The carpenter's job is "face work"

Before the 1990s, it was a great thing to learn carpentry in the rural areas of northern Jiangsu, because one of the three ways for rural youth to "enter the u

Before the 1990s, it was a great thing to learn carpentry in the rural areas of northern Jiangsu, because one of the three ways for rural youth to "enter the university, become a soldier and learn technology" at that time was a beautiful scenery-they had to worship the teacher, worship three times and knock nine times to learn technology; To learn art, you must suffer hardships, not only to study art diligently but also to help with your work; After the completion of the art, a banquet should be held to thank the teacher and inherit the art.

Woodworking was the "rice bowl job" and "craftsman job" of young men in our hometown, and it was also the "five major jobs" popular in society at that time-carpenter, bricklayer, painter, blacksmith and craftsman. In order to have a bowl of noodles to eat in the future, I insist on walking on two legs, concentrate on my studies at school, and concentrate on carpentry in winter and summer vacations. Woodworking is not an ordinary job. I can't do it without strength. There is a saying in this industry that "a scholar's bricklayer is a moving carpenter", mainly because there are many tools, such as saws, chisels, axes, rulers, planers, Mo Dou and gyroscopes, which can be described as tinkling. There is another sentence, which is one of the reasons why I learn carpentry. White-faced carpenters and black-faced bricklayers-bricklayers mostly work in the sun or cold wind, and carpenters can stay indoors or in the shade of trees.

There is a saying in the art circle: three years and four years, leaving the master is good for making money. After three years of "radish dry rice", I have learned well, have high understanding and are satisfied with my master. I can thank my teacher on another day and go it alone. Beginners learn rough work, such as cutting, sawing, pulling and chiseling. , that is, lay the line with Mo Dou first, then cut the convex along the line and level it, keep it straight by sawing and bending, take holes along the line, and then plan and level it finely to achieve refinement. Then learn to calculate, seven beams (beams for houses), square tables, dental stools, plush chairs, wardrobes, tobacco and fat tables, dowry boxes and so on. With labor, time and materials. The most brilliant thing is to learn to be a beam, which is to build a new house. The householders should choose an auspicious day to make beams, and their relatives and friends should choose steamed bread and cakes, and bring quilts, flowers, long blue and white flowers, pig heads, cocks, carp and fireworks to congratulate them. When the carpenter is lucky, he will take a bottle of wine, water the beam head, the beam tail and the middle for a while, with a greeting-wine.

Get to the point: the master leads the door and practices in the individual. Learn standard movements and practice basic skills with the master during the day. Go home to find wood to practice at night, because I know the truth that "a fist never leaves its hand, a song never leaves its mouth". I started with a small bench without consumables. It can be said that it is easy to see things, but difficult to do them. Once you start, it's really hard. The bench is easy to get a face, but the legs are not easy to live, because it has horns-eight eyes and eight forks, each angle is different, and you want to give up halfway through the work. My father saw the anxiety in his heart, but he told me calmly that everything was urgent. He panicked when he was in a hurry. He was wrong. I am very patient. It took me a week to finish the work of sawing, riveting, chiseling, chamfering, leg leveling and smoothing, and finally I finished a small stool that I love. It has been 365,438+0 years, and I still stay in my hometown, but it has become the mark of my pursuit of a way out-more oil does not rot vegetables, and more skills do not overwhelm me.