How to make peach wood sword by yourself

(1) Selection of mahogany wood

Generally, we will choose coiled mahogany wood as the raw material. Peach wood has a good texture, fewer scars, to make smooth and clean peach wood crafts, the age of the tree is required to be between 15-20 years old, and the wetter the wood, the better, because wet peach wood is not easy to dry crack.

(2) sawing

The thickness of the mahogany board depends on the craft. First use the saw to remove the branches and cracked parts, and then saw the wood into 20-centimeter segments, curved trunks will be sawed from the bend, take the middle straight part. The boards must be straight to ensure accurate processing. Sawed boards are left aside for later use.

(3) soaking

The boards should be soaked in water after sawing. When soaking, the height of the water as long as the plank does not exceed. Soak 15-20 days.

(4) boiling

In order to prevent the board from cracking, the board should be boiled in boiling water after soaking. The water should not go over the planks and a few large stones should be pressed on the planks so that they will not float up.

(5) drying

First in the drying box placed in the boiled planks, planks and planks to leave a one-centimeter gap between them, so that the heat is evenly distributed. Turn on the power switch, set the temperature, the fire in the oven next to the drying box to gradually warm up. Bake for about 15 days, keep the high temperature for about 8 days, and then decreasing day by day.