Fireworks Making Machines

Some clips that I cobbled together from a fireworks making machine trade show in Liuyang, China.

To see a few more clips of the shell pasting machine (the one toward the end), watch this video ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UgVHU7_yk4

Category:

Education

Tags:

• fireworks
• machine
• making
• tube
• shell
• pasting
• snap
• firecracker

[alanator25]

Great video Tasick! You hear they make these alot by hand but you never see a good video of the machines. That snap-and-pop machine is awesome. The shell pasting machine looks like it would produce a more even break than the wasp. I guess the weak spots on the top and bottom the machine doesn't get don't matter much.

[TasickMedia]

@alanator25 Thanks! Fewer and fewer factories are making things by hand due to the rising cost of labor (it's changing REALLY fast over there). The WASP does a good job for what it is (a small batch/hobbyist machine), it's just not geared toward high speed/volume production ... wasn't designed in the mass production environment of China.

[colspyro]

thanks for the great video, it provides a lot of insight as to how the machines work. The shell pasting machines are pretty ingenius. I don`t know how the water manages to stay in the tape wetting station on the first one though ;)

[TasickMedia]

@colspyro Thanks for the complement! The tape is actually just plain paper and the hopper is filled with a thick white glue that won't run out as the machine is in motion. Another viewer asked for a little more video of the large pasting machine so I uploaded another video which shows off a few more details, including how the tape is loaded into the glue hopper. I'll link it in the description.

[NewBenne]

how long do u ahve to go in china to find firecrackers? xD

[TasickMedia]

@NewBenne No time at all! Just go over there, find a factory and tell them you want firecrackers. Not all factories make firecrackers but it's a small community so if one factory does not, they will know someone who will.

[adamrosas27]

1:12 dosnt look right

[lemonlimelukey]

COOL VIDEO :D

[pyrowerks]

i want this in my garage :)

[stigmatic79]

Pretty soon they wont need to pay Asians 3 cents an hour to hand make them anymore...

[noahniessen]

wwooooowwwww