What are the traditional Chinese mahogany process

Boundary wood

After the logs are transported back to the factory, the carpenters select the wood according to the target products, such as dining chair armrests, backboards and feet to choose the curved logs, furniture panels to choose the diameter of the logs, good grain, and then according to the demand for materials will be boundaries of the logs into different specifications, thickness of the plate to meet the length of the short and long with the comprehensive utilization of the wood, to reduce the waste, save the scarcity of mahogany resources.

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Drying

Drying is the basis for quality assurance of mahogany furniture. According to the thickness of the wood is divided into conventional drying and vacuum drying, the general thickness of the wood up to 4.5 centimeters (including) or more, the choice of vacuum drying. Conventional drying using boiler steam drying principle, vacuum drying using vacuum drying principle.

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Preparation

Preparation, that is, according to the product technical data or material table, the different specifications of the parts required for the preparation of raw materials. Material preparation follows a set of processes: material selection, color matching, scribing, cutting, counting and handing over to the next process. Among them, the selection of materials and scribing is the soul of this process, from long to short, from wide to narrow in order to take the material, and the different specifications of the material pieces are categorized and placed.

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Opening

Opening, that is, according to the technical information will be processed into the raw material in accordance with the standard shape and scale of the product parts. Different raw materials have corresponding process flow.

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Machining

Machining, i.e., sorting and processing of product parts into mortise and tenon, following the process of sawing, eyeleting, vertical milling, gonging and sanding. Recognize tenon is the last process, that is, the local test assembly, in order to ensure that the tenon and mortise interface is tight, the shape of the regular.

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Carving

Carving, i.e., purely hand-carved designs and patterns. After the embryo, repair light, open line, figure, open face of this process, the craftsmen's hands, from invisible to tangible, from dull to dynamic, as if staging a ghostly art legend.

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Installation

Installation, that is, assembly, the industry terminology is called "save work", that is, according to the wood grain and color of different wood species will be good tenon and mortise, chiseled good eye components for supporting the combination, and in accordance with the structure of the furniture assembly diagrams will be formally assembled all the components. Assembly process using mortise and tenon structure - the soul of mahogany furniture, close together, where the protruding place called "mortise and tenon", chiseled place called "dao".

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Second drying

Second drying, when the furniture (semi-finished products) moisture, moisture content is higher than 14%, it is necessary to carry out the second drying. General use of conventional drying kiln for the second drying, drying cycle of 6 days, so that the moisture content in line with national standards, less than 14%, in order to prevent the product fine explosion, discoloration and deformation. This process will increase the drying cost by about 25%.

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Scraping and grinding

Scraping and grinding, i.e., scraping and grinding two steps, the purpose is to add fineness to the place where carpentry is not made fine. Scraping force should be even ? Evenly, the surface should be scraped, and to scrape back and forth. Scraping and grinding with three different sizes of sandpaper, namely, 80 #, 120 # and 180 # sandpaper, in turn, from coarse (80 #) to fine (180 #) on the furniture, and to follow the direction of the wood fibers sanding, until the lines are smooth, smooth, smooth and comfortable to the touch.

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Fine grinding

Fine grinding is a special operation method in the finishing process. After repeated playing white body, scraping gray, playing gray (with 180 #, 240 # of sandpaper), sanding (with 320 #, 400 #, 600 # of sandpaper), fine grinding (with 1000 # of sandpaper), waxing this process, the furniture works not only become bright bright, good color, but also has a moth-proof waterproof moisture-proof effect.