Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Mirrored Balls #10


8 comments:

Dennis said...

Jorge Barreda under a real tent in Baraboo.

Chic Silber said...


This is Jorge Barreda who is

married to Lou Ann Jacobs

I think this is in Baraboo

(I didn't build this ball)

Wade G. Burck said...

I watched George practice this act many times, under his father's(the great Jose) tutelage at Clyde Bros. winter quarters in Edmond, but never saw it live. It has just now dawned on me, where is the motor that operated the ball?

Wade Burck

Chic Silber said...


I didn't build this ball & never

saw it Wade but most likely it

was internally motorized with

plenty of room to mount a unit

on a central pipe column which

allows the cord an exit point

I've built many different size

balls with internal motors

Wade G. Burck said...

Chic,

Thank you. If internally mounted, how do you repair the motor should it fail(and it will fail at some point.) Does it have to be electrically run, or can it be run "remotely" if it is internally run? Herta used a "pyramid" shaped mirrored object for the first riding white tiger that had ran by a battery remotely from outside the cage, rolling on locking caster wheels. It worked fine for the most part, but being it has slopped side's threw fire in a about a 4 foot circle around it as it turned. Not too effective. I used it for a year after Herta retired and used one of the "Charly balls" for two year's with GGW's act. My opinion an electric cord is not the way to go, and Hawthorn's operated much better, also not as spectacular. Could you make a pedestal top revolve, just the top with the legs stationary with some type of hidden internal operating motor? Remote controlled? I have been thinking of something for the current tiger act I am building. Hawthorns was a garage door opening remote control and motor.

Wade Burck

Chic Silber said...


Every internally motorized ball I've built

could be repaired without any destruction

In this day & age Wade anything is possible

Battery technology is advancing zoom fast

You're asking this old world wizard more

than I'll share with the whole new world

but I will answer you privately by E mail

Both Tesla & Porsche have built full size

cars that can accelerate to 60 MPH in few

seconds that are battery powered (WOW)

We can certainly turn some silly circus

prop with the chunkiest cat perched on it

with a remotable internal battery supply

Keep in mind that friction ain't our friend

Chic Silber said...


Hi Wade I tried to send a lengthy

E mail message to you but it came

back with the following message

Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipient

To: "Wade Burck"

Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address

Do you have a changed E address or is it China

Chic Silber said...


I just tried another "just test" E mail

that also bounced back Wade

Are you no longer on an AOL server