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- From: "steve bass" <steve.bass@execnet.com>
- Newsgroups: alt.magic
- Subject: two recent tv magic bits.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.364.1238@execnet>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 04:35:56 EST
- Reply-To: "steve bass" <steve.bass@execnet.com>
- Distribution: alt
- Organization: Executive Networks Information
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- MAA>>Tyvek will rip, but only if there is a flaw or an existing cut in the
- >>material. I have used this material for ages as test material for
- >>kites. It is widely used in prototyping kites because it is cheap,
- >>lightweight, and very sturdy. It can be glued, taped, drawn on, etc.
- >>Basically, anything you can do with paper, you can do with
- >>tyvek..... It is actually a plastic substance though, and not made
- >>from wood fibers. I have never actually tryed to heat seal tyvek. I
- >>will check some books I have, and post the answer to that.
-
- In fact, back in 1962 or so, Lou Tannen tried to use Tyvek in a
- "do-as-I-do" but it never sold. Turns out a small cut -- he probably
- used a razor blade -- will allow you to tear it will the audience's
- piece, well, you get the idea.
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