Reproduction furniture are Handmade stuff.

O'nei writing:
Need to emphasize that: the antique reproduction furniture of Jepara-town are handmade stuff with hand tools ! Not more than 2 digits figure that are made by semi machine process. As for the Integrated manufacturing ones, no more than 30 units which are still running and or survives.
Merely 85% of the raw furniture(Ina=Mentahan) are made by villagers as a home made woodworking, so called as craftsmen(Ina=pengrajin) and a part of it are made in the workshop of private owned, doing the small scale industries that hiring few woodworkers(=tukang kayu) and carvers(=pengukir) to make the un-finished furniture. so called as little boss(=Juragan).
About 10% are the trader or broker that ordering and or bought the raw wood furniture from both, as said above (craftsmen and small Industries). It is so called as Suppliers. They are doing: sortiments, re-built, sanding etc. Mainly are to make-up or enhancing the raw furniture in all the way before it will go to exporter warehouse to be accepted or inspection pass. Particularly their involves are in financing to the sub-con and craftsmen, it is for buying the wood and weekly wages of the woodworkers.
Whilst, the rest of 4% are the warehouse, those are the exporters in Jepara-town, which are doing mostly: finishing & upholsteries. but even so the finishing & upholstry job is mostly been sub contracted to the local subcon. They get the raws or white pieces from either one of the 3 aboves.

Last but not the least, only no more 1% are the integrated furniture makers, starting from the lumbers, sawn and cutting, drying, assembling, turning & carving, assembling/bulit, sanding & painting, upholstry, hardware & acessories, packaging and delivery/shipping.
Eventually among those 1% manufacturer only 0,1% are fully self producing, in fact they will also ordering the raw furniture from the local suppliers & home industries. They prefer to do as like others exporters did. Unless they get a very high price to do the integrated production of wood furniture manufacturing.

Therefore, stop dreaming of Full manufacturing machine made for reproduction furniture from Jepara town. It is extra ordinary and limited.

Reading digest: if you have interest to know it more, click on this link

ATLAS OF WOODEN FURNITURE INDUSTRY IN JEPARA, INDONESIA

or either one of the same report as below:
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5873/
http://ideas.repec.org/b/epf/ecbook/9.html
http://hal.cirad.fr/cirad-00193546/en/

Deffects in Wooden Antique-Reproduction Furniture

O'nei writing:

What are the most enemy and major defects issues for Mahogany antique reproduction furniture from Jepara?
1. Termites and bugs,
the very small creature that will turn the piece into powder.The usage of young age wood under 25 cm in diameter, especially Sapwood will be the target of it. A few ways of treatment must be taken to prevent it. (by chemical toxic, dreep or boil in water, etc)
2. Moisture-Content(MC) of wood and humidity effect.
Not sufficient drying process for the fresh cut wood planks will create the serious damage on to the furniture(cracking, splitting, bending, twisting, shrinking etc).
Purposeful intention to drying the wood by Air Dried alias Sun bake instead of using Kiln Dry/Kiln booth, in attempting for a gain in cost saving.
In some case, the wood are baked in small container/cabin by firewood in several days: 2 up to 5 days, whereas it should be in 3 to 4 weeks, normally.
3. Improper Structure,
Poor or improper way of Technical Woodworking in jointing the
structure of the unit. which are most of the cases are caused by short cut the woodworking process by gluing it, to reduce time consumption and cost saving.

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Reproduction furniture Clues

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