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tomdom New user 13 Posts |
Hi Guys,
Went into my drawer of magical goodies in search of an old 2p/10p coin unique I bought about five years ago. On finding the said gimmick I was saddened to discover it had lost its magnetism and no longer clicked into place. Anyone know how the magnetism of this gimmick can be permanently restored? tomdom |
J-Mac Inner circle Ridley Park, PA 5338 Posts |
Tomdon,
Here's a link for restoring magnetism to a permanent magnet. http://www.ehow.com/how_6076349_restore-......net.html However it is really odd for it to lose power by just sitting unused. It almost always requires exposure to a fairly significant amount of heat for a magnet to lose power like that. Jim |
BanzaiMagic Inner circle 1339 Posts |
Losing attraction seems to be a common problem with Gibson's coin unique gaffs.
I looked at the ehow site you posted. Thanks for posting this. Have you tried this yourself? I have an old one cup and coins, where the coin gaff has lost it's attraction so I will have to do something similar to what Tomdom will need to do. I was thinking of disassembling the gaff and reassembling with a new magnet if I could find one thin enough, but this is so much easier. I am thinking of using the solenoid method but I am not sure of the strength of the power supply. Household current? Strong battery? If anyone has successfully re-magnetized a coin gaff, please let us know how it worked for you. Thanks in advance. Alan |
BanzaiMagic Inner circle 1339 Posts |
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On 2012-05-23 22:45, J-Mac wrote: I had understood that non-NEODYMIUM magnets could lose strength for a number of reasons, including proximity to other magnets or electrical fields and sudden drops. Alan |
Merc Man Inner circle NUNEATON, Warwickshire 2537 Posts |
It restricts you to certain things where the coin is in the spectators hand(s) BUT if the re-magnetising doesn't work, do not despair. There are still a load of effects that you can perform with this coin.
I use a gaff called 'Scotch & Soda' quite a lot - which, if you don't know, works upon similar lines to a Coin Unique but they aren't generally magnetised - they simply push/lock into place. I use both the 50c/old penny and the 50c/centavo and with both inserts, I've ground them down slightly with fine grade wet & dry so that they DON'T actually lock into place. I got this idea from Don Alan - a famous American Magician that did this to his coins for ease of handling. Suffice to say, that you can now easily separate or insert the inner coin at any stage. Now you may be thinking "yes, but I can't now hand it out". My answer would be - WHY would you need to - it's JUST a coin (or at least that's the impression you should be getting across to the spectators). Handling practice will potentially give you something that is now more useful than before - plus you won't inadvertently spend it!
Barry Allen
Over 14 years have passed - and still missing Abra Magazine arriving every Saturday morning. |
J-Mac Inner circle Ridley Park, PA 5338 Posts |
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On 2012-05-23 23:15, BanzaiMagic wrote: Nope - I have never had a magnet lose its strength like that. Just lucky I guess! Jim |
shelley1508 Regular user Sixth Sense, Mind Pad, Insight 121 Posts |
The m***** is inside the 10p, so replacing the neodymium core would probably wreck it unless you used a heat gun to melt the adhesive. If you have a PK magnet I'd recommend storing them together to try to restore some of field.
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