Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 120 The Fitter Apprentice (Additional update)
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Zhu Xuefeng walked over and said hello cordially. Director Sun left a good impression on Zhu Xuefeng.

Director Sun looked up and saw Zhu Xuefeng, and was very happy.

"Boy, you're finally here. I'll take you to the Human Resources Department to report in a moment."

"Thank you, Uncle Sun. I am worried about how to find someone to report."

"You kid, come on, follow me to the human resources office."

Director Sun threw down the cigarette butts and crushed them with his feet. There were quite a few cigarette butts on the ground. The management of this steel rolling mill area was not very strict. It was often a smoke-free zone in the future. Remember to visit Haier. To smoke a cigarette, you had to go to the big building outside the factory area. Under the tree, there may be thousands of cigarette butts thrown into the pit, but the tree is actually alive.

"Old Jiang, come here I brought you a new man. This is Comrade Zhu Xuefeng, the eldest son of Zhu Zhenggang."

Not knowing his position, Zhu Xuefeng had no choice but to call him Sister Jiang. Calling him Aunt Jiang would probably make him look down upon.

"Hello, Sister Jiang, my name is Zhu Xuefeng. You can just call me Xiaofeng. I will report here today."

"Oh, I know, I know, you are the eldest son of Zhenggang. Come on, come on, follow me, and I will take you to go through the formalities."

Sister Jiang is very enthusiastic. She has short hair that reaches her ears and looks very capable in decent work clothes.

"You have ready-made college entrance examination physical examination results, we..."

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Zhu Xuefeng held brand new work clothes and followed Director Sun back to the workshop.

Director Sun asked Zhu Xuefeng what he thought on the way and found out that Zhu Xuefeng wanted to learn fitter. He was very satisfied and patted Zhu Xuefeng on the shoulder.

"Work hard and don't embarrass your father. I'll find a good master for you. It doesn't matter how good you are. You have to study hard."

"Don't worry, Uncle Sun. I promise to study hard and get graded early so that I can contribute to the factory's mission."

The fitter master Zhu Xuefeng found was named Lu, Lu Mingdong, and he was a seventh-level fitter. There was also an eighth-level master Liu in the third workshop, but he was old and would have to retire the year after next, and he would not be able to take care of him for a few years.

So Director Sun approached Lu Mingdong. Master Lu was only in his 40s. Not surprisingly, in a few years he would be at Level [-], which is considered a very young Level [-] in the steel rolling mill.

Master Lu and Zhu Zhenggang were also very familiar with each other. Zhu Xuefeng remembered that on the donation list at that time, Master Lu should have donated five yuan. He knew that Director Sun was really thoughtful and was very grateful.

"Master Lu, thank you. I will learn from you from now on. If there is anything wrong, don't be polite. I will definitely correct it."

Master Lu nodded. This kid's attitude is still very upright. Now that he has graduated from high school, he shouldn't have to worry too much about the cultural exam. He should pay more attention to the actual operation.

Zhu Xuefeng turned his head again and bowed to Director Sun.

"Thank you, director, for worrying about me and finding a good master. Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Director Sun smiled and patted Zhu Xuefeng on the shoulder and said to Lu Mingdong.

"Okay, I'll leave this kid to you. Take care of him."

The internal structure and environment of the workshop, including the slogans, are similar to those of a motorcycle factory. The biggest difference is that there should be more machines here, maybe several times that of a motorcycle factory. It seems that the capabilities are still much stronger.

There are many simple lathes that can be used for preliminary processing. The accuracy of these lathes is not high and they should be imported goods in the past.

There are many kinds of grinding wheels, including electric ones, hand-cranked ones, and pedal-operated ones. It is estimated that most of them are made by fitters themselves. If there is no motor, they will design manual ones.

There are also two drilling machines, which should be quite old. Most of them are small drilling machines. If I didn’t look carefully, they should be domestically produced and a bit new.

