Visit a Chinese firecracker factory. You can see how firecrackers are made today, from the ground up. See how paper firecracker fuse, visco, and quickmatch are all made. Then watch different techniques and machines making firecracker and larger fuses. Watch the fascinating parts where the tubes are bundled into "hexagons," then deftly cut in half with a big firecracker knife. Then see how the tubes are loaded, crimped, fused, strung, and packaged. Filmed, edited, and narrated by John Werner in factories near Liuyang, Hunan, China. Very high quality digital shooting and editing by John Werner. 40 minutes.
Chapter Index:
1. Firecrackers
2. Rolling Tubes
3. Forming Hexagons
4. Cutting Hexagons
5. Closing Tubes
6. Hand Rolling Tubes
7. Filling Tubes
8. Inserting Fuses
9. Braiding
10. Labeling Packs
11. Fuse Production
12. Mixing Powder
13. Grinding Powder
14. Drying Powder
15. Paper Fuse
16. Quickmatch
17. Visco Fuse
18. Lacquer Coating
19. Splitting Bamboo