The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 44 I don't know whether I can make a hydraulic saw!
After Ding Huanyi came to help in the shop, his work efficiency improved a lot, and Song Yingkui was able to free up his hands to mainly do cutting and process control.

After all, a person with carpentry skills is much better than Uncle San in terms of execution ability.To be honest, Song Yingkui felt that the third uncle's ability to learn this kind of technical work was a little weak, and he was not very spiritual. Fortunately, the third uncle had great strength.Whether it's carpentry or blacksmithing, if you don't suffer from strength, it's not easy to catch people.With only spirituality and no strength, one cannot become a master craftsman for this kind of work.

With helpers, you can also have time to do some design.Later generations of hand-cranked noodle presses are made of iron. In this era, the cost of using iron is too high and the processing is difficult. It must be replaced with wooden originals, unless some worn parts of the joints are made of iron.Apart from this point, it is not difficult to make a hand-cranked pasta machine.

Of course, when designing, we must make it light and compact, so as to facilitate the transportation when the products are exported in the future.After nearly two years of exploration, Song Yingkui feels that the factor that most affects product sales in this era is transportation.Wuying Town can't pass standard horse-drawn carriages, so the sales of many products are limited, and only small items can be sold to other places!It is impossible to make much money purely relying on the local consumer groups in Wuying Town.

Lightweight, durable and market demand does not necessarily mean making a lot of money. Production efficiency and labor costs are also crucial.As far as the current situation of the workshop is concerned, there are not many people working, and it is still a purely manual production method, so the efficiency will definitely not improve.

"Uncle Jia, I want to introduce a water tank to the yard and make some small tools driven by water wheels, so that I can do blacksmith and carpentry work in my shop. I have to tell you about this in advance." To improve production efficiency, Song Yingkui naturally put his idea on hydraulic machinery.At the beginning, the location of the shop was chosen at the mouth of the Yanchuan Gorge, and the plan was for this cheapness.But the Jia family is the owner of this place after all, so they have to greet them in advance to avoid being misunderstood.

"Smelting iron with a water wheel and doing carpentry? I haven't heard of this, old man?" Jia Xiangnan looked at Song Yingkui in puzzlement. He really couldn't understand what this young man could do with water.

"It's like making a waterwheel with hammers, bellows, and millstones for grinding iron, which is similar to how a waterwheel turns with a millstone." Now the most laborious work in the workshop is swinging the sledgehammer, bellows, and iron pieces when forging iron, and sawing large logs into boards when doing carpentry.Hydraulic saws are relatively complicated. Song Yingkui's idea is to first make all the hydraulic forging equipment he can think of, and then slowly design the hydraulic saw.

"Oh? As long as you don't make a mill, you can use the water if you want. I also want to see how you can use the water! By the way, you made the new water mill of the Guo family in the county? I heard that it is very fast. After that, I will go to the county to have a look. If it is really easy to use, I have to ask you to make one for our family." A request for water.

Jia Xiangnan also wanted to see if Song Yingkui's ability to build waterwheels was as powerful as the rumors from the county.If this young man is really a master at making a watermill, he also wants to change his own watermill to a better one.

"Uncle Jia, go to the county to have a look. If you have an idea after reading it, just come to me. I will definitely change the mill for you at the cheapest price." From Jia Xiangnan's words, Song Yingkui heard that he still didn't trust his own ability, so he didn't say anything.It is understandable to have doubts. The investment in building a new water mill is large, and it is difficult to make up your mind without seeing the effect.

After obtaining the consent of Jia's family, Song Yingkui began to design and manufacture hydraulic machinery for his own shop.

The hydraulic forging equipment at the beginning is relatively simple. The hydraulic forging hammer is just to make a wooden tank to lead the water, and then make a lever-type hydraulic pestle that can reciprocate. The key is to adjust the falling speed of the hydraulic pestle through the counterweight.

With Ding Huanyi, third uncle, and two small helpers, the hydraulic forging hammer was ready and deployed in a few days.Although this thing is very simple to make, it can save a lot of effort. After the forging hammer is finished, the work that needs to be done in the workshop will save a little half.

The next thing to do is the hydraulic blower. This time Song Yingkui skipped the hydraulic wind box and made a blade blower directly driven by the water wheel.In terms of mechanical structure, the mechanism of the hydraulic vane blower is simpler than that of the hydraulic wind box.The water guide tank of the blower and the water guide tank of the forging hammer use a main water tank. Add a few inserts to the main water tank. When the forging hammer is used, the water will be transferred to the groove of the forging hammer.

The process of the water grinding wheel is also not too complicated, and it can also share a main sink.

"Daughter of the Song family, you are really good at making water wheels. It seems that you can save a lot of energy for these jobs in your shop." Twenty days later, Jia Xiangnan looked at several water-powered iron-making machines in the newly built work shed near the river outside Song Yingkui's shop and was full of praise.

"That's right, these few things that our family Kuiwa asked to make save a lot of effort! Now my shop does iron work, which is very fast and requires no effort at all." Song Xueliang stood beside Jia Xiangnan, and then praised his nephew who was the same age as him.After completing these few simple machines, Song Xueliang can save a lot of effort, and he is the biggest beneficiary.When there were no such things, Song Yingkui was mainly responsible for making iron pieces, bellows and swinging sledgehammers!

"Song Jiawa, I went to the county a few days ago and saw the Guo family's mill. The mill is indeed much faster than mine. I made up my mind and thought that in June and July, I will change my mill to the one of theirs. I have to ask you for this. I wonder if you have time at that time?" After seeing the situation of Guo's mill, Jia Xiangnan finally made up his mind to upgrade his own mill.

"If you have time, Uncle Jia, if you have set the specific time, let me know in advance. I will prepare the materials to be used first, so that it can save a lot of time during construction." Neighbors, how could they refuse such a thing?Song Yingkui opened his mouth and agreed to renovate the mill for Jia's family.

The Jia family was going to change the water mill in June and July, but Song Yingkui wanted to make a hydraulic saw in the following period of time, so as not to conflict with Jia's work on changing the water mill.

The complexity of the hydraulic saw is that it is not only a machine that makes the saw blade reciprocate, but also solves the problem of sending wood at a constant speed in the direction of the saw blade. It is a rather complicated linkage mechanical device. Whether it is design or construction, it is a big challenge to the current ability. Song Yingkui is not sure whether he can make this thing!

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