My system is not decent

Chapter 732 Do Your Best

Ma Chengji was full of ambition and planned to do a big job, but at this time Chen Wenzhe was also thinking about doing a big job.

He has prepared for too long for the production of Jing Yunzhong.

Even the factory area on the other side of the development zone has prepared a foundry workshop, but unfortunately it has never been opened.

Well now, he warmed up first, repaired the three bronze wares, and then started casting Jingyun bells.

Of course, the previous small fights were also essential.

There is an escort car to escort, and the speed is still very fast.

So, at noon, Chen Wenzhe came to the new factory area.

Compared with the porcelain workshop, this side is much deserted.

Entering the factory area, several workers came over immediately.

This is the benefit of having a qualified professional manager. Li Jinli puts everything in front of him and does it well.

These workers are not young, they are all old foundry workers, they were hired by Li Jinli before.

There has been nothing to do before, and these workers are adapting to tools such as electric furnaces.

Now that the boss has come, these workers are all active.

For the workers, having nothing to do every day makes them feel uneasy, feeling that the job is unreliable, as if the factory is going to close down at any time.

Now that they have something to do, they are naturally happy.

After unloading the three bronze wares, Chen Wenzhe had time to observe the six workers around him after Xue Jianming's men withdrew.

Although these people are all in their [-]s or [-]s, they all look strong and strong, and they look like they were cast and powerful!
"Boss, what are we doing here?" The oldest one said first.

"First repair these bronzes, then open the furnace to cast a few bronze statues, and finally cast a big bell, these are not easy!"

Chen Wenzhe smiled and explained a few words, mainly to explain the future work clearly so that they would know what to do.

"Restore bronzes? Are these antiques? We won't do it!" another worker said.

"It's okay, just give me a hand."

Chen Wenzhe's gaze fell on a big copper cauldron in front of him.

This one is fairly well preserved except for one ear.

Knowing this in mind, Chen Wenzhe immediately directed the workers to work.

After a long period of preparation, a lot of raw materials have been prepared in the factory, and it is up to Chen Wenzhe to use which ones.

Now it is not difficult to mend an ear for the big copper cauldron.

First carefully remove the rust, then find a copper plate, cut it, and glue it with epoxy resin.

Finally, after priming and making old, the repaired parts and cultural relics are immediately restored to a natural effect.

The restoration of the bronze drum is also the same procedure, mainly for the sake of appearance, but not practical, so just copy the three-legged frog and paste it.

In this process, the rust must be removed first, then the gaps should be filled, the primer should be grounded, and finally the rust should be done.

The most difficult thing about bronze ware is to fill in the gaps. As for repairing the decoration, Chen Wenzhe has no difficulty.

Directing six workers to do something within their ability, it took half a month to do so.

During this period of time, with the help of six experienced hands, he repaired the bronze ware faster than expected.

It took only half a month, and the three bronze wares had basically been completely rejuvenated.

And what he wanted was nothing new, so he had to embroider them with red spots and green embroidery in the end.

It's been a long time since I got this unique skill, but it's really the first time for Chen Wenzhe to use it.

The next thing can't be rushed, so Chen Wenzhe began to prepare for the future plan, such as casting eighteen statues of Arhats.

This can be said to be a pleasant surprise, because he found that the six old workers Li Jinli hired really had some unique skills in their hands.

For example, sand foundry, there are many people in this meeting, but there are not many people who really want to do it well.

During these two weeks, Chen Wenzhe also learned about the situation of these workers.

They used to do all the foundry crafts, and they are all masters.

The foundry process is "sand casting".

That is to say, when casting an object, put the lower half of the mold on the flat plate first, put the sand box and fill the molding sand tightly and scrape it flat.

After the lower mold is made, turn the sand mold 180 degrees and place the upper half mold.

Sprinkle the parting agent, put the sand box, fill the molding sand and compact it, and scrape it flat.

Turn the upper sand box 180 degrees, take out the upper and lower molds respectively, then turn the upper mold 180 degrees and close the lower mold.

The sand mold is finished, waiting for pouring.

This set of crafts is commonly known as "sand foundry".

This is definitely a good craft, and it is not easy to do it well.

When making the sand mold of utensils, it is necessary to consider how to separate the upper and lower sand boxes so that the wooden mold can be taken out.

It is also necessary to consider where the molten iron flows in and how to fill the cavity in order to obtain high-quality castings.

After the sand mold is made, it can be poured, that is, copper and molten iron are poured into the cavity of the sand mold.

When pouring, the temperature of molten iron is 1250-1350 degrees, and the temperature is higher during smelting.

Then it has to go through the process of desanding, repairing, grinding, etc. before it can become a qualified casting.

This kind of craft can actually be used in casting Jingyun bells.

However, Chen Wenzhe would not do this. He would strictly follow the ancient casting process to make a copy of one piece, and it would depend on the situation in the end.

It is not useless to use this method to cast Jingyun bell now, because the sand casting process can perfectly cast bronze statues!

This kind of bronze statue was made in many domestic foundries in the 90s, and now many bronze statues of celebrities are made in this way.

In the 80s, Hanwu Precision Casting Factory used the combination of traditional casting technology and modern technology to cast replicas, imitations, bronze statues and metal cultural relics with exquisite skills and lifelike images in the process of developing new products and new technologies. crafts.

In 1983, this factory and the local Institute of Mechanical Technology copied the Chime Bell of Marquis Yi of Chu Zeng, and its craftsmanship reached a level of similarity in appearance and sound.

In 1985, the factory cast a bronze statue of Qu Yuan with a height of 3.9 meters and a weight of 3 tons.

In the same year, the Institute of Mechanical Technology cast a bronze statue of Wen Yiduo, which was 1.25 meters high and weighed 620 kilograms.

These crafts are just suitable for casting bronze statues of the Eighteen Arhats!

Where are the ready-made specimens, why doesn't Chen Wenzhe use them for reference?
Isn't the eighteen arhats that the school wants to be immortal?
Just use brass or copper to cast, and the bronze statues made in this way will not break for thousands of years, right?
After knowing the situation of the workers, Chen Wenzhe would naturally arrange for them to work.

The first must be to make wooden molds. Only with wooden molds can we use the foundry process.

Simple wooden models can be made by these six workers. They roughly make the model, and Chen Wenzhe does the final modification.

Although no matter how exquisite the wooden mold is, the cast bronze statue will not be too fine, but if the foundation is not good, no matter how fine the bronze statue is in the end, it will be a white tower.

So, from the very beginning, he did his best.

(End of this chapter)