WOODEN MATCHES | How It's Made

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[claudioestevez]

You know there was a meeting in the editing department to discuss if they should keep the iron shot. Whomever decided to keep it is a genius and deserves a raise. That shot is the most memorable piece of artistic expression I've ever seen in a 'How it's Made' video.

[memori]

I love how it's like, 400 years later and we got it streamlined. Cuts to machines flinging matches everywhere and a literal clothing iron.

[thewildrunners]

0:35 i just love how its a legit hot iron

[whitemyrrh]

That Iron just strapped in, 10/10 bodge

[SomeInterestingName]

This is easily the most chaotic episode of How It's Made I've seen.

[romusz]

"The machine is calibrated to fill each box with a set amount of matches and reject the extra ones"

*LOOSE MATCHES RANDOMLY FLINGING ALL OVER THE PLACE*

[Pro_Vs_Con]

0:36 Yes... That's an iron alright...

[nejihyuuga.]

1:13 I know the feeling left out by that box on the bottom left

[Fisherdanpro]

Now, how do they make the machines that make the matches

[じゅげむ-sb]

0:38 when you can't build an ironing machine
*SO YOU USED AN ACTUAL IRON*

[blckmesa]

This is the story of the hot iron that wanted to be a factory machine.

[jharris]

I'm always in awe of the machines that are used but when I saw 0:39 it put a big smile on my face.😎😅

[TomatoGatcha]

Almost every step there were matches flying everywhere. Makes me think one of them could light from enough friction or getting stuck in the wrong area

[claudioestevez]

I owe a clothing iron, which means this is the closest I've been to being able to mass produce anything from this show.

[abdulbasithazeem]

Imagine that a match sparks by accident during packaging...

[NeonEnigmaJC]

So powerful and advanced machinery at its finest quality

And then you have this 😂
0:35

[lucaskensil]

Never thought I would be up at 4 am being the first view on a how it’s made video, but here I am

[childofcascadia]

Watching this, all I can think of is "phossy jaw". Long story short, back in the late 1800 and early 1900s, match factory workers got this thing called phossy jaw. Where the white phosphorous used in the matches at the time (the kind we use now is less toxic) and no safety gear basically caused the workers lower jawbones to turn the consistancy of cheese and become full of pus n rot. Their teeth fell out, their mouths and cheeks became full of holes and their lower jaws literally rotted off their heads. Also, the really badly affected peoples jawbone glowed slightly greenish in the dark (no joke). It also caused brain damage. Look it up for more info.
Isnt information fun?

[johnaquino]

02:45 - AW - I was actually looking forward to how they made the wood splints. A shame they skipped that part. :-D

[krrubby]

Imagine how many “This is a no smoking area” signs there must be in that factory