The brass worker Creation of tinplate pieces with 80 years of experience in a century-old workshop

Lucas Cedallo, at 90 years old, can still boast of great capacity and energy for the elaboration of different pieces of paper and paper that you inherited from your family. This is about, uh, 150 years ago, at least, since my grandfather, After a decade, after me, and look at the age I've got already. To remember this old office, Lucas will make us three gofieras or recipients for The warehouse or the gofio. The raw material we use is a chalk chalk. On it, pointing with a compass, mark as measurements of the piece to be performed. Logo, place or rule, with pointer, draw a ray that will indicate a path of the court. With a simple folding device in the shape of a hinge, Lucas made the double or pestle. I'm going to the border. In the unison, a coup de mazo, repase the double of the pestña. On a piece of wood that shows wear from use, Amigo Lucas moulds a chapa that will be the body of the gofiera until it takes a cylindrical shape. Then, cut off one of its corners to enclose and close the body of the chapa. To join a hojalata, a latonero uses a soldador. When it's hot, with acid, moisten the surface to weld and then apply the tin. First, put a welding point on each of the two edges, so that the plate doesn't move, and then solder all the union between the two previous points until the cylindrical body is closed. I'm going to give you a call. A soldier must be perfect. The Commission has not yet adopted a proposal for a directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling of foodstuffs. Lucas learned the trade from his uncle when he was 10 years old, And throughout his life he lived with old tools to mold A sheet of paper to shape everyday objects. With a revolving machine, Lucas doubled a pestle around the entire body of the gofiera. When you have terminated the body, Our friend the latonero must prepare the fund. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: Mark a shape on a sheet of paper and then cut it with a chisel. Although each type of piece has exact measurements and specific templates, Lucas prefers to cut as chapas at a time when he'll need to be able to check the adjustments. En la máquina revoldeadora double everything or the border of the fondo And then he closed patiently a hammer blow. The work of the latonero is slow, because the work is perfect. The use of the tools in all work processes will depend on their good application. Once the fund is finished, Lucas forms a garrison. to limit a tap to the recipient's mouth. Where's the rest of the tapa, Al? To make a tapa de la gofiera, you have to make a cup of coffee. Our amigo el latonero is preparing the aro to start with tiras de chapa. In the machine revolver, there's a double. And then finish a soft blow with the wooden mallet. If you want to get a perfect angle of the pestña, Lucas must support the strip of paper over the Coke of Patos, It's a piece of iron in the shape of a wedge. After, making a gala of a good pulse at his age, I'm going to close a pestaña with a golpes de mazo over a cola de pato. Over an old wooden cylinder, molded or rolled from a gofiera And then you'll adjust your own receiver. To obtain the precision in the adjustment of the cap closure, Lucas does all the necessary tests until he can close the loop. For your union, use a little chapita. The ring is closed with the stainless steel And you have to make him the other pasta to adjust it with the tapa. In addition to the measurements obtained with the template, El propio aro is a Lucas reference. To cut the piece of chapa that you need for the tapa. Lucas is going to unite the tapa with the love following the same technique he used to adjust the bottom. To manufacture the three wings that each of the gofieras carries, Our friend the latonero cuts the strips of chapa to the size of the plantillas. Then, in the folding, give them a U shape so they have more resistance. And the revolving machine re-passes and closes the doors. After molding the curved shape into a round tube, Lucas re-passed the tips of the wings in the eunuch to adjust them to the piece. The preparation of the bisagras requires much patience, Good pulse and, above all, expediency. To catch the gofio they need a few small spoons or pellets, The manufacture also runs a cargo of latonero following a process similar to what we've seen with the gofiera. The work will be completed with the welding of each of the complementary pieces of the gofiera, Assassin and the Bisagra. With the soldier, Lucas takes a little bit of tin and applies it to the junction of the chapas. I want to unite you with someone who has previously been treated with acid. In the same way, we have to work with precision on all the parts. I've got the gofer ready to go. At the end, with water and soap, you have to get the brilliance out of the pieces. To remove the residues of tin and hydrochloric acid and give it its characteristic glow. The appearance of plastic and other materials, The Commission has also developed a number of new techniques to reduce production costs. They're ending this bricklayer activity. In his little workshop of agaete, our amigo Lucas continues to manufacture, Eventually, some pieces of paper with which he would gift his friends. Today, the towns of Gran Canaria and the warehouses that were in charge As a result of Lucas's production, they can no longer dispose of these household objects. Inside the workshop, the tools rest and live together with the memories and the works They're like a piece of a craftsman's work. I'm Eugenio Monesma, director and producer of the documentary you just saw. 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