What does a twister shop mean and what does a twister shop do?

In the early spring fishing season, there is always such a figure on the beach: in the biting cold wind, several people hold a chisel in their left hand and an axe in their right hand, rhythmically beating the hull ,...... of the wooden boatThey are what everyone calls twisters. Today, the twister, an industry that has been inherited for thousands of years, is gradually moving away from us.

Most of the twister's toolboxes contain more than a dozen tools such as chisels, axes, sewing hooks, and invading mouths, including three essential materials - hemp rope, tung oil and lime. Twisting is a fine job, but also a technical job, the requirements are very strict, and there can be no holes with large needle eyes. Under normal circumstances, the first process of twisting a ship is to hit the chisel with an axe, carefully remove the old lime paste along all the gaps in the hull, and cut out the blackened and rotten old rope embedded in it.

When stuffing the new rope into the gap, first brush the tung oil evenly in the cracks of the wood with a small brush, and then apply a new layer of lime plaster. The production of lime paste is more exquisite, first chop the hemp rope into a short piece of about one inch, and then chop the good hemp silk and high-quality lime and tung oil, and constantly beat it with an axe, the softer the better, until it is not sticky to the hand before the beating is completed. In this process, hemp silk is used to increase toughness, and tung oil is used to bond.

After every seam is twisted, and finally the hull is coated with tung oil, the whole process of twisting the ship is completed.

Twisting a ship is a technical job, and a twister is like a ship doctor. The twister must be meticulous throughout the entire construction period, because the impermeable hull can have a very high safety factor and ensure the safety of those going to sea. Nowadays, this superb craft is facing the dilemma of being lost, first, the twister is old, and there are few inheritors; Second, there are fewer and fewer wooden boats available for maintenance, and the old profession of twister is about to regrettably withdraw from people's sight.

It is an important type of work in the manufacture and maintenance of wooden ships, and its main function is to fill the seams of new wooden ships, or repair the leaks of old wooden ships to ensure the airtightness of the hull.

The construction of wooden ships is indispensable for twisters, also known as twisters, whose efficiency is like the construction of iron ships with electric welding rods to weld steel plate seams. The difference is that the raw materials used for twisting are tung oil, lime and well-rubbed jute shreds, and there are jute cakes mixed with putty and hammered.

Introduction

In ancient times, it was lively to twist the bottom plate of the new ship. Generally, small boats mainly buy cakes, cigarettes and sweets, and large boat owners also set up several tables for banquets. After that, the twisters rhythmically played a symphony similar to an orchestra with a "row of chisels"!

In the sound of chiseling, the self-esteem and expectation of the owners will be greatly satisfied!

The hardest time for twisters is underwater maintenance operations, because the bottom plate and the edge of the bottom plate of the wooden boat are very easy to be pulled through by the grounding accident and leakage, because there is no corresponding condition to drag the boat to the slipway in the field, so the function is adapted to local conditions, and the winch is used to pull the boat to one side, so that the damaged part is exposed to the water, so that the twisters will go into the water to carry out the operation.