Chapter 114: Musket Transformation
Mo Zigan looked at the pattern, and was also fascinated, for their Mo family, this instrument diagram was so beautiful, they didn't expect it to be depicted from the hands of a Jinshi.
He even had a look of awe on his face, thinking, "Is Lord Wu the reincarnation of a craftsman god?" ”
He didn't understand, how did Wu Gongzi, as a scholar, know about these craftsman things?
He has been in Zunyi City for many years, and he also knows what kind of virtue the secretary and ambassador of the military bureau are.
Blacksmith Yu also approached and looked carefully, and he was fascinated, and he couldn't imagine that he was old and could still see this kind of peerless weapon.
This Zunyi County is really the right one.
If you stay for a long time, you will have to produce a few masters in the Mo family in the future.
Wu Yunlin looked at everyone's expressions and smiled slightly, this is the confluence of simple hydraulic drilling machines, milling machines, boring machines, and planers that he created and painted in combination with this era.
The overall parts of these lathes are not complicated, and the technical content is not high, and these craftsmen can make them in front of them.
And if this simple lathe can make a few, at least Mo Zigan and Master Kong will have no problem drilling four pipes a day.
Other craftsmen can also cut and polish at the side of the lathe.
He looked at the pattern on the board, the machine was still very simple.
But while it's simple, it represents power.
The rough conversion of this power in front of him is equal to the strength of a few blacksmiths in Zunyi County, which is more than the strength of more than a hundred blacksmiths in other big workshops.
And the products produced here will be faster and better.
It can only be imitated, not surpassed.
In fact, many revolutionary machines start out simple, but soon take on incredible energy.
In the making of lathes, as well as on the firecracker, there is actually a part that is indispensable, connected, fastened, and needed everywhere.
This little thing is called "standard parts" in industry, which is a very common screw bolt.
At this time, the processing of this thing is not simple, often cut out slowly, a round bar material is clamped, slowly cut off one by one, and each time the knife must be carefully cut, so as not to cut the wrong cut, and finally cut out a small bolt.
Not to mention the low processing efficiency, the manufacturing cost is also very uneconomical, the waste of materials is too large, and the requirements for workers are also high, and teachers are often needed.
So Wu Yunlin plans to use a mold-type thing to make bolts in batches, and there is also a tool for processing internal threads.
And the system of these two things is simple and simple, and difficult to say.
It's not technology, the technology of this era can't be underestimated, and many craftsmen have made handicrafts that have amazed future generations, and it is not easy to imitate.
It's the material, like the hammer spring of a flintlock pistol, which needs good steel to catch fire.
These two things have very high requirements for materials, after all, they are molds, and the use of high-carbon steel is inevitable.
Fortunately, Wu Yunlin has 200 catties of 100 forged steel, and the material problem is basically solved.
In the midst of everyone's expectant gaze, he slowly drew the pattern of the two things on another wooden board.
With these two things, you can make standard parts such as bolts in batches.
Or the internal thread is processed.
Wu Yunlin drew the pattern of those two things, and Mo Zigan and the others hurriedly stared.
"It's ......"
Master Kong muttered, "It feels like a nut and a ......."
Yes, what Wu Yunlin drew was plate teeth and taps.
The plate is the machining tool of the external thread, and the appearance is a very high hardness nut, which can be installed with a handle to facilitate the processing of screws and bolts.
Although according to Wu Yunlin's point of view, the thread accuracy of plate teeth is still low, but the structure is simple, easy to use, and can be widely used in single-piece, small-batch production and repair.
Taps are a kind of tools for processing internal threads, because there are grooves along the axial direction, also called screw taps, and there are two kinds of spiral taps and straight edge taps according to the shape
At this time, of course, they are all straight groove taps, although the precision is also low, but the processing is easy, the output is large, and it is the most important tool for processing internal threads in modern times.
The tap designed by Wu Yunlin has a simple structure and is easy to use, and it is a very convenient processing tool for small size internal threads.
"It's been a long time."
Mozi said excitedly.
Master Kong was also amazed.
Wu Yunlin said with a smile: "Fortunately, there is a batch of 100 forged steel, otherwise ordinary steel would not be durable to make such equipment." ”
The most important point of the mold is the need for good steel, high-carbon steel is the most basic, many molds in later generations are using alloy steel, the next step is to let Shi Xianwei's people send a batch of manganese, to see if they can study the manganese steel.
Wu Yunlin instructed Master Kong and others to make these instruments according to the drawings and sizes, and then talk about the transformation of firearms.
Sharpen the knife and don't mistake the woodcutter, and the processing tools will be made first.
In the end, everyone had a discussion on the new firecracker, Wu Yunlin is not a high-minded person, knowing that with the current level of science and technology, a lot of research can only be postponed, so the first step is to increase the rate of fire of the musket and reduce the overall weight, as well as the concept of the flintlock pistol to talk to everyone, now this gun is still mainly modified, for this Wu Yunlin also designed a arquebus on the butt.
The arquebus used in the current arquebus is still more troublesome to cut off, but it is tied to the gun, but it is also in the way, the swan-neck-like gun is designed to be hollow, and the long arquebus is stuffed inside, leading to the faucet There is a hole, and the arquebus is burned to a section, just pull out some.
This makes it more convenient for the soldier and will also be more beautiful.
The arquebus can also be opened, and even if the two-metre arquebus runs out, it can be stuffed back into it.
Wu Yunlin's new musket design arrangement is like this, and after getting on the right track, the production of at least 100 breech arquebuses a month will be produced.
At present, there are 800 purchased bird guns in Zunyi County, and after a period of busyness, Master Kong led the brothers to basically transform the 150 guns into new muskets.
For the time being, these firearms are still used in the army, and when the new standardized muskets are built in batches, these purchased bird guns will be used for training.
How can I say that these nearly 1,000 bird guns are also excellent firearms, and the quality can shoot thousands of rounds, which is enough for training for a long time.
I heard that the musket sent to Miao Jiang made everyone happy for a while.
It's just that these firearms are of different calibers and sizes, and the ammunition cannot be universally used, and they will be discarded when their life is up.
But training with these muskets would greatly increase the proficiency of the army with muskets.