Mysterious Physics Ring

This physics illusion trick is relatively easy to perform, yet it's deceptive and eye-catching. You can be "The Lord of the Ring" and amaze onlookers by appearing to defy the force of gravity right in front of their eyes!  This instructable will explain and show specifically how to pull it off. 

Here's a short video that shows the illusion trick being performed:

Step 1 Materials

Only the following items are needed :

1)  A rubber band
2)  A ring (the heavier the better)
3)  Scissors

Comments

[Element Force]

SOOO that is very cooooooooooool !! best trick!!

[champion466]

AWESOME I tried this infront of my siblings and they were totally shocked they loved it !!!!!!

p.s I LOVE it too!

[greeenpro]

Great! Thank you for your comment.

[Pinky212]

Thanks for this cool "magic" trick. I'll be the coolest grandma on the block when I do this for my grandkids! Kudos to you for making me look good! LOL

[hjklkjh]

that is sooooooooooooooooo cool

[greeenpro]

Thanks for the feedback!! Try it out!

[JinjaNinja]

this is sooooooo wicked! its soo easy and quick 2 learn i love it!

[qwertymj]

thats a cool trick and it works too

[bent_paper_clip]

Nice yeaaaa

[The Magic Tricks Homepage]

Cool trick. Thanks. And I'll just add that is one of the cleanest presentations I've seen on video. Excellent!

[greeenpro]

Great. Thanks for your feedback!

[yoyo109]

fantastic, That was super daedal than clever but do you think that it can work on string and plastic wires than rubber bands

[bhaney]

WOW!!! SO sneaky! LOL

[egal]

thats great..thanks for sharing

[eNGame]

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[greeenpro]

Glad to hear that! Cheers.

[Jeannette311]

Very cool! I hope you don't get kicked out of the Magician's Alliance because of this. :(

[99igo]

hey greenpro how come you have 3 e's in your user name

[greeenpro]

At the time, I set that as my username because I like to make videos of optical illusions and the that's pretty much an optical illusion. Most people don't notice the third e in greeenpro. If you like optical illusions, I posted a whole bunch of homemade ones on YouTube. Here's the link to my channel if you want to check them out:

http://www.youtube.com/user/greeenpro2009

Talk to you later,
greeenpro

[99igo]

hey its true my sister said it looks like 4

[greeenpro]

Nice. I just looked at it and I thought it was 6!! haha

[99igo]

cool but you have to keep bringing one hand down

[greeenpro]

No, you shouldn't need to bring one hand down at all if done properly.

[99igo]

Oh yeahh i got it now thanks 4 da video

[inergy]

How did you find this out??
Pretty sweet though :D

[dachemist]

your just pulling the rubber band through your fingers. But it's a great trick! I'd fall for it if ya turned your hands around.

[greeenpro]

Right. It's that simple. If you follow the video and read the instructable, you'll notice that the "magician's" point of view is shown for a reason: to show you what it should look like from your angle if you are the one performing the trick for spectators :) Obviously you wouldn't want to have spectators view this from "your side". Thanks for watching.

[ericfrusy]

Wow, that sounds interesting! Thanks for the great video!

[greeenpro]

Give it a try! Thanks!

[HeyJD]

Nice... I saw this already on your youtube video(I'm a subscriber).

[greeenpro]

It's good to hear from you on this site. Thanks. I threw this link into the YouTube vid's description. I know the trick is simple, but there are a couple of important tips in the instructable that you can't get from the video. Thanks for watching and subbing!!

[stackerjack]

Very Clever.
Can't wait to have a go.

[greeenpro]

Reply back and post how it goes for you if you'd like to :)

[steve6221]

Nice quick trick to have around

[greeenpro]

Yeah, it's handy. Thanks for the feedback.

[turbotonic27]

so sutpid but so cool , and i was thinking htf is he doing it ?

[camscam]

That's what's great about magic tricks! They boggle the mind, yet are so simple when you know HOW.

[greeenpro]

True...some are easier than others though. This one is just plain simple and easy.

[gogutu]

Foarte frumos trucul cum ai reusit?

[greeenpro]

Wow...Romanian?

Mulcumesc!
*Thank you Google translate*