Chapter 82 Clay Pots, Ancient Meaning!
The grease scraped from the two pythons had become a little dry and hard after drying.
Xu Le directly chopped the dry and hard python fat pieces with a stone knife and smeared them on the joint surface of the upper and lower parts of the wooden wheel bearing.
With the spokes slammed by hand again, the wooden wheel began to spin rapidly, and it lasted about half a minute before slowly stopping.
"The weight of the spokes is still relatively light, so there is no problem with idling, but if the top layer is pulled by mud, the wooden wheel will not be able to rotate as long as it was just now. β
Xu Le smiled at the camera and explained, "So let's add a little weight to the wooden wheel." β
"Adding counterweights is as simple as tying large stones to the ends of the spokes. β
The spokes are made of eight pieces of wood, each of which is wedged into the wheel bearing at the center point and extended on both sides.
In this way, there are sixteen spokes around the bearing.
The two adjacent ones are in a group, and Xu Le takes a long strip of rock and puts it on the end of the spokes, and bundles it firmly in a triangle.
β...... Done!"
Xu Le breathed a long sigh of relief and took a few steps back.
Three brackets hold a wooden wheel in place, which is counterweighted by stones weighing more than 40 kilograms.
At the upper end of the wooden wheel bearing, Xu Le also fixed a flat stone slab to lift the mud.
After turning hard for a few turns, under the lubrication of the python grease, the wooden wheel continued to rotate for more than three minutes before it began to slow down.
By the time the rotation had completely stopped, the wheel had been running for more than five minutes.
Barrage in the live broadcast roomββ
"What do you mean by...... When Mr. Xu Le said that he wanted to make a blank drawing machine, I didn't even know what it was!"
"As a result, in just a while, a simple manual blank drawing machine was made......
"Brother Meng, this is the fifth day of survival on a desert island! There is a blank machine on the fifth day, I feel that I am not surprised that Xu Le will do anything else in the future. β
"After watching too much of Xu Le's live broadcast room, I feel that other players are just playing at home. β
"Except for the top ten or so who can barely be seen, the other players were dumped eight streets by Xu Le!"
"Can't wait to see Big Guy Xu Le pimp...... No, it's a blank!"
β......β
The high temperature on the island, coupled with the carefully proportioned water-to-powder ratio, greatly increases the speed of the white mud water drying.
Xu Le dismantled a stone on the side of the white mud pile and took out the mud that had been compacted and strengthened under the weight of the stone slab.
When the mud is cut, a dark and bright surface is presented at the section.
"Such a smooth section indicates that the air in it is basically excluded. The resulting utensils will not have sand holes and bubbles, and will be more durable. β
Take a piece of mud, place it on a flat stone slab, and knead it further to make the moisture more uniform and expel the last bit of residual air.
Put the mud on the blank drawing machine, soak your hands, spin, and walk the mud!
The gray-white mud was quickly erected under Xu Le's hands.
Continue to dig, lift, and pull......
In a short time, a jug shape with a solid bottom, a bulging belly, a narrow neck, and a wide mouth broke out of the cocoon from the mud!
The whole process is done in one go!
As the speed of the blank drawing machine decreases, Xu Le's movements become more and more gentle and soft.
He began to fine-tune the mud tires in more detail.
"At this stage, it's better to slow down than to worry, otherwise the mud will probably be thrown out. β
When the blank drawing machine completely stopped, a beautiful and uniform shape of the water tank mud tire appeared in the live broadcast room.
On the surface of the mud tire, there are still remnants of the lines left by hand-drawing, showing a rough and primitive beauty.
The first blank ...... The effect is not bad...... Xu Le nodded in satisfaction.
Slowly rotate the blank drawing machine to let the mud tire fall into the camera frame at 360 degrees without dead angles.
Barrage in the live broadcast roomββ
"Why did it take less than three minutes for a mud tire to come out? If you say that Xu Le doesn't have ten years and eight years of pottery making experience, I don't believe it. β
"I think I've seen pottery of similar shapes in museums...... It looks like an archaeological discovery of ancient pottery, in the shape of a jug. β
"Is the jug Xu Le replicating based on archaeological excavations...... All of a sudden, there is a sense of history. β
"It's beautiful...... Simple and concise, although the appearance is simple, there is really a feeling that people seem to see the ancestors overcoming obstacles and fighting against the wilderness......"
"What else can I say, my chest brother is cute, reward and brush it up!"
"[Amon Little Angel] Ice Cream Tip X1"
"[Master from the old man] reward ice cola X10"
"[A Piece of Prairie on the Head] Reward Careful Heart X30"
"[Longchen Group Southeast Region] Reward Rocket X5"
"[Longchen Group Board of Directors - Xiao] Reward Rocket X5"
"[Longchen Group Board of Directors - Lin] Reward Rocket X5"
"The bigwigs of Longchen Group are arrogant!"
"[Be Your Cat] Reward Yacht X6"
"[Be your cat]: Humph!"
"I knelt for the local tyrants upstairs ......"
When the first mud tire was completed, Xu Le cut it horizontally with a stone knife, removed the mud tire, and placed it in a cool place to dry.
In the same way, continue to pull the remaining mud blanks!