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So yeah, free standing ladder, and juggling chainsaw, any help guys and gals. if not for sale, could someone put me in the right direction? Thanks guys and gals.
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You can make your own chainsaw. Alternately there is a store in Australia I think that sells chainsaws made specifically for juggling.
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This sounds very dangerous....which is why it just may work. Things like this usually require saftey permits, though, so keep it in mind. Kids and all that...Comment
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not really. kids scmids, dismember the brats.Comment
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you're best bet for the chainsaw is buy an echo cs-300 model. The Passing Zone, Team Rootberry and myself all use that model. good luck.Comment
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Oh, and when you juggle the chainsaw, BE SURE THE BLADE IS RUNNING, not just the motor.Comment
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(ouch...was that a low blow?) and make sure you get as CLOSE AS YOU CAN to the little kiddies in the audience. You know...so you can prove the blade really is running.Comment
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with so many children in the world, can't we spare a few in the name of one good trick?
where can I find an echo cs 300? Hardware store?Comment
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The Home Depot should carry them also.Comment
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A Juggling 1st
I just modified my juggling chainsaw for use as a regular chainsaw ...
... ain't that a kick it the pants.Comment
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weight of chainsaw
I modified a gas chainsaw for juggling. It was way to heavy for me to juggle though so I recorded the sound of it on and edited it nicly on my computer. I then took out the engine and put it back together with out the engine. It weighed a lot less. Now when I juggle the chainsaw I play the track of the sound. No one catches on. They really think its on. It's probably alot safer that way to.Last edited by Magic Mickey; Aug-30-2005, 09:56 PM.Comment
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Kid Limbs Akimbo
Now THAT would be a draw! Congrats, Robert, sounds like progress.Originally posted by le pire
not really. kids scmids, dismember the brats.Comment
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Ha
One at a time, right Butterfly?Comment
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Re: weight of chainsaw
Wow.Originally posted by Magic Mickey
...It was way to heavy for me to juggle though so I recorded the sound of it on and edited it nicly on my computer. ...It's probably alot safer that way to.
A juggling act is meant to show the audience the difficulty and / or skill- as opposed to a magic act where the aim is to hide the skill. By removing both skill and "danger" you've really missed the boat.
I could understand removing the engine & playing the sound if your reason was that you had to fly with your props, and as the Passing Zone has taught us, you don't fly with chainsaws.
Here's a thought-- practice, lift some weights and get some guts. Then you can do the trick for real.
No one catches on. They really think its on.
This really bugs me.
There was a really lame article in Juggle magazine about two years ago where the author claims that "an audience can't tell the difference between juggling five and juggling seven." Unless your audience is a) kids b) drunks or c) morons, they CAN tell the difference. People who can't juggle seven convince themselves that "no one can tell" as a way of self-consolation. "If no one can tell, why bother putting in years of practice?"
I can't juggle seven, and it's not a priority for me or my show... but who knows, maybe that will change one day. In the meantime, I have a lot of respect for the people who put in the years of practice to learn the skill. I would never disrespect other performers and insult the audience by saying "yeah well no one can tell." Listen to your audience... you'll be surprised what they know.
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p.s. The guy who wrote that "advice" tagged the article by admitting that he can't even juggle five.
He's here on this forum, and he knows who he is.
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