Ngā taputapu mīhini ahuwhenua, koko parau, koko wetewete oneone koi
Ko te koko parau, te mea matua me te wāhanga taketake e pā ana ki te oneone i roto i ngā mīhini ahuwhenua, e mōhiotia ana ko te "niho o te whenua pāmu". I roto i te pūnaha parau mīhini, ko te koko parau he wāhanga pito mua e tāuta ana ki te tinana parau, ki te anga parau rānei. I te wā e whakahaerehia ana, ka tapahia tuatahitia ki roto i te oneone, ā, ka mahi i ngā mahi matua o te tapahi, te hiki, me te ārahi i te nekehanga o te oneone. Ahakoa he parau hohonu o ngā parau tuku iho, he wetewete mata rānei o ngā mīhini parau, ko te āhua mahi o te parau te mea e whakatau tika ana i te kounga o te whenua pāmu, te wetewete o te oneone, me te taiao tipu mō te rui i muri mai.
Hei wāhanga ngoikore, ehara i te mea ko te kounga o ngā parau me ngā koko anake te pānga ki te hua o te mahi ahuwhenua, engari he pānga tika anō hoki ki ngā utu whakahaere o te whakaputanga ahuwhenua. He koko parau kounga teitei ka taea te pupuri i te koi i raro i te kaha o te kakahu me te pānga, me te whakaiti i te ātete ki te kukume tarakihana (te whakapaunga wahie), te whakaroa i ngā huringa whakakapinga, me te whakapai ake i te whai huatanga o te mahi mara.
He koko āhua whao: he whāiti te whānui, he rite tonu ki te whānui o te pou koko, he papatahi, he porowhita te āhua. He kaha tōna kaha ki te kuru oneone, he pai te uru ki te oneone, he iti te ātete mahi, he pai mō te oneone mārō me te wetewete hohonu, ā, ko tētahi o ngā momo koko e whakamahia whānuitia ana mō ngā mīhini wetewete hohonu.
He koko waewae pārera/he koko takirua-papa: He nui te wāhi o te pane o te koko, ā, he tapatoru te āhua, he "waewae pārera" rānei. Mā tēnei hoahoa ka whānui ake te tapahi o te oneone, ā, ka whakamahia whānuitia mō te parau i waenga i ngā rarangi, te wetewete i te oneone, me te tango taru. Ka taea e ia te tapahi i ngā uaua o te oneone, engari kāore e huri i te paparanga o raro o te oneone mata ki te mata, kia pai ai mō ngā mahi oneone mata me te kaha o te oneone iti.
65Mn (65 maitai konupora): Ko te rauemi koko parau e whakamahia whānuitia ana i tēnei wā. He pakari pai, he pakari te mata, ā, he ātete ki te kakahu i muri i te maimoatanga wera, ā, he ātete piko pai, he pai mō te oneone onepu me te oneone paru.
60Si2Mn (60 Silicon 2 Manganese Steel): He rauemi maitai puna he tino teitei te rohe pīngore me te kaha tuku, he pai ake te ātete ki te kakahu i te 65Mn, he pai mō te mahi i roto i te oneone me ngā kōhatu maha, ā, ka taea te ātete pai ki te pānga me te kore e whati.
Te pai o te uru ki te oneone: Mā te koki mata o te parau me te āhua o te pito i hangaia kia tere, kia pumau hoki te uru o te parau ki roto i te oneone ki te hohonutanga kua whakaritea i raro i te mana o te kaha ā-papa, kia rite ai te hohonutanga o te parau.
Whakaitihia te ātete ki te kukume: Mā te tapahi koi me te maeneene o te mata (pērā i te whakakanapa i ngā pakitara parau) ka taea te whakaiti i te tauwehenga waku i waenga i te oneone me te konganuku, ā, ka whakaitihia te whakapaunga wahie o te tarakihana me te whakatutuki i te penapena pūngao.








