How to Perform a Card Force Trick

By thinknut.blogspot.com

Card Force Trick

A card force trick results in the magician (you) knowing the position of a card which you have selected. This position may be "top of the deck", "bottom of the deck" or a more advanced position such as the "fingernail cut". You then "force" this card on a victim who thinks he is picking of his own free will.

Steps

1. 1
   Allow your victim to completely shuffle a deck of cards.
   
   
2. 2
   Fan the cards, and say "As you can see, these are now in no particular order" When you do this, quickly observe the last card in the fan. This is the card you will be "forcing" on your victim. If you know any deliberate shuffling techniques, you can throw some in here for sizzle... just keep the force card at the end.
   
   
3. 3
   With the force card at the top of the deck, it is time to perform the force. Two options are fairly simple. If you are better with your hands or have done a number of card tricks before, the "Riffle Force" is for you. If you're charismatic and like to talk your way through tricks (a con artist type) and not very good with your hands, you may prefer the "count force".
   
   
4. 4
   For the count force:
   • Ask the victim to pick a number between one and ten. One is not ideal, but people never pick one.
     
     
   • Say "Ok, do exactly what I do: Count down off the top of this deck like '1, 2, 3, 4, 5'" (up to the number they choose) and deal a card face down for each number you say.
     
     
   • Pick up the pile from your "example" and lay it on top of the deck. When they repeat your action, they're actually moving the force card back to the top of the pile.
     
     
   • Have them choose the top card, which is the force card.
     
     
5. 5
   For the ruffle force:
   • Hold the deck between your thumb and ring finger with the nails of your first two fingers lightly touching the bottom card.
     
     
   • Hold the bottom card in this position facing your victim/audience.
     
     
   • Angle the deck so that there is a slant about 1" long between the top of the deck (closest to you) and the bottom of the deck (furthest from you.)
     
     
   • As you arrange this, smoothly lower the very last card (the force card) to the level of the very first card. If you do this properly, it will not be visible to your audience.
     
     
   • Say: "I'm going to riffle through these cards, and I want you to tell me when to stop."
     
     
   • Use the thumb of your free hand to riffle the slanted part of the deck over your free forefinger.
     
     
   • When they say "stop", pull the cards in your hand out of the pile. This will leave the front half of the deck and the very last card between your thumb and ring fingers, with open air between.
     
     
   • Flop your hand down horizontally, while extending your first and second fingers. If you do this naturally, the force card will smoothly line up with the rest of the deck.
     
     
   • Have the victim choose the top card.
     
     

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How to make paper gun

                                                         

Paper gun

                                                     BY thinknut.blogspot.com

If you're looking for a fun way to relieve boredom and stress in between homework assignments or work assignments in your home office, consider making a paper gun that actually shoots. This project can be completed with little more than standard copy paper, a rubber band, tape, and scissors—all items you probably have stored in your desk. Keep reading to learn how you can assemble one of these paper guns yourself.

Part One: Building the Parts

1. 1
   Fold a sheet of paper across the width and crease well.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. 2
   Position the paper horizontally and make a 1.5-inch fold from the bottom of the paper.
   
   
   
   
3. 3
   Continue folding the paper up, gradually wrapping it around your original fold, until the entire sheet is wrapped around itself.
   
   
   
   
4. 4
   Tape around the two ends to enclose it.
   
   
   
   
5. 5
   Fold it in half as indicated below. This will be the handle of our paper gun.
   
   
   
   
6. 6
   Make another two of these with a different width, this time a 1 inch fold and a .5 on the other. You should have something like this.
   
   
   
   
7. 7
   Take the 1.5 inch strip and fold one end vertically towards the center crease, make sure to align the top edge to the center crease as indicated below.
   
   
   
   
8. 8
   Repeat the step with the other side
   
   
   
   
9. 9
   Fold it accross as shown.
   
   
   
   
10. 10
    Cut a small slit (.5 inch in length), this will act as a pocket for the trigger later.
    
    
    
    
11. 11
    If you open it up you should have something like this.
    
    
    
    
12. 12
    And your'e done with part one, you should have completed your parts as indicaated below. Next step is to put it all together.
    
    
    
    

Part Two: Putting it all together

1. 1
   Take the 1 inch strip and insert the open end through the left and right folds of our handle. You should now have a gun.
   
   
   
   
2. 2
   Make sure both sides are inserted through the folds as indicated below.
   
   
   
   
3. 3
   Cut a small slit at the back of our gun as shown.
   
   
   
   
4. 4
   Now insert the .5 strip from the pocket we made earlier and all the way through, the strip should now rest perfectly on the slit that we made at the back
   
   
   
   
5. 5
   Cut the excess strip as shown.
   
   
   
   
6. 6
   Take a rubberband and stretch it from the front nozzle to the back of the gun. The rubber band should rest behind the slit and above one corneer of the .5 strip
   
   
   
   
7. 7
   And this should be our gun mechanism, next step is to make some bullets.
   
   
   
   

Part Three: Making ninja star bullets

1. 1
   Take a piece of paper and make a triangular fold as indicated below. You can use colored paper for this.
   
   
   
   
2. 2
   Using the edge of the fold as a guide, cut the rest of the paper.
   
   
   
   
3. 3
   You should now end up with a square piece of paper.
   
   
   
   
4. 4
   Make two of these as shown.
   
   
   
   
5. 5
   Take one piece and fold it in half twice as shown.
   
   
   
   
6. 6
   Repeat the same with the other, and you should now have two small strips.
   
   
   
   
7. 7
   fold one strip in half across the center, crease well and unfold.
   
   
   
   
8. 8
   Now make two triangular folds at each end of the strip as indicated.
   
   
   
   
9. 9
   Repeat the previous step with the other strip but this time mirror the triangular fold on the other one.
   
   
   
   
10. 10
    Make another triangular fold as indicated below.
    
    
    
    
11. 11
    If you've done the previous step correctly you should now have something like this.
    
    
    
    
12. 12
    Flip the other one on its back as indicated.
    
    
    
    
13. 13
    Put it on top of the other and and align it as shown.
    
    
    
    
14. 14
    Now this time insert the outer points of the strips towards the center slit as shown.
    
    
    
    
15. 15
    Flip it and repeat it on the other side, you should now have a ninja star.
    
    
    
    
16. 16
    Go ahead and practice, make some more.
    
    
    
    

Part Four: Reloading and shooting

1. 1
   Now that we have completed all of the parts that we need, its now time to test it out. Take a ninja star and insert it on top of the gun as shown.
   
   
   
   
2. 2
   Now push the trigger inward, releasing the rubberband from the slit.
   
   
   
   
3. 3
   The rubberband should catch the ninja star on top shooting it towards the air.
   
   
   
   

   Thank you

     BY pkscienceclub.blogspot.com
   
   

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