Using e-match on Consumer cake

[Pyro Nation]

This year I am using Ematch in the July show since I can get it now.

Was going to replace fuse in the cake with ematch for a better presentation and instant cake.

Problem is I cant seem to find a tool to work with making the whole decent to get the ematch in with shroud.

Any ideas?

[indianahx]

Get an awl....almost looks like an ice pick....just go into lowes or whatever and ask someone if you can't find it

[PyroJoeNEPA]

Non sparking metal tool is the safety key here. I use an aluminum roof gutter nail-they are about 6" long & 3/16" thick. Home Depot. Lowes, Ace Hardware--anywhere. You can easily make a sharper point on it with a bench grinder or file & can even buy a file handle for a buck or so & have your own custom tool. Works great for getting into quickmatch also.

[fireworksman74]

or just cut the factory fuse short and put quick match on it and put the squib into the QM the other ways are good ways but they are askin for a missfire but they will mostly work well

[Pyro Nation]

Thanks for the suggestions...

[Pyro Nation]

Im going with using the ematch to visco port. Cutting the fuse to about 1/2 " and adding the port to it and then the ematch. Will see how it goes.

[PyroJoeNEPA]

That should work fine for you. Since you have your 54 license it doesn't matter, but putting the ematch directly into the cake is considered a "modification" & changes the cake from a 1.4 to a 1.3 product. The only advantage to going directly into the cake [or individual tubes from a mine or comet cake] would be precise timing cues for a pyromusical. Let us know how it works out.

[blown2bits]

here is a link to a video on youtube I found awhile back. everything you need to know.


http://www.youtube.com/user/Catfish25p2000#p/u/22/Nf1f8DWVMT4

[fireworksman74]

Well I wish you the best true once you open the cake and change the fuse orr change its timing it becomes a 1.3 cake however you also need a manufacturer license as well