The next day, Zhang Junping showed Master Du and others what it means to be faster, not the fastest.
In one day, all the remaining three fence panels were carved.
Although two of the three fence panels combined are not as big as the other, the sparrow has all the internal organs despite its small size.
The small fence panels contain a lot of content, and because they are small, it makes the hollow carving even more difficult.
But none of this seemed to have any effect on Zhang Junping. He still moved the knife like flying, and the sound of the hammer hitting the chisel was crisp and clear.
Experienced people can judge the skill of a craftsman just by listening to the sound of the hammer hitting the chisel.
A craftsman like Zhang Junping who can make the sound of hammer hitting chisel rhythmic, what does this mean? It shows that he knows what he is doing, has a ruler in his eyes, and a measure in his hand.
You won't look forward or backward or hesitate when you go under the knife.
The kind that knocks once and stops to look, then knocks twice and then stops to look. Needless to say, this is an apprentice carpenter who has not yet started.
After carving the hollow patterns around the fence board, the work is not complete. There is also the inlaid silver pattern inside, which is not at all simpler than the hollow carving.
Suddenly, Zhang Junping did not rush to the furniture factory, but ran to the car repair shop and asked the car repairman for two flat spokes.
The flat spokes are used for processing silver-inlaid engraving knives.
Zhang Junping did not have a suitable grooved carving knife in his hand, and there were no ready-made carving knives in handicraft stores. They were either big or small, so he had to make a grooved carving knife by himself.
Zhang Junping has been busy processing carving knives all morning.
Grind the flat spokes into bevels, then sharpen them and press them onto wooden handles.
It sounds simple, but it is not so easy to do.
The flat spokes, which are only two to three millimeters in total, need to be beveled and sharpened. This is a slow job in itself. The tip of the knife cannot be sharp, and the knife head must be rounded.
After working all morning, I finally got the round-headed bevel carving knife that fits my hand.
In the afternoon, after lunch, Zhang Junping officially started making silver inlays.
There is no difficult skill in inlaying silver on mahogany wood. Many master carpenters can do it.
When designing patterns that are difficult to inlay with silver on mahogany, you must have relatively superb painting skills, so as to ensure that the designed silver-inlaid patterns are complex and not messy.
For example, Zhang Junping made the silver-inlaid pattern of flowers blooming and prospering. Many people have seen the flowers blooming and prospering using strokes. They are clusters of flowers, with several flowers together. The petals are layered on top of each flower, and the branches and leaves are set off below.
In short, the whole painting is very complicated. If one silver thread is messed up, the whole painting will be useless.
Mahogany inlaid with silver means using mahogany as paper, carving knife as pen, and silver thread as ink to draw exquisite pictures.
Prepare the carving knife, needle-nose pliers, small hammer, and wooden file.
Zhang Junping first de-fired the silver wire, that is, burning the silver wire with fire, and then waiting for it to cool down naturally.
The annealed silver wire will become pliable, and it will be flexible when inlaid, easy to manipulate, and not easy to break.
After doing all this, Zhang Junping began to draw graphics on the fence board with a pencil.
You don’t need to worry about the most troublesome part of graphic design. In the photo given by Jin Ye, you can clearly see the entire flower blooming and wealth graphic.
Zhang Junping only needs to copy the graphics on the photo to the fence board.
Therefore, it is very fast to sketch.
After the graphics are drawn, the grooves are made using a homemade bevel knife.
There are also some tips for grooving, that is, the grooving needs to be an inverted V-shaped groove that is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.
In this way, the inlaid silver wire will be strong and firm and will not break down for hundreds of years.
Unless the silver wire is buckled down using destructive means like this Moon Cave Door Canopy Bed.
Zhang Junping has also seen many silver inlay teaching videos in later generations, teaching how to groove and how to inlay. His evaluation of them is: He is half-hearted, and he comes out to embarrass himself.
It can be made according to their instructional video, but there is no inverted V-shaped groove, and the silver wire can easily fall off.
It took Zhang Junping a day and a half to complete the mahogany inlaid with silver flower blossom pattern.
Finally, assemble the new fence parts and the original parts.
At this point, the old redwood moon-hole door canopy bed has been completely restored.
The old mahogany moon-hole door frame bed, which has been repolished and waxed, exudes charming charm under the bright light.
For a moment, Zhang Junping didn't even want to hand over the old redwood moon-dong door canopy bed.
"Director Zhang, your skills are no worse than those of us old carpenters who have been working all our lives. I really don't know how you mastered your skills."
"Yes, I used to feel that my seventh girl was quite intelligent in this area, but it's a pity that she is a girl, otherwise she would have inherited the family's craftsmanship.
Now compared with Factory Director Zhang, my seventh girl is really far behind."
"The key is that Director Zhang is an all-rounder. Not only can he make furniture, but he can also repair furniture. He can also carve and inlay. In every type of craftsmanship, he is no worse than us old guys."
"Master Du, Master Zhao, Master Zheng, please stop praising me. If you continue to praise me like this, I will be really proud!" Zhang Junping said modestly, but his smile was extremely bright.
The entire restoration process of this old mahogany moon-hole door canopy bed was not done by anyone else. It was all repaired bit by bit by himself.
At this time, Zhang Junping felt particularly comfortable hearing the flattering words from Master Du and others.
That sense of accomplishment is overwhelming.
After accepting the praises from Master Du and others for a while, Zhang Junping jokingly interrupted the compliments of the senior masters, "Okay, let's stop here today, and you guys will continue to praise us tomorrow! Let's continue working today.
Bar!"
After flattering him for a while, Zhang Junping was really worried that he could not control himself and would not leave this canopy bed to Mr. Jin.
It’s the Hainan Huanghuali six-poster canopy bed I made earlier.
With great perseverance, I left the warehouse where the old redwood moon-dong door canopy bed was stored, went to another warehouse, and started to repair another canopy bed.
This canopy bed is the Hainan Huanghuali six-poster canopy bed that Zhang Junping planned to restore. The damage was more serious than the old mahogany moon-hole door canopy bed. Only six pillars were left, which were used to support the bed from falling.
The fence boards, eyebrow boards, and bed drawer boards all need to be replaced with new ones.
First, arrange for someone to select the usable ones from the 120 tons of old Hainan Huanghuali materials that you bought, cut out a few boards, and then process them into rough embryos for the canopy bed components.
Time always flies when you are focused on work.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the Hainan Huanghuali six-poster canopy bed was about to be repaired.
Lord Jin finally arrived belatedly.
"Master Jin, take a look, this canopy bed has been restored to your satisfaction." Zhang Junping led Master Jin to the warehouse and asked, pointing to the restored old redwood moon-hole door canopy bed.
In surprise, Mr. Jin threw himself down on the old mahogany moon cave door shelf bed, carefully caressed it, and said loudly, "Satisfied, so satisfied!"