How to make traditional mahogany boxes

How to make traditional mahogany boxes

The production process of mahogany classical furniture is: selecting materials, blanking, tenoning, planing, soaking in water, polishing, braking, polishing, inspection and polishing, and oiling. The first working procedure of oil workers is still water milling, that is, every part of furniture should be polished with water.

Methods: Wet the wet parts with water cloth, and polish the protrusions and depressions of the lines in all directions with corresponding tools such as pound plane, horse tooth file and scraper.

So, why brush and polish furniture parts?

First of all, conform to the wood, temper the wood, and let the wood get full play. The part scraped by brushing water is smoother and more delicate, like delicate skin. After that, oxidation can be consistent and rapid, and furniture patina can be formed quickly and thickly.

Secondly, the furniture surface will not leave any defects. When scraping, the water marks are all sunken, unsmooth or stubble. Therefore, this requires workers to polish all surfaces of every part of the furniture until there is no stubble; The whole piece of furniture can't have stiff edges and corners-chamfering; Every line should be smooth, smooth and full. Don't grind it out of shape. Round is round, and flat is flat. Only when such furniture is made can it be smooth and consistent inside and outside. "Jade cannot be carved, and furniture cannot be carved."

Furniture that has been polished with water is very eye-catching, so water it for the last time before waxing it. It can be seen that meticulous work has laid a good foundation for furniture waxing technology.