A large photo was printed out, and Zhang Chi felt that he had to hang it on the wall of his study room.
"Do you have a picture frame?"
In order to hang this thing, of course it needs a photo frame. There are not many of these things, and even if they are, they are small in size. I can't get such a big photo, so I can only ask my wife.
Melika shook her head: "I don't have one there, you can make one yourself."
Sun Yanping was surprised and said: "Is this thing still made fresh?"
Melika smiled and said: "What's not easy to do? 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 getting in the car and walking down the street. He would never think of doing them by himself. It is different here. Generally speaking, many people make their own photo frames, and the materials are simple.
, nothing more than wood and glass, both of which are not in short supply in the ranch.
This may also be because the average American home has a large space, and everyone stores some things. Also, 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 Melika shake her head, Zhang Chi turned to his sister and brother-in-law.
Sun Yanping smiled and said: "I don't need it. I can just go home with my camera. In fact, I don't need to bring my camera and just send emails directly. Forget it, I'll go take a look with you."
Sun Yanping thought that there was nothing to do now, so he thought about going to see it with his brother-in-law.
Zhang Juan said: "Why don't you edit the photo? My uncle and aunt are going back soon. You can't make another trip then, right?"
Sun Yanping said: "Let Dachi have time to send it over. Just in time, I will make a few more photo frames. When the time comes, I will install the photos for my uncle and my aunt and send them over."
Zhang Chi nodded and took his brother-in-law downstairs to the tool room. Zhang Chi started looking for materials while Sun Yanping looked around.
Materials are easy to find. There is a lot of wood here. Zhang Chi found two square logs about two meters long. The red wood grain looks quite beautiful. This is a kind of local red pine. It not only looks beautiful, but also
The wood itself also has a faint pine scent.
This kind of pine aroma is not like ordinary pine wood, which smells a bit pungent. The aroma of this kind of pine wood is relatively light, seemingly absent, and has a refreshing effect.
This thing is quite cheap here, and because of its large production volume, it is generally used when setting up outdoor tables or the like.
After finding the material, Zhang Chi went directly to the table saw, picked up a pen and began to draw lines on the wood. The photo frame must not be made of square material. How thick is it? The square material must be cut. Zhang Chi only needs to be about one centimeter thick.
That’s it.
After measuring with the ruler and drawing the lines, Zhang Chi put on his wooden goggles and gloves, and turned on the power switch of the table saw.
As Zhang Chi pushed the wood into the working area of the table saw, the rustling sound of the saw wheel and the material immediately started to sound.
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 one centimeter thick.
After adjusting the table saw, Zhang Chi split two of the thin wooden strips into two pieces again, then put the separated wooden strips together, drilled small holes on the sides of the wooden strips with an electric drill, and pinned the wooden strips together.
It became a solid board.
Glue the wooden boards together and put them aside. Next, Zhang Chi starts to process the photo frame. The outside of the photo frame is straight, and there are two small steps on the inside. The outermost step is the size of the photo, and the innermost one is left.
Place the organic transparent plate.
It's easy to cut these small steps. There is a special corner cutting machine. After adjusting the position and pasting the wooden strips, the two small steps can be easily cut.
Sun Yanping was watching the whole process, muttering as he watched.
"No wonder you said it's very simple. It turns out that you have everything here. I think you have more carpentry tools than our county. There are four large and small table saws and two vises. If you don't say
If you come in suddenly, others will think you are in a wood factory," Sun Yanping said.
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "This thing is really not just for sale here. Many things in the ranch have to be made by yourself. If you buy ready-made products, the price is quite high. You also know that the labor here in the United States is terrible. If you don't do it yourself,
What should you do? If your tire breaks down on the road and you want to find someone to change the wheel for you, the money you spend is almost enough to buy a new tire."
"There's no need to be so exaggerated, right?"
Sun Yanping reached out and fiddled with the vise base next to him. This thing was quite heavy. The entire table seemed to be made of iron plates. The table was about three square meters. There were two vises installed on a diagonal line.
The rotating rod on the pliers was moved by Sun Yanping and made a clanging sound.
"No, you haven't seen anything more exaggerated. When I have time, I'll take you to see Ricardo's tool room. They even have small door cranes. None of the smaller auto repair shops in the country have them.
"The equipment is good," Zhang Chi said while holding a pen and drawing diagonal lines on the material.
Once the line is ready, go straight to the saw, and immediately the edges of the photo frames of different sizes will come out.
