Bad people in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 27 Machine Tools
Moban on the other side didn't know that he had been targeted by someone, and he was currently experimenting with Master Xu on the effectiveness of the first-generation machine tools.

I saw a log stuck on a huge bronze creation. The bronze creation was connected to the water conservancy mechanism below, driving the gears to rotate. The log gradually started to rotate, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Master Xu stepped forward with the short sword, pressed the sword body into the slot of the machine tool, and slowly pushed the sword tip closer to the fast-rotating log.

This dagger was a rare sword, extremely sharp. As soon as the tip of the sword came into contact with the log, a circle of wood slag was scraped off, and a circle of grooves quickly appeared on the log. Only then was the dagger fixed on the log. card slot, and then move the card slot.

As the card slot and short sword move along the sliding rod, the bark on the log is quickly scraped into wood slag and falls deep into the wood. It didn’t take long for the bark on the log to be removed, and the bark itself was corrected. One time, it becomes a straight log.

After stopping the mechanism, Master Xu closed his eyes and carefully groped for the cut log.

As a generation master who was only one step away from casting a famous sword, he has an amazing hand feel. He can determine whether the sword body is straight and flat with just his hands, and he can feel every bit of it.

Moban watched nervously from the sidelines. Heixia Six Fingers didn't know when he would come over, and they all quietly waited for the final result.

"Smooth and flawless!"

After groping for a long time, Master Xu just opened his eyes, filled with uncontrollable excitement.

Although I had expected it for a long time, I still couldn't suppress my excitement when this result actually came out.

This kind of lathe can be used not only in the manufacture of mechanisms, but also in the forging of weapons, especially in the manufacture of long gun handles. It can be used to modify defects and create a perfectly straight gun body. Such a transmission of center of gravity and strength Only the veins can be flawless and without loss.

"Sure enough!"

With Master Xu's affirmation, Mo Ban laughed so hard that his back molars came out, and his fat body was shaking constantly.

"Try carving metal!"

Six Fingers Heixia spoke, and nodded to the old woman who came in the wheelchair.

"aunt!"

"mother!"

Mo Ban and Master Xu hurriedly saluted, and it was Mrs. Xu, Master Xu's mother, who came.

"You guys continue."

Signaling the two to continue, Mrs. Xu looked at the machine tool curiously.

She did know what her son was up to with Moban recently, especially since he hadn't been back these days and stayed here all the time, so she came to have a look out of curiosity.

Master Xu did not delay and replaced the previous dagger with a turning tool that had been prepared long ago. Mo Ban also brought a preliminary forged copper rod and stuck it in to replace the previous log.

Then start the mechanism, and use a hard turning knife to carve the uneven copper rod.

As circles of copper wires were cut off, the copper rod gradually became round. Finally, Mr. Xu pushed the turning tool to slide along the slide rail little by little, and added water to cool it down, and finally cut the entire copper rod. again.

"Auntie is also invited to taste!"

Stopping the machine tool, Mo Ban took off the finished copper rod and brought it to Mrs. Xu for evaluation.

Although Mrs. Xu is very capable, she is still inferior to this one. Mrs. Xu is the strongest swordsmith in their Mo family, and also the strongest swordsmith in the world in this era, not one of them!

Mrs. Xu raised her hand and stroked the copper stick as smooth as a mirror, feeling it silently, and finally handed it to the Six-Fingered Black Man.

"Juzi!"

She can't say anything about this copper rod, she can only describe it as flawless, both the center of gravity and the veins of power transmission are perfect, even in her peak period she may not be able to forge such a flat and straight copper rod.

The smoothness and straightness of the weapon is a key to forging. The smoother and straighter the weapon, the more perfect the power veins will be, the smaller the power loss will be when swinging, and the better the feel will be.

And the perfect center of gravity and power transmission veins are one of the foundations of famous swords. I didn't expect that they could be cut by this method.

The Black Man with Six Fingers took the copper stick and waved it around for a while, then stopped to caress the smooth body of the stick, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"This is the perfect combination of mechanism and forging!"

He just tried dancing and found that the feel was perfect and there was no loss in power transmission, which made him a little bit unable to put it down.

"Old! Old!"

Shaking her head slightly, Mrs. Xu could no longer refuse to accept her old age.

"Predecessors can't serve the old now. Although this method can provide convenience, it still cannot replace the core point of casting."

Six Fingers Heixia smiled, this machine lathe is indeed very good, it lowers the threshold of casting, but it can only provide assistance in shape, and shape is only a basis for sword casting.

Forging swords, especially famous swords, requires the integration of the swordsmith's energy and spirit, and even the blessing of the right time, place, and people. It is far from being as simple as ordinary people think, otherwise the world would have been full of famous swords.

"Do you have a name?"

Mrs. Xu's eyes turned to that big guy again, and she became more and more curious about and valued him.

"It's called a machine tool. At present, it's just the most basic type. It can only cut in a straight line. We are studying more usages, which can engrave more complex shapes, and make larger machine tools."

Mo Ban suppressed his excitement and revealed his next plan for the lathe. With this kind of lathe, many mechanical parts can be produced, and even larger mechanical creations can be made.

As long as the development continues, he is confident to mass-produce the other three major organ beasts of the Mo family except Qinglong.

"Don't be in a hurry to develop more usages and expansions. Whether it's mechanics or casting, precision is the most important thing."

Mrs. Xu gave a reminder. She valued precision more than immediately carrying out more carvings and manufacturing. Even the mechanism technique requires extremely high precision, and the higher the precision, the smaller the loss in transmitting the mechanism's power. .

So precision is key!
"That's what my aunt reminded me."

Moban was taken aback for a moment, humbly accepting the instruction.

It was true that they were a little bit drifting before. They have just started on the lathe system. If they go straight to run before they have done well, their foundation will inevitably be unstable, and they will stumble in the future.

"Whose idea?"

Looking away from the car window, Mrs. Xu asked.

She watched Moban grow up, and she knows his temperament and ability very well. He is a conservative person. It is no problem to inherit the mechanism skills of his predecessors, but it is difficult to innovate. This idea must be guided by an expert. .

"Uh……"

Mo Ban looked at Six Fingers Heixia, they had agreed to keep Tian Hao a secret for the time being, and once the secret was leaked, it would definitely make the kid more dangerous, so the less people know about this secret, the better.

"Senior, forgive me. His current situation is not very good, and his identity must be kept secret."

Six Fingers Heixia apologized and saluted, expressing that he could not speak.

Mrs. Xu's seniority in their Mo family is very high, she is of the same generation as the previous generation of Juzi, even if he meets him, he will respect him as a junior.

"I'm too talkative!"

Mrs. Xu wisely stopped asking, and discussed with her son how to improve the precision of the lathe, which only their blacksmiths have the ability to solve.

(End of this chapter)