Just say its been adapted to be used with a modern bulb...Ive shown mine to a load of people...the reason the wood is light is because (get this)
they used to be used as a planchette on a spirit board so it had to be lit...and the device would move around the board lighting up as well, when the spirit was at its strongest!!! yes please feel free to steal my genius plans
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I think to many people on here worry about the little things here and there...if your good a drawing in your audiece you could sell them on anything...It the performer that makes the item "real" not its aged look, its battery or anything else for tha matter....bring them into your world!!!