It was because he realized that a good bronze bell had an extraordinary influence that when Ma Chengji heard that Chen Wenzhe wanted to make a big bell, he packed him up and sent him to Chang'an.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Chen Wenzhe studied the production of Jingyun Bell again.
The Jingyun Bell is 2.47 meters tall, has an abdominal circumference of 4.86 meters, and a caliber of 1.65 meters. Because it is made of copper as the main material, and the bell has requirements for wall thickness, its weight has reached 500 pounds. It is about to catch up with "Journey to the West"
In "Records", Sun Wukong's golden cudgel is a huge one.
Due to its huge size, it was difficult to cast in ancient times, and it was difficult to mold it in one go.
Therefore, the Jingyun Bell adopted the segmented clay mold casting method, which was divided into five sections and 26 molds.
If you look carefully, you will find that there are obvious traces of "splicing" on the bell body, which are the "wing edges" left over from segmentation and blockage, that is, the seams.
So what is the clay mold casting method? The mold casting method is a process of casting objects using a model as a "template".
The clay mold casting method is a casting method that uses mud to make models.
Models are generally divided into external models and internal models, that is, the face of the object is the external model, and the inner model is the internal model.
When making the outer model, first use clay to shape an exact model according to the designed bronze bell.
After the mud dries and the model is fixed, apply another layer of mud evenly on the outside of the mud model and tap it hard so that the patterns on the clay mold are reflected on the clay piece.
When the mud is half dry, use a knife to cut it into several preset pieces and carefully remove it.
After that, the removed pieces are simply spliced together and dried over fire to harden them, thus forming the outer mold.
After the outer model is made, any unclear decorations need to be modified.
The production of the inner mold is relatively simple. You only need to scrape off a layer from the surface of the bronze bell clay mold after making the outer mold. The thickness of this scraped off layer is the thickness of the cast object, and then it is baked to harden it.
, the inner model is ready.
After making the inner and outer molds, first place the inner mold on the casting table, and then place the outer molds in sequence on the outside.
After it is placed, the top is sealed with a cover, and a pouring hole is left at the top for pouring "copper water".
After the "copper water" cooled down, the mud inside and outside was broken, and the copper bell was successfully taken out.
Of course, if it is divided into sections, it will be poured several times.
Finally, the taken-out copper bell was inspected, the fin edges caused by the "copper water" leaking out during casting were polished, small flaws were trimmed, and finally the Jingyun Bell was spliced together, and the Jingyun Bell was born.
The overall production process is just such a set of procedures.
Therefore, with the appropriate materials, the most important thing is to make the clay mold. After all the accessories are cast, the finishing and splicing can be done.
Chen Wenzhe has learned all these techniques, and they are all master craftsmanship techniques.
This is the power of passive inheritance, but activating passive inheritance requires more brains and energy.
As long as you activate the passive inheritance, you will learn a lot of knowledge in one go, even if you don't want to learn it.
Therefore, he learned a lot this time.
In addition to the two most important processes mentioned above, there are actually many other processes after the casting is completed. This is a process that belongs to all bronze production.
For example, it has gone through molding, baking, casting, and then polishing, welding, forming and other hundreds of tempering processes, all of which are indispensable.
In fact, it turns out that Chen Wenzhe had already learned the techniques of forging the Siyang Fangzun from the plastic film to the subsequent baking and casting, and what he had learned was a master-level craftsmanship.
However, he has never used it.
Of course, even if he uses it, he can only use those techniques and imitate master-level crafts when casting the Four-Yang Fang Zun.
Now that he has a bronze bell casting technology, he can certainly cast a bronze bell with a master's level of craftsmanship.
However, learning these skills takes a lot of time.
Therefore, he spent the next three days in a state of confusion.
It wasn't until my head was completely clear that I could fully digest this inheritance.
"Inheritance mission 2: Ring the New Year's bell, touch the Jingyun bell, the mission is completed!"
"Activate Branch Task 1: Start the Jingyun Bell inheritance. In the first stage, successfully select the appropriate copper materials and produce qualified materials in preparation for making the Jingyun Bell. Complete the task and be rewarded with an independent inheritance."
Finally, one system task has been completed again, and other branch tasks can also be started.
After a little understanding, after the entire inheritance is started, there are a total of nine processes.
It starts with material selection, followed by casting materials and molding, followed by making clay molds, mainly inner molds and outer molds, followed by baking, casting, polishing, welding, and forming.
Every time you complete a task, you will receive an independent inheritance.
Finally, it was all completed, and a total of ten independent inheritances were obtained, which was the same routine as the first BRIC inheritance.
Now that the technique is mastered, the first thing to start is definitely the selection of materials.
Not all materials can be used to make copper bells. For example, the casting materials for Jingyun Bell came from mines all over the country at that time.
To use the inscription on the bronze bell, it means "Ye'ao collects treasures, Lihe collects treasures".
After collecting treasures from all over the country, we made the Jingyun Bell.
Of course, there is also a legend that another ancient bell was recast.
Anyway, no matter how you do it, you need good materials.
Chen Wenzhe is not afraid of this, because the Academy of Fine Arts has a school of history, and they study various cultures and histories in ancient times.
Therefore, the various mines in the Tang Dynasty should have well-documented information on the copper and tin materials they used.
As long as he finds roughly the same minerals, Chen Wenzhe can pass on the memory to select the materials used in the past, and then prepare the copper-tin alloy that is most suitable for replicating the Jingyun Bell.
The first step is definitely to copy the Jingyun Bell. After that, you can use suitable materials for secondary creation.
If the materials are suitable, it is actually possible to make a chime, right?
It should even be possible to make a bronze drum, right?
As for singing bowls, do they have to be made with seven kinds of materials?
Percussion materials suitable for making copper bells cannot be used to make singing bowls? Nor can they be used to make wind chimes?
As long as you have good materials and a little bit of technology, it doesn't seem difficult to make some percussion instruments with beautiful sounds!
However, it has just been passed down passively, and some techniques have just been learned by Chen Wenzhe. He has not yet mastered them, let alone making analogies.
Just like his porcelain, sculpture, painting and other techniques, if he uses them more often, he will begin to integrate them and draw parallels, and his techniques will improve rapidly.
By then, will the skill of making bronze vessels be able to reach a level above that of a master?
There are too many things to think about now, so Chen Wenzhe can only settle down and eat and sleep in the hotel every day.
Living in a hotel is convenient. No matter what you do, you can directly order room service.