pasture leisure

Chapter 451
A large photo was printed out, and Zhang Chi felt that he had to hang it on the wall of his study.

"Do you have a picture frame?"

If you want to hang this thing, you must have a photo frame. There are not many Zhang Chi, and even if you have it, it is a small size. You can’t get such a big photo, so you can only ask your wife.

Melika shook her head: "I don't have one there either, you can make one yourself."

Sun Yanping was shocked and said, "Is this thing still made?"

Melika said with a smile: "There's nothing wrong with this. There are so many tools in the tool room, making a photo frame is very simple."

For Sun Yanping, these things are just a matter of driving a car and walking down the street, so he would never think of doing it by himself.It’s different here. Generally speaking, many people’s photo frames are made by themselves, and the materials are simple, nothing more than wood and glass, both of which are not lacking in the ranch.

This may also be similar to the fact that Americans generally have a large home, and everyone will store a little stuff. In addition, as long as it is a large single-family house, most people have a tool room.

"Then I'll make one, do you want it?"

Seeing Melica shaking her head, Zhang Chi turned to his sister and brother-in-law.

Sun Yanping smiled and said, "I don't need it. I just bring my camera home. In fact, I don't need to bring my camera to send emails. Forget it, I'll take a look with you."

Sun Yanping thought that there was nothing to do now, so he wanted to go and see with his brother-in-law.

Zhang Juan said: "Aren't you going to fix the photo? My uncle and auntie are going back soon, so you can't make another trip then, can you?"

Sun Yanping said: "Let Da Chi have time to send it over. Just in time, I will make a few more photo frames. When the time comes, I will send the photos to my uncle and aunt."

Zhang Chi nodded, and went downstairs with his brother-in-law to the tool room. Zhang Chi started looking for materials, while Sun Yanping looked around.

The materials are easy to find, and there are a lot of wood here. Zhang Chi found two square logs about two meters long. The red wood grain looks very beautiful. This is a local red pine. The wood itself also has a faint pine scent.

This pine scent is not like ordinary pine wood, which smells a bit pungent. The aroma of this pine wood is relatively light, seemingly absent, and has a refreshing effect.

This thing is quite cheap here. Because of the large output, it is generally used to set up a table or the like outdoors.

After finding the material, Zhang Chi went directly to the table saw, picked up the pen and began to draw lines on the wood. The photo frame must not be made of square material. It is so thick that the square material has to be cut. Zhang Chi only needs to be about one centimeter thick That's it.

After measuring the ruler and drawing the line, Zhang Chi put on the goggles and gloves on his hands, and turned on the power switch of the table saw.

As Zhang Chi pushed the wood into the work area of ​​the table saw, the rustling sound of the saw wheel and the material immediately sounded.

The work was very simple and did not take much time. In Zhang Chi's hands, the two pieces of wood turned into three thin wooden strips with a thickness of one centimeter.

After adjusting the table saw, Zhang Chi divided the two thin wooden strips into two again, then put the separated wooden strips together, drilled small holes on the side of the wooden strips, and pinned the wooden strips. It became a whole board.

Glue the wooden boards together and put them aside. Next, Zhang Chi started to process the photo frame. The outside of the photo frame is straight, and there are two small steps on the inside. The outermost small step is the size of the photo, and the innermost is left Place the organic transparent board.

It is also easy to open the small steps. There is a special angle cutting machine. After adjusting the position and pasting the wooden strips, the two small steps are easily cut.

During the whole process, Sun Yanping watched from the side, muttering unceasingly while watching.

"No wonder you said it was very simple. You have everything here. I think you have more carpentry tools than our county town. There are four table saws, large and small, and two vices. If you don't say If you come in suddenly, others will think you have arrived at the wood factory," Sun Yanping said.

Zhang Chi said with a smile: "This thing is really not a sling on my side. Many things in the ranch have to be made by myself. If you buy ready-made ones, the price is quite high. You also know that the artificial labor in the United States is terrible. You can't do it yourself. What do you do? You’re about to break a tire on the road, and you want to find someone to change it for you, and the money you spend is almost enough to buy you a new tire.”

"There's no need to be so exaggerated, right?"

Sun Yanping stretched out his hand to fiddle with the vise stand next to it. This thing is quite heavy. The entire table looks like it is made of iron plates. The table is about three square meters. Two vises are installed on a diagonal line. The rotary lever on the tongs was rattled by Sun Yanping.

"No, you haven't seen anything more exaggerated. When I have time, I will take you to Ricardo's tool room. They even have small door cranes, and there are no small auto repair shops in China. The equipment is ready," Zhang Chi said while drawing a diagonal line on the material with a pen.

