Anchor Classical Interpretation

When the boat travels in the wind, the whole body is anchored. Warships and sea-going ships are of great importance, and the hammering method first becomes four claws, and then joins each other section by section. For those within 300 catties, use a diameter ruler to widen the anvil and set up next to the furnace. When both ends are red, lift off the furnace charcoal, and iron-clad wooden sticks to clamp the upper anvil. If the people inside and outside are heavy, the wooden shed is built, and many people stand on it and hold the iron chain. The two anchors are connected with a giant iron ring and chain sleeve at the end, lifted and turned, and hammered together in force (1). The mixture does not use yellow mud, first take Chen Jiubi soil and sieve it, and one person frequently sprinkles it in the mouth, and the mixture has no slight constriction (2). Among the furnace hammers, this one is the largest. Selected from "Heavenly Creations·Hammer Forging·Anchor"

Annotation

(1) Chengli: full force, joint force.

(2) Ji: gap.

Original translation

Anchor

Anchor

Whenever a ship encounters strong winds and is difficult to anchor, its safety depends entirely on anchors. Some of the anchors of warships or sea ships weigh more than ten thousand catties. Its forging method is to first hammer into four iron claws, and then connect the iron claws to the anchor one by one. For iron anchors less than 300 kilograms, you can first install a one-foot-diameter anvil next to the furnace. When the two ends of the forging joints are red, lift off the furnace charcoal and use one end of a wooden stick covered with iron. Clamp to the anvil and hammer. If it is an iron anchor weighing about one thousand catties, you must first build a wooden shed. Many people stand on the shed and hold the iron chain together. The other end of the iron chain covers the large iron rings at both ends of the anchor body to hold the anchor. Hanging up and turning it as needed, everyone worked together to hammer and close the four iron claws of the anchor one by one. The "composite medicine" used for iron connection is not yellow mud, but the old wall mud powder that has been sieved is continuously sprinkled on the interface by one person and hammered together with the iron, so that there will be no micro gaps in the interface. Up. In the furnace hammer work, the anchor is the largest forging object.