Igcisa laseIreland lenza ibhokisi ye-walnut egqunywe nge-oki enemibala emininzi ubudala, ukuze lisetyenziswe ngumenzi weewotshi.
Kwindawo yakhe yokusebenzela ekwisithili saseMayo, uNeville O'Farrell wenza ibhokisi yewalnut ene-oki enemibala ye-veneer yeewotshi ezikhethekileyo.
Uqhuba iNeville O'Farrell Designs, awayiseka ngo-2010 kunye nomfazi wakhe uTrish. Wenza iibhokisi ezenziwe ngezandla ngeenkuni zasekuhlaleni nezangaphandle, ezixabisa ukusuka kwi-€1,800 ($2,020), kwaye umsebenzi wokugqiba kunye neenkcukacha zoshishino zenziwe nguNksz O'Farrell.
Uninzi lwabathengi babo lufumaneka eMelika naseMbindi Mpuma. “Abantu baseNew York naseCalifornia baodola ubucwebe kunye neebhokisi zewotshi,” utshilo uMnu. O'Farrell. “Abantu baseTexas baodola ii-humidor kunye neebhokisi zezibhamu zabo,” wongezelela, kwaye amaSaudi aodola ii-humidor ezihonjisiweyo.
Ibhokisi ye-walnut yenzelwe umthengi wase-Ireland kuphela kaMnu. O'Farrell: uStephen McGonigle, umenzi weewotshi kunye nomnini wenkampani yaseSwitzerland iMcGonigle Watches.
UMnu. McGonigle wabayalela ngoMeyi ukuba benze iCeol Minute Repeater yomqokeleli waseSan Francisco (amaxabiso aqala kwi-280,000 Swiss francs, okanye i-$326,155 kunye nerhafu). ICeol, igama lesi-Irish elithetha umculo, libhekisa ekubetheni iwotshi, isixhobo esilawula iiyure, ikota yeeyure kunye nemizuzu xa ifunwa.
Umqokeleli wayengengowomnombo waseIreland, kodwa wayethanda umhombiso oqhelekileyo wamaCeltic kwiwotshi kaMnu. McGonigle waza wakhetha uyilo lwentaka olungabonakaliyo olwalubhalwe ngumenzi weewotshi kwidayali nakwiibhulorho zewotshi. Eli gama lisetyenziselwa ukubhekisa kwipleyiti ebamba indlela yangaphakathi. ngasemva kwebhokisi.
Le pateni yayiyilwe nguFrances McGonigle, udade omdala womzobi kunye nomenzi weewotshi, owaphefumlelwa bubugcisa obudalwe ziimonki zexesha lakudala zeNcwadi zikaKells noDarrow. “Imibhalo yamandulo izele ziintaka ezintsomi ezineengoma ezibalisa ‘ngeKeol’ yeeyure,” utshilo. “Ndiyayithanda indlela ibhulorho yewotshi elilinganisa ngayo umlomo omde wentaka.”
Umthengi wayefuna ibhokisi enobude obuyi-111mm, ububanzi obuyi-350mm kunye nobunzulu obuyi-250mm (malunga ne-4.5 x 14 x 10 intshi) eyenziwe nge-bog oak enemibala emnyama efunyenwe kwii-Irish peat bogs kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo. , umthi. . Kodwa uMnu. O'Farrell, oneminyaka engama-56 ubudala, uthe ii-swamp oak “azinangqondo” kwaye azizinzanga. Wayitshintsha nge-walnut kunye ne-bog oak veneer.
Ingcibi uCiaran McGill wevenkile ekhethekileyo iVeneerist eDonegal wenze le marquetry esebenzisa i-oki enemibala kunye nesiqwenga se-sycamore esikhanyayo (esisetyenziswa rhoqo njenge-veneer yezixhobo zomculo ezineentambo). “Ifana nephazili yejigsaw,” utshilo.
Kwamthatha iintsuku ezimbini ukufaka uphawu lweMcGonigle kwisivalo aze afake uyilo lweentaka kwisivalo nasemacaleni. Ngaphakathi, wabhala “McGonigle” kumphetho wasekhohlo kunye “neIreland” kumphetho wasekunene ngoonobumba be-Ogham, ababesetyenziselwa ukubhala iintlobo zokuqala zolwimi lwase-Ireland, ukususela kwinkulungwane yesine.
UMnu. O'Farrell uthe unethemba lokuba ibhokisi iza kugqitywa ekupheleni kwale nyanga; kwiimeko ezininzi kuya kuthatha iiveki ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo, kuxhomekeke kubukhulu bayo.
Uthi eyona ngxaki inkulu yayikukwenza i-polyester glaze yebhokisi ibe nokukhanya okuphezulu. UNksz O'Farrell wahlikihla iintsuku ezimbini waza wafaka i-abrasive compound kwilaphu lomqhaphu imizuzu engama-90, ephinda le nkqubo izihlandlo ezingama-20.
Yonke into ingahamba kakubi. “Ukuba isuntswana lothuli liwela kwilaphu,” utshilo uMnu. O'Farrell, “linokukrwela umthi.” Emva koko ibhokisi kufuneka idityaniswe kwaye le nkqubo iphindwe. “Kulapho ke uva khona ukukhwaza nokuthuka!” – watsho ehleka.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Novemba-11-2023
