Chapter 17: 17 real craftsmen
Chapter 17 17True Craftsman
"Okay! Uncle Roger! Matthews! Just find a few apprentices to stare at the dashboard! You follow me!" After briefly explaining the work, Tang Mo asked the newly promoted production leader Go and do the work yourself.
This middle-aged worker named Parker has been working in front of the drill press for almost ten years. For such a worker, it was easier than Tang Mo imagined to understand the power of this automatic drilling machine.
He only needs to clamp the qualified barrel on the clamp, and then wait for the drill to help him complete the work that previously took three days to complete.
Nothing excites him more than this, especially when he knows that not only will he not be unemployed, but he will also become a "steward", the scowl on his face turns into a silly smile.
After Tang Mo called Roger and Matthews back, he took them back to his office. This place is still simple and simple, but when Roger and Matthews came here again, they felt that there was great light everywhere.
When he walked into Tang Mo's house, Matthews was still describing his shock to Old Roger: "Can you believe it? The boss has even designed the speed regulator... Using rotation and springs, precise control can be achieved …who dares to believe…”
He was really shocked by Tang Mo's design. Because he was experienced, when the machine started to move, he saw that this was an absolutely mature design!
What is mature design? A mature design is a perfect design that has been polished and improved in all details after a long period of use and understanding!
Theoretically, the improvement of these details requires discovering problems during use, and then spending time to solve the problems, and finally the most reasonable prototype can be slowly revealed.
But in the design that Tang Mo came up with, all these details were taken into consideration. Including some exquisite and genius designs that even Matthews had never heard of, they were all presented in front of him!
This situation should not have happened at all, but it suddenly appeared in front of Matthews' eyes! So Matthews has begun to worship Tang Mo as the **** of craftsmen in this world.
Roger has just come out of the shock. Now all he can think about is the rotating flywheel and the pressure relief valve that spurts out a puff of white air from time to time.
So as he walked into the house, he praised: "I only know...it can keep working like this. It only requires four people to shovel coal and three people to look at the pressure gauge..."
"Did you see it? It can drive five drill presses... By the gods... five apprentices can easily produce gun barrels with just one hour of training... and they can produce two barrels every day." Matthew Si stretched out his stubby, but extremely flexible and stable hand, and stretched out five fingers.
"What if...we have two steam engines?" Tang Mo walked to the corner, picked up the wine glasses from the box of ale shipped from Beiling, and placed them on the pile of steam engine drawings.
Matthews didn't know whether he was laughing or complaining, and his voice changed in tone: "Damn it... let Cyric go to hell... Old man, I have been here all my life, and I will never go anywhere. ! He’s the **** of craftsmen, I mean it.”
"As long as we make dozens of these steam engines, we can take over the entire kingdom's weapons production... Let alone produce 300 gun barrels a month. As long as the number of machines is enough, I can produce 1,000 barrels!" Roger was also very excited. answered.
"You need to take a rest." Tang Mo continued to bend down, picked up a bottle of ale from the wooden box in the corner, and unplugged the cork: "You all need to take a rest today, go back and have a good sleep! Then we will copy today's success!"
“I feel like I don’t need a break at all! I’ve never felt as good as I do now.” Matthews said in a loud voice.
He now feels full of energy because he has witnessed the birth of a miracle.
"Things don't happen overnight." Tang Mo poured the ale into three glasses, then handed one to Roger and the other to Matthews: "Have a good rest for better work."
“I quit.” Matthews did not take Tang Mo’s wine glass. Although Tang Mo could tell from his eyes that he really wanted to take the wine glass.
Tang Mo took it easy and took back the hand that handed him the wine glass. He just asked curiously: "When?"
"Just now! I want to ensure that my hands can still be this stable in five years." The old dwarf stretched out his two hands and waved them in front of his eyes: "I have seen too many things in my life, but they are all It’s not as exciting as these days! I don’t want to miss anything, so I have to keep myself in good shape.”
“Haha! Not a bad idea.” Tang Mo smiled, raised his wine glass, and gestured to the two of them: “Here’s to today’s success!”
