Since he was not an expert in handicrafts, he browsed through all the books he could find to improve his company's techniques and had to overcome many problems.
凌鼎鈞回憶說，當時真是十分艱苦，連作模型木船的木料都是撿一些建築工地丟棄的木料作成的。質料不夠好，他只好在技術上精益求精，拚命講求。由於自己不是製作手工藝品的行家，並且也不諳製作的技術，因此凌鼎鈞日以繼夜地閱讀許多有關的書籍，並且遍訪名師。