Most of the grasshoppers in summer and autumn love to use cages. Grasshopper cages are generally made of bamboo, and common shapes are square and round. Except for the hooks on the lid, which are bent in metal materials such as copper and iron wire, the rest are all made of bamboo. The bamboo cage is small and durable, and it is very popular with songworm lovers. Today, I will introduce a method of making an antique grasshopper cage.
The required raw materials are:
6x6mm bamboo square material, 1.5mm bamboo skewer material, table saw, dental machine plus 1.6mm drill bit, pointed pliers, scissors, art knife, white latex, main frame bamboo 16cm, 12.5cm, 10.5cm each 4 pieces.
The production process is:
Draw a tenon structure on four columns, the notch is 6mm wide, and the two notches are perpendicular to each other;
Cut out the tenon structure on the four columns, draw the tenon structure on the other sides of the main frame, cut the tenon structure on the other sides of the main frame, the 16cm long side and the 12.5cm column are inserted, the 10.5cm side of the two notches are about 7.3cm apart, and the 8 7.5cm square materials are processed.
On a 7.5cm short square with a spacing of about 8 mm, the through holes through bamboo sticks are processed, and the short square material of the processed through holes is used as a template to punch holes on the side edges.
The short material is assembled into the side with thin bamboo sticks, the side grid is installed, the main frame structure is assembled, the main frame structure is assembled, and the side and the middle of the long side of the frame are reinforced with short square material.
Holes are punched at the nodes, bamboo skewers dipped in white latex to fix the short square material, and the bottom plate and the middle spacer and the top grid are installed while fixing the short square.
The same operation is performed before and after the installation of the rear grille, the front is cut out of three bamboo sticks, the installation of two cage doors, the holes in the roof frame material are drilled, and the holes in the top beams are processed on both sides perpendicular to each other.
The roof frame material is assembled with bamboo sticks, the roof frame material is fitted with bamboo sticks, and the holes in the roof frame are assembled into the main frame, and the bamboo antique grasshopper cage is made.
The song insect culture, a worm is small, a tool is simple, and the folk and cultural meanings contained in it are inexhaustible. In the past, grasshoppers were mainly concentrated in the north, led by Beijing and Tianjin, and now this circle has gradually covered the whole country. Now in many cities there are still song bug markets of varying sizes, and playing with song bugs as entertainment can reflect the desire of generations to return to the basics. (Image from the network)