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Show 6 the floor, placing upon it a board of the desired sizc of paper, and cuttin around the board witha sharp knife. This process is sho\\n in the righ foreground of photograph 4,, while a photograph o ed inTos is given more clearly in photograph 31. The packing Of;)dpcrfor shipmv. is shown in photograph 43 the photograph taken in a large Japanese mil Next in lmpurtm\cL o the fabrication of the fine, thin types of comes the making of window and screen paper. This particular pape used only in m Orient. The mould for forming it is described in Part The vat used in making window paper is quite large and rests upon th floor of the mill; sometimes it is built permanently of stone or cement-th dimensions being length of about eight feet, a width of five feet, with depth of a foo ehalf, the bottom level with the floor. The mould photograph 18, is suspended from the ceiling, dircctly over the vat, by tw wires or cords, the top of the mould being slightly below water level. Th cord, or wire, supports are fastened, in the same position, at cach end of th mould frame, both a little off centre so that the mould may be casily tilte sideways. At cach end of the vat sits a woman to manipulate the mould dipping it sufficiently to cause the pulp to run over the mould's edge upo the su, or "laid"" bamboo cover, leaving a thin deposit of fibre, the residu flowing back into the vat. This operation is repeated several times until th sheet s of the proper thickness and formation. This is the nagashizukisystem the same as the method described previously in the making of the thi paper upon the mouldswith the hinged deckles. Aftera sheet of the windo paper has been formed, one end of the mould framework is rested one end of the vat, while a bamboo pole, laid across thevat's sides, suppo the n(hc 1.m jorkers next raise the s, or "laid" bamboo cover, with po of mulbcr ark fibres, and "couch' the moist sheet of paper cloth-covered platform ready to receive it. As previously cxplanmd d. initial sheet is laid down with some difficulty, but after three or four sheet Al rights reserved |
