用不同质料做成复合工具的工艺是从新石器时代就开始的,例如用石斧和木柄捆绑在一起,以利于砍伐,将细石器镶嵌在骨质刀把的槽内,以利于切割,等等。到了青铜时代,这种传统的工艺,特别是木质的附件,仍然广泛地被用于许多青铜工具和兵器上,如斧、锛、凿之类需在銎内加木榫,而戈、矛之类则需要安木柲。凡此,都是为了便于使用。至于像轮、舆,更是集木工、金工之大成,由各种铜木组合的构件装配而成,这不仅是为了便于运转,而且还有加固和装饰上的需要。 The process of making composite tools from different materials is started from the Neolithic period, for example, with a stone ax and a wooden handle to facilitate felling, the fine stone inlaid in the bone knife slot to facilitate cutting, and so on. In the Bronze Age, this traditional craft, especially wood-based attachments, is still widely used on many bronze tools and weapons, such as axes, adzes, chisels, etc, Class needs Anji 柲. All this is for ease of use. As for the wheel, Yu, is set carpentry, metalworking Dacheng, assembled from a variety of copper and wood components, which is not only for ease of operation, but also the need for reinforcement and decoration.