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Posted: 23-06-2009 07:57 Post subject:

Yay for b3ta. Wink

Posted: 24-06-2011 13:15 Post subject:

Just thought I would bump this as there is another topic in General perhaps a merge is in order?

Posted: 31-10-2011 15:45 Post subject: Ouija Boards

I have a Ouija Board/table made from an old oak tree stump, carbon dated to the late 1700s (from 1770 to 1800) which I purchased at a "witches fair" in Lancashire, it is carved and varnished with letters A-Z and numbers 1-0, the "table" was slightly damaged with a split and in restoring the "table" it had to be split and repositioned, inside was a small A5 sized book "backed" with "animal" skin which turned out to be human, the contents of which are undecypherable with text and graphical representations of local plants, so in respect to Parker Bros and Wadingtons they were not the first to produce Ouija boards but maybe they were the first to commercialise the sale of them at least.

Posted: 31-10-2011 16:04 Post subject: Re: Ouija Boards

Posted: 31-10-2011 16:14 Post subject:

The table is being exhibited at a Witch Museum in the shadow of Pendle hill a few miles away from where I live, but I do have some reference pictures and authentisity papers store somewhere (lol)

Posted: 20-01-2012 17:24 Post subject:

I've bumped this thread up, so that Waymarker can enjoy it! My contribution was back on page 10 -down graded to "Anonymous"! (I was "MsT" in those days.)

Posted: 03-08-2012 01:25 Post subject:

I will not mess with Ouija boards ever again, but recently a friend of mine has asked me if I could laser cut one into a slab of white oak.

He wants it to be circular, but apart from that, he doesn't really know what sort of style and/or design he'd like.

Any thoughts? Has anyone made a board before? Is there anything I should/should not do? Anything I should keep in mind while designing and cutting it?

Advice is appreciated.

Posted: 07-08-2012 08:35 Post subject:

Posted: 07-08-2012 08:48 Post subject:

And this is why I post things like this...I hadn't asked/he didn't tell me. Very Happy

I did mention that our laser cutters are limited to about 2'x1', but now I can ask him more specifically about the size.

Thanks!

Other thoughts?

Posted: 10-09-2012 11:14 Post subject:

Posted: 10-09-2012 15:42 Post subject:

An example of a currently-marketed circular Ouija board can be viewed at:

http://witchboards.stores.yahoo.net/trsecichobo.html

Maybe that will stimulate some ideas ...

Posted: 10-09-2012 15:48 Post subject:

Another format for a circular Ouija board is illustrated here:

http://matrixworldhr.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/moderan-oblik-okrugle-ouija-ploc48de.jpg

The parent site is:

http://matrixworldhr.wordpress.com

I don't know offhand where this site is or which language it's in ...

Posted: 10-09-2012 18:36 Post subject:

I'm half-surprised you can't get internet ouija boards, I don't mean ones you can order over the internet, but ones which actually use the technology for freaking people out - er, I mean, communing with spirits. A ouija app!

Posted: 10-09-2012 18:46 Post subject:

http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/ouija/

There are lots of others! A great favourite with schoolkids but the underlying scripts are not so subtle. If you ask, say, Pickle or Chutney? It will answer by spelling out one or the other. Other formulations may get a Yes, No or Maybe. Sad

Posted: 10-09-2012 18:48 Post subject:

And I thought I was so original! Curses, another marketing opportunity gone...