“Here’s to the workshop!” Roger raised his glass and shook it in front of him, then drank the ale in it in one gulp—he really wanted to drink something because he was so excited.
"The next thing will be much easier. As long as we make enough steam engines, we can save manpower and make more parts faster." Driven by the steam engines, the industrial machine that Tang Mo wants will soon be ready. Produce more parts. By putting these parts together, you can make more machines. With more machines, Tang Mo can expand his production more quickly.
This is the self-reproduction of industry, which can be said to be growing at a geometric speed! Once this trend begins, it will not stop until the productivity of the entire planet is raised to the limit of industrial production.
"Get some rest. Let's work together to find a way to use the existing steam engine power to connect more complex machine tools to produce more steam engine parts at a faster speed." Tang Mo also drank it down in one gulp, and then thought about the two of them. a better future.
"Compared to workers, these machines are the real craftsmen of this era! They will not be lazy and do not need to take a break. They only need to be well maintained and can continue to work! As long as we have enough coal and water, we can With the raw materials and steel, we can continuously produce the products we want!" He put the wine glass back on the table and said excitedly: "Soon you will find... times have changed!"
After seeing his steam engine really turning, all Tang Mo's plans were on track.
He can now easily produce his own industrial machine, produce more mechanical equipment, and then complete the count's orders with ease.
As long as the orders keep coming, he will have more resources to invest in greater production—a virtuous cycle begins, and Tang Mo's power will become stronger and stronger as time goes by!
Roger was stunned when he heard what he said, and then he understood everything Tang Mo said. These machines, increasingly flexible machines, will make production easier and control quality to a more precise range.
Although manual manufacturing is actually more precise, the production speed limits the scale of manual production! Once machinery began to appear on a large scale, manufacturing became simpler.
Matthews also understood what Tang Mo said. It was actually not a threat to him for machines to become craftsmen, because he knew that his hands were much more flexible than machines.
And the machinery of this era is not as disruptive as a five-axis machine tool. No matter how sophisticated it is, it is nothing more than rotary cutting - after all, it still depends on human hands to manufacture each part...
"Oh!" Just as they were talking, the workers outside cheered. After several minutes of continuous rotation without any failure, these workers finally confirmed the fact that the thing in front of them was indeed successful. .
The cheers became one, making the whole workshop even noisier. The roar of the machines and the cheers of the workers filled the workshop with life.
The next step is to deal with the bullets, Tang Mo thought weakly in his heart. Bullets in this era were actually very dangerous. They would go off from time to time, injuring yourself before hurting others, and they were not popular with everyone.
The kind of fool who is willing to put a pistol under his arm has not yet appeared, and naturally there is no madman who stuffs his pockets with bullets.
In addition to misfiring and injuring people, the bullets at this time were also very unreliable. Except for the high-quality quality control bullets that were carefully hand-made, mass-produced bullets often misfired.
On the battlefield, it is not embarrassing for 1,000 fusiliers to fire and only fire 900 rounds of bullets. On the contrary, it is an honor for a well-trained weapon to be well-preserved!
Every soldier on the battlefield is very nervous, so it is not surprising that any accident happens. There was even a soldier who fired the first shot and the bullet got stuck in the barrel. Then he continued to load and fire until the bullet filled the entire barrel.
However, Tang Mo felt that it was time to change this situation. He wants to use the power of the mechanical industry to teach these idiots from another world a lesson and let them know what almost flawless quality control means!
Once machines replace human hands in large numbers, product quality control will become possible and bullets will become reliable.
Beiling has coal and Beiling has iron! With coal and steel, Tang Mo is confident that he can build a qualified army in this era!
After Count Ronin Fischereau uses the K1 gun to win the upcoming war, the reputation of Tang's weapons will become a household name.
At that time, opponents will truly pay attention to his existence, and similarly, at that time, Tang Mo will be able to stand upright in front of the Cyric Consortium and welcome the coming storm.
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Hmm, thank you Teacher Zhang... um, I feel so shy...
(End of this chapter)