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cachomachine · 21st August 2008, 11:14 AM

Hey guys
If you think that this is astonishing, take a look at this one.
http://www.magicswitchbox.com/
It is even more advanced that the one you are talking about
anybody can tell how this work?
Cacho

cachomachine · 21st August 2008, 11:46 AM

Take a look at this similar but improved switchbox
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5kcH8C4pc
Cacho

wmmullaney · 29th August 2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cachomachine

Take a look at this similar but improved switchbox
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5kcH8C4pc
Cacho

The first switch you hit always turns on the first bulb, no matter what.

**3v0** · 29th August 2008, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wmmullaney

The first switch you hit always turns on the first bulb, no matter what.

The programming is a bit different on this version but the hardware and circuits are the same. The first time the bulbs light left to right, the next right to left, and then the first bulb to light is the 2nd from the right.

It is not difficult to makes these changes but the operator has to know what bulb sequence will be used each time he uses the switches to program the unit.

One could be even more sneaky if the bulb sensing is used.

askjacob · 29th September 2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by en2oh

Hi guys,
Here is a new Oujii Board magic trick that has been done on Instructables.com but has been made into a neat commercial magic effect. It would be interesting to see if any of the micro gurus could combine a microprocessor with the electromechanical setup that this would need to function.

Key points are 1) the unit is 'field programmable' in that moving the planchette 'records' the travel of the puck (planchette) when the program is actually run. 2) that is doesn't require a computer to either program or run the unit and 3) has 2 formal programs that can switched in/out wirelessly

the unit described on instructables is not too sophisticated but shows clearly that the effect has been out there a while before it was released to the magic community.

Any comments?

Doug

for the commercial efffect

for the instructable project that works along the lines of the commercial

(had to cut the urls as I'm a new member)

Hey I just signed up to pop in and say G'Day.

I'm the guy that buiilt the Ouija board on instructables. I was interested to see how similar that commercial unit was in style to mine (but very commercial looking) - and even more so the price!

I built mine based on looking at the simpler ones that went round in circles I had seen before, and thought I could do better.

In the end I was able to tweak the firmware to be able to send messages via serial to it allowing it to be remotely controlled and spell messages.

Another feature I never got round to finishing (a friend now owns the board) was a solenoid knocker inside... you know, for "knock 3 times" kind of effects.

Anyone have any questions about it etc, fire away. The board is still running well and is ready to go again for this year.

Cheers
Jacob from Australia

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21st August 2008, 11:14 AM	(permalink)
cachomachine	Hey guys If you think that this is astonishing, take a look at this one. http://www.magicswitchbox.com/ It is even more advanced that the one you are talking about anybody can tell how this work? Cacho

21st August 2008, 11:46 AM	(permalink)
cachomachine	Take a look at this similar but improved switchbox http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5kcH8C4pc Cacho