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[Richard H]

Gentlemen,

http://www.art-ichiy...cess/index.html

Perhaps the best video footage I have seen of Japanese shells being manufactured, with almost the entire process documented from weighing, screening, star rolling, drying, shell assembly, and finally firing!

The last link on the page is one large clip of the lot. For any dial-up peasants amongst us, you can download each segment seperately.

[karlfoxman]

Already seen it, very very interesting. I am gonna sit down with wine and watch it! No seriously it is the best footage i have seen too, i notice the seperating paper is wet and not the contents

[chris17]

Thanks for sharing, Richard!

[sasman]

Anyone know what that black liquid is that they use in the star roller..??

[PYRODUDE!!!]

Wow that's pretty long, I've actually learnt something too.

[karlfoxman]

Anyone know what that black liquid is that they use in the star roller..??

I looked at that too and i really want to know what it is, it could be a prime layer or barrier i guess?

[Jerronimo]

Anyone know what that black liquid is that they use in the star roller..??

It's called ''toro'' or ''torro'' if I'm not mistaking, it's basically star composition with a rice starch binder and water.
The japanese use it to wet the stars in the roller instead of the more common method of misting the stars with a spraybottle.
It's however tricky, the torro must be the exact right viscosity for it to work well.

See shimizu f.a.s.t. for a more detailed description.

Edited by Jerronimo, 19 February 2006 - 08:59 PM.

[Richard H]

Barry Bush's comprehensive chapter in Hardt also covers this technique in some detail.

[fishy1]

man, that's a great video.

i think chems just look better when you have them in paper bags like they did.

[Karl]

Man, wouldn't you love to have that much chemicals in your store!

Very interesting video there, Richard! Thanks for sharing it.

[Damp Squib]

cool video I was suprised to see a labrador running in between the 5 inch mortars,I wonder if theres a few burried at the end of the garden poor pooch didnt have any dust protection either

[maximusg]

Very interesting man. Cheers for the link!

[Pretty green flames]

Oi, i can't see the link, anyone care to copy paste is here.

[Amleth]

Ooh, interesting!

Hrm, now do I hammer the fast work link grabbing this now (and hope nobody managerial notices), or wait 'til I get home...?

Decisions, decisions...

[skipjack]

what puzzled me was, that the lady who loaded the hemispheres just dumped a bunch of stars into the hemi and put the burst right on top without aligning the stars inside the hemi.
i wonder if those shells still have a nice, symmetrical break.