After the first night sleep here in Shuili, we went to Shuili Wood Utilization practice factory (水里木材工厂) in the morning and had our tissue box DIY. DIY in the sense that the materials and shapes had already been pre-made for us and we need to assemble them together and do the coatings. The steps are as followed: Sanding -> Assembling work -> Primer coating -> Sanding -> Finished coating. All these steps took us about 6 hours to finish due to limited spray guns. It wasn't a tough job because all difficult tasks had already been done before we arrived the factory. Below are some pictures that I took while making the tissue box.
Dissembled tissue box
Assembled parts
1st layer of primer coating
Finished product
Next, we went to an assembly plant to see how logs were cut and separated. The external arcs of the log were sawed away first before cutting them into rectangles and squares. It was basically a factory where all raw planks and rods were made before sending for further treatments. It also has a machine to repair the teeth of the metal cutters where the 'shifu‘ would ensure the teeth go both directions to prevent wear off. We also get to witness another shifu making a baseball bat out of a rectangular plank! It was simply amazing and the craft work was exquisite. The bat was meant as a reward for Andria because she had won the Rubin Lock competition yesterday.
Log cutting in the factory
Lastly, we went to its utilization center to see all the sculptures and art works that were made by the staffs there. I were amazed again by their craft works because they were really nicely done and I thought they must have taken a lot of time to make and finish them, not mentioning how long they took to design them.
Wood Utilization Center
Today was quite a relax day because we did not travel much and stay around the center most of the time. I am happy to own a personal DIY tissue box and the finished product was really nice!
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