The sides of the photo frame that came out cannot be assembled together at this time. You have to use a slotting machine to rivet the strips of the same photo frame. One side has to be cut into a convex shape, and the other side has to be cut into a concave shape. In this case, both sides
Just stuck together.
It's not finished until it's completely stuck together. You still need to add a wooden dowel on top, and then use a sander to smooth the entire surface.
From coarse to fine, after two rounds of polishing, the beautiful wood grain effect will appear. Finally, apply vegetable varnish, or use a red iron to write a line of words on the front of the photo frame, or draw something small before applying varnish.
things as decoration.
Install the cut organic board and back panel, and install a small bracket, so that a photo frame is ready. Of course, the photo frame cannot be used now, and it needs to wait for the varnish on the outside to dry.
The photo frame is ready. Not only is it done, the simple photo frames usually sold on the market are definitely not comparable to Zhang Chi’s craftsmanship.
Sun Yanping watched from beginning to end with envy in his eyes: "When I get rich and build a villa, I will definitely build a tool room like this at home. If nothing else, even if a friend comes over, I will use it to put coins in it."
That’s good too. I feel like I was pretended by you today!”
Zhang Chi was quite speechless, paying no attention to his brother-in-law, and immersed himself in painting all the picture frames with varnish.
Sun Yanping watched his brother-in-law painting, so he opened his mouth and asked: "Do you have any better materials here, not pine wood, something more advanced and expensive?"
"What are you doing?" Zhang Chi asked curiously.
Sun Yanping said: "I want to make a jewelry box for your sister, one as big as this with several small drawers...".
Sun Yanping said while making gestures.
"Just buy it directly," Zhang Chi said.
Zhang Chi knows this. Nowadays, so-called white-collar women buy bags. Carrying a small bag worth tens of thousands of dollars feels that their temperament has been sublimated. The men in his company are no longer worthy of him.
But those who are a little more pursuing, or more particular, and appear to be more educated, like this kind of handmade jewelry box, from the materials to the accessories to the carving, and finally to the design, anyway, they can reflect their own taste and extraordinary
.
Merica didn't, she didn't like these things.
But Zhang Chi had seen it, and who had he seen it? It belonged to Melika's cousin Jennifer. That thing was considered an accessory on the car. This was the first time Zhang Chi knew that one accessory could be used to replace more than ten cars.
But Jennifer uses antiques.
"It's too expensive. Your sister thinks that people want it. The general ones are rough in workmanship, but the ones with good craftsmanship are expensive. The sea yellow material is extremely expensive... Look at what good materials there are here. I'll pay for it, but it's okay."
Don’t be too expensive, I can’t afford it if it’s too expensive. If the quality is good, I can accept the material cost of three to four thousand yuan,” 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, you finally spent a lot of money?"
Sun Yanping said: "Your sister has never used any good things while following me. Before she is born, I will give this thing to her as a gift to make her happy."
Zhang Chi said: "Yes, yes, the most expensive material here is black walnut. There is snake mulberry on the black walnut, also called snake grain wood. It is almost the same as our red sandalwood."
Having said this, Zhang Chi thought for a moment: "Forget it, you pay a few thousand yuan, and I'll pay for the rest. We'll use materials like snake grain wood."
Zhang Chi felt that he was not the same as before when he searched for something that his sister wanted. He might as well make a jewelry box out of the entire snake grain wood material himself. The material could be thicker.
, if you get it in China, you can also ask a skilled craftsman to process it and make it engraving or something.
Well, my sister needs one, and my daughter-in-law also needs one.
Zhang Chi thought again, now that I have a sister and a daughter-in-law, do I want one? If I want one, does grandma want one?
Everyone is your relative, and you can’t give it to someone else, and you can’t dwell on it.
"I don't have that much money!"
When Sun Yanping heard that he was originally planning to make one, but now he was making four, he subconsciously covered his pocket: "Speaking of Dachi, I'm not from your family with a big business. Your brother-in-law and I are 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 will add some more. I can throw all my frugal private money into it. You don't dare to take advantage of others."
Sun Yanping felt that he had to have a hand in this kind of thing to please his elders.
"It seems you have hidden a lot," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
Sun Yanping said: "I have saved less than 10,000 yuan since I had Xiaoxiao, and now you have tricked me into everything."
Zhang Chi smiled and put his arm around his brother-in-law's shoulders: "I guarantee you think this money is worth spending! Hehehehe."