There are two purposes for wearing hemp and hanging ash in traditional craftsmanship. In addition to anti-corrosion, the other is the main purpose of it is to conceal the defects of the wood itself.

In old furniture, we basically make ash with hemp and ash. Wealthy families and wealthy families make ash with hemp and ash for anti-corrosion. They are generally mainly made ash with hemp and ash on the back and the shade.

In ordinary people's homes, because the wood used for furniture is cork. In order to make the surface of the furniture look shiny and hard, the whole body of the furniture will be covered with hemp and hang ash.

Also, the pillars in the courtyard corridors of wealthy families and nobles of the palace were all covered with hemp and ashes.

The purpose is to conceal the defects of the wood itself.

In the past, the columns in wealthy courtyards used whole wood, and there were inevitably some incomplete knots, scars and other incompletes, which affected the beauty of the columns.

The hardworking and wise carpenter seniors invented the incompleteness of the knots and scars on the surface of the gallery columns.

In fact, wearing hemp and hanging ash means wrapping a layer or several layers of linen on the surface of furniture or gallery columns, then applying lime, and then polishing it after the lime is dry, polishing it and painting it.

The first thing to do was to hang ash was wood ash instead of ripe lime. Later, the carpenter used ripe lime.

After explaining what it is to wear hemp and hang ash, Zhang Junping continued: "In addition to these workshops, I am also planning to set up a carving workshop!

This carving workshop is mainly responsible for pattern carving on the surface of the furniture, as well as carving some wooden ornaments!”

"Manager Huzi, can anyone enter this carving workshop?" A carpenter in the Dong family raised his hand and asked.

When you hear it, you will know that it is better than other workshops and is a fine work.

Although our cultural level is not high, it does not prevent us from distinguishing between good and bad.

Almost everyone, when they heard about setting up a carving workshop, were immediately moved and wanted to transfer it to the carving workshop.

"In principle, everyone is voluntarily registering. If you want to go to the workshop, you can contact my uncle to register later!

But what about it!

The carving workshop needs to be assessed, and no matter whether you are a carpenter or a carpenter apprentice, you will become an apprentice when you arrive in the carving workshop!

Learning carving requires a lot of material, so the apprenticeship period of the carving workshop is one to two years, and there is no salary in this to two years!

Even if you go in, it doesn’t mean you can stay. You have to conduct an assessment every once in a while. Those who fail the assessment will leave the carving workshop!

Of course, once your carving level meets my requirements, the salary is also the highest in all workshops!"

When I entered the carving workshop, although the salary was the highest, I had no salary for one or two years. In an instant, everyone's passionate hearts cooled down a lot. After all, the people pay attention to money and put them in peace.

Those who have been married and have children at home will no longer consider entering the carving workshop.

"Hu Zi, what about other workshops? Or is it based on the previous salary?" This is the question they are most concerned about.

"Except for the carving workshop, other workshops, your salary will not change for the time being!

However, after you are familiar with the work process, you will change to the basic salary plus piece-based salary model!

If you do more work, your salary will naturally be higher than before!" Zhang Junping explained with a smile.

Many people think that the piece-based wage model was invented by private enterprises later. In fact, state-owned factories in the 1970s and 1980s had already begun to implement a dual-regulatory wage model of basic wage plus piece-based wages.

Many state-owned factories will have production tasks. If you complete production tasks, you can get full salary. The amount of tasks completed outside of basic production tasks will be included in the bonus. For each additional item you complete, there are clear regulations on how much the reward will be given.

The br County Instrument Factory and each workshop work overtime, working in black and white shifts. The more you work within eight hours, the more you get a salary and bonus.

However, with the reform and opening up, and the planned economy has transformed into the market economy, many state-owned factories have not been able to change their business philosophy, and their own orders have decreased, so that workers have not enough basic production tasks, let alone any additional tasks.

In the Br County Gear Factory, the workers have no work to do, let alone the reward for over-completion of production tasks.

"This is good! We are not afraid of not giving thanks to our efforts, but we are afraid of having no work to do and making money!" Zhang Junfeng smiled and said what everyone was thinking.

The people are never afraid of working hard, just fear of not being able to make money with their efforts.

"Haha! Third brother, just don't say you're tired in the future!

Before the New Year, everyone’s task was to learn and practice craftsmanship!

When the wood is purchased, we will do a big fight after the New Year!

Then, work overtime at night, don’t complain about being tired!" Zhang Junping laughed.

"Huzi, we don't have sleepers given by the county. I looked at them. Although these sleepers looked old on the surface and were even a little rotten, the core was still fine!

There is no problem with making furniture!"

“Well, I know!

Otherwise, I wouldn't have wanted these sleepers, right?" Zhang Junping nodded with a smile.

"However, this time, the instrument factory guesthouse order was asked to use walnut wood!

There is a saying that if you don’t rely on your work, you will be useless even if you are exhausted!

So, you can only use walnut, there is nothing to say about this!

However, when I look back, I will draw a few furniture drawings, you can use them to practice your hands!"

"What kind of furniture?" Zhang Xiansheng said curiously.

"I call it new Chinese furniture! A kind of furniture that is dressed in European and American leather and Chinese heart!"

"European and American skin, Chinese heart? What does it mean?" Zhang Junfeng asked in confusion.

The others were also confused and didn't understand what Zhang Junping meant.

"That is, from the outside, it looks like European furniture, but the structure inside is all our traditional furniture craftsmanship!"

"What is traditional furniture craft? Is it the craft we used to make furniture?"

"Strictly speaking, not!" Zhang Junping shook his head, "We used to sit on the sofa, make cabinets, and make beds, which should be considered a new technology developed in the late Republic of China!

A combination of traditional mortise and tenon structures and European and American furniture making technology!”

During the Republic of China period, China was influenced by foreign countries and the furniture production process also changed a bit.

Although the existence of mortise and tenon structures can be seen in the furniture production process, they are all very simple flat-head tenons, straight tenons, clamp tenons, and more of them are made of iron nails, He Ye and other iron tools.

Zhang Junping has never opposed innovation. If any craft or craft wants to develop for a long time and survive, he must keep pace with the times, innovate continuously, and absorb new nutrients.

However, Zhang Junping despised this kind of furniture making process that is not like the four-dimensional one.

Because it is not an innovation, it is just that in order to save trouble, to be lazy, and even because they are not good at learning skills, some processes and some structures cannot be completed by mortise and tenon structures, so they simply smash a few nails into it.

This saves labor, labor and money, so people are rushing to imitate and learn.

Previously, furniture factories were also using this kind of four-dimensional process to produce furniture.
Chapter completed!