Once the thread is finished, go straight to the saw, and immediately the edges of the photo frames of different sizes and lengths will come out.

The sides of the photo frame that come out cannot be fitted together at this time, and the strips of the same photo frame must be riveted out with a slotting machine. Just stuck together.

It's not finished when it's completely stuck together, you have to add a wooden pin to it, and then use a sander to smooth the entire surface.

From thick to fine, after two sandings, the beautiful wood grain effect will come out. Finally, plant varnish, or use a red iron to write a line on the front of the photo frame before varnishing, or draw something small. things for decoration.

Install the cut organic board, the back board, and install a small bracket, so that a photo frame is ready. Of course, the photo frame is not usable now, and it will not be completed until the varnish on the outside is dry.

The photo frame is finished, not only is it finished, the simple photo frame sold in the market is definitely not comparable to Zhang Chi's craftsmanship.

From the beginning to the end, Sun Yanping's eyes were full of envy: "When I get rich, I will definitely have such a tool room at home when I build a villa. If nothing else, even if a friend comes over, I will take it out and put a coin in it." It’s also good. Today can be regarded as being pretended by you once!”

Zhang Chi was quite speechless, ignoring his brother-in-law at all, and immersed himself in painting all the photo frames with varnish.

Sun Yanping watched his brother-in-law paint, so he opened his mouth and asked: "Do you have any better materials here, not pine wood, more high-end and more expensive."

"What are you doing?" Zhang Chi asked curiously.

Sun Yanping said: "I want to make a jewelry box for your sister, the kind that is so big, with a few small drawers...".

Sun Yanping said while gesturing.

"Just buy this game directly," Zhang Chi said.

Zhang Chi knows this. Now the so-called white-collar women are all buying bags. Carrying a small bag worth tens of thousands, they feel that their temperament has been sublimated, and the men in their company are no longer worthy of him.

But those who are a bit pursuing, or more particular, seem to be more cultured, like this kind of craft jewelry box, from materials to accessories to carving, and finally to design, anyway, they can reflect their own taste and extraordinary .

Not Melika, she doesn't like these things.

But Zhang Chi has seen it, who has it seen?It belonged to Melika's cousin Jennifer, and it was considered an accessory on the car. It was the first time Zhang Chi knew that one accessory could be exchanged for more than ten cars.

But Jennifer used antiques.

"It's too expensive. Your sister thinks that people want it. Generally, the workmanship is rough, and the craftsmanship is expensive. The sea yellow material is extremely expensive...Look what good material is here. I will pay for it, but I will pay for it." Don’t be too expensive, I can’t afford it if it’s too expensive, I can accept the material cost of 4000 yuan if the quality is good,” Sun Yanping said.

Zhang Chi laughed and joked after hearing this: "Three or four thousand is just the cost of the box, brother-in-law, okay, finally paid the money?"

Sun Yanping said: "Your sister has never used any good things with me. Before she is born, I will give this thing as a gift to make her happy."

Zhang Chi said: "Yes, yes, the most expensive material here is black walnut. There is also snake mulberry on the black walnut, which is also called snake grain wood. It is almost as important as our red sandalwood."

Speaking of this, Zhang Chi thought for a while: "Forget it, you pay a few thousand yuan, and I will pay the rest. Let's use snakewood as a material."

What my sister wants, Zhang Chi feels that he is not what he used to be, and he is not a person who picks and searches, so he just makes a jewelry box for the whole snake wood material, and the material can be thicker , In this case, if you get it in China, you can also ask a skilled master to process it, make a sculpture or something.

Well, one for my sister, and one for my daughter-in-law.

Zhang Chi thought again, I have my sister and daughter-in-law, so should I have one?My mother wants one, so does grandma want one?
Which ones are your relatives, who will give it to whom, you can't think about it.

"I don't have that much money!"

When Sun Yanping heard that he was going to make one, but now he is making four, he subconsciously covered his pockets: "I said Da Chi, I am not a big business in your family, your brother-in-law is just a small civil servant, and I still have no money." Department. You are not making a jewelry box for your sister, you are digging a hole for your brother-in-law!"

"Look, I scared you, I'll take care of the rest!" Zhang Chi looked at Sun Yanping with a smile.

Sun Yanping thought for a while and said, "Then I'll add some more. I can throw all the money I saved from my own house into it. You don't dare to cheat."

Sun Yanping felt that he had to intervene in this matter of pleasing the elders.

"It seems that you have hidden a lot," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Sun Yanping said: "I have saved less than 1 yuan since I had Xiao Xiao, and now I have saved less than [-] yuan. This time, you have tricked me into it."

Zhang Chi smiled and stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his brother-in-law's shoulders: "You think it's worth the money! Hehehe".

(End of this chapter)