The two punch machines that kept making clanging sounds should weigh about [-] tons. They seemed to be imported goods. Zhu Xuefeng also saw two big guys in the distance. They should be shearing machines for cutting steel plates. There is no laser cutting now, or Mechanical saws are very advanced, at least they are not hand saws.

Master Lu came over and handed him a manual on Mount Everest. "You are a high school student. Everything here is relatively simple. You should be able to understand it. This is what our fitters should know. It will be tested during the grade exam. You should understand the above things when you have time."

"Thank you, Master Lu."

Master Lu said with a smile.

"You're still called Master Lu, shouldn't you change your name to Master?"

Zhu Xuefeng scratched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly.

"Thank you master!"

For the first time in my two lives, I have a serious master. Coach Gao doesn’t count, I can only count as a cheap master, half of it.

Master Lu took Zhu Xuefeng to the tool warehouse and received a set of tools for fitters, including many of them.

"The tools of the fitter are divided into seven categories. There are almost hundreds of them. You are an apprentice now, so it is enough to get these first."

Zhu Xuefeng checked it in the library and found out that there were scribing, carving, filing, sawing, drilling, thread tapping, scraping, etc. There were indeed quite a few.

But now what I have received are various specifications of wrenches, screwdrivers, various hand hammers, a pair of gloves, an old-fashioned vernier caliper, two large and small steel files, and a hand saw with several saw blades. Without them, what can I do? ?
I followed Master Lu back to his work station. There was only a large vise on the work station, which was used to fix parts. It was really crude. I remember Master Xie from the motorcycle factory, and he only had several cabinets of tools in the tool cabinet. My own was a bit too shabby.

"For a moment, don't get started yet. Get familiar with the tools first, especially the calipers. This must be learned first. It guarantees your accuracy."

Zhu Xuefeng nodded. He knew all these things, but he still had to take a look.

Master Lu saw that he was open to teaching, so he continued to explain.

"It stands to reason that fitters who enter the factory must undergo several days of intensive safety education, and two more safety educations in the workshop and in the team before they can go to work and learn on site."

Zhu Xuefeng is very familiar with this. Isn't it the third-level safety education? It was proposed in [-] and then promoted. This system was still in use before he came here.

"Safety is no small matter, your dad... I won't go into details. In short, safety must be taken into consideration. You are reporting alone, so these education can only be left to the master."

"Don't worry, Master. I will definitely operate this in strict accordance with the regulations. I will study the safety requirements carefully after returning home."

Seeing that Zhu Xuefeng was on his way, Master Lu was relieved. Since they were working together, he could keep an eye on him at all times.

"This benchwork apprentice has to learn a lot. He has to learn sawing, filing, carving, drilling and manual thread tapping and threading. You should learn to saw and file first, and the rest will be for you. It’s too difficult, take your time.”

Zhu Xuefeng knew that what Master Lu said was thoughtful, so he nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Master, I will first look at what you need to know, then understand the tools, and then learn these two things."

The work done by the fitter apprentices is very complicated. They work non-stop every day. The workload is very heavy and very tiring. It is basically all manual work. As for repairing equipment and maintaining machines, they have to wait until they are graded before they can get into contact with them.

The first-level knowledge and skills meeting was completed in just a few minutes. The tools were very simple and there was nothing to think about. Didn’t the master say that the current work is sawing and filing, which is simple and labor-intensive work.

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Mark the processing part of the part according to the requirements of the drawing, draw the lines, and fix it on the vise. Zhu Xuefeng starts to saw, and when he is almost there, he changes the file. When the accuracy is required, he takes out the caliper to measure carefully, and then uses a small file to finish it. .

Master Lu has been paying attention to Zhu Xuefeng. It seems that Zhu Xuefeng must have practiced and is very skilled.

Zhu Xuefeng is following Master Lu's instructions and trying to process a few simple products. They are not difficult and the drawings are very simple. For Zhu Xuefeng's abnormal strength and eyesight, there is no difficulty in processing these things. It is just to increase his proficiency. That’s all.

(End of this chapter)