battery pack. When a magnet is in proximity of one of the switches, it turns on an indicator light associated with that location, which is only visible through the tiny holes on the back edge of the base. The little rabbit has a magnet covered in felt as its base. Someone from the audience places the rabbit under one of the three cups while the magician is not looking. The magician is then able to locate the rabbit easily based on which indicator light is lit.

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