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Originally Posted by 67ragtp
Thats really cool Greg-how the heck does one become an internationally licensed pyro guy - amazing job. Mike Roe needs to do a feature on you, may not be a dirty job but certainly a cool one.
Rich
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I could tell ya -- but then I'd have to kill ya....
Mike Roe did a show on making shells... in a little tiny one man 'factory' - it was "interesting" but not how they're REALLY made... but close enough.
We call it "getting corn dogged" --- because of course in New York - or most places in the country other than the good old Pacific NorthWET - it's HOT on the 4th -- and prior - when you're doing this work. You tend to sweat a lot -- and the RUST and the spent burnt paper and the left over sand etc - all manage to stick to you... so you're like like a corn dog (a guy dipped in batter). It's sucks and tends to chafe you in places you don't want to be chaffed.
These BIG shows -- take a few days to build - before you can load the shells... lots and lots of "physicality" (LOL) in building this stuff. It's all heavy -- and there's no machinery except your back. Lug - tug - pitch - catch - push - lift - and then twist wire for a couple of days... oh -- and lots of hammering/nailing.... Angles to figure out... locations... it's a CRAPPY JOB! But the most fun a guy that is barely above an idiot (me) can do.
And I forgot to mention -- I'm also a "shooter".... so am 60 feet from the closest shells going off... and the 10's and 12's shake the whole barge -- and you get the lift charge going off before the detonation... it's WAY KOOL STUFF. Worth the effort it takes to build it and take it all apart on the 5th!
Putting it all back in the containers on the 5th! I'm the short idiot in the red.
The barge next to us --- showing the lift charge "fire".... EEEEEEEHHHHHHAAAAAAA
It has a sound like "kaaaa whooooophf"......
