Chapter Ninety-Four: 'Machinery'
In this regard, Meiya has long been aware; Her previous laughter was only because of the thing she had made..... It's just ugly.
But apprentices, it's only at this moment that they really .....
'I see.....
'I'll just say, Your Excellency the Speaker can't fail.....
After playing out a drama of ups and downs in their respective minds, they began to seriously think about the questions raised by Blade Fang.
From the overlay that hung from the strap of his shorts, Blade Fang took out a pillar and held it on his left hand;
Then, he bent down and picked up the axle that he had discarded when he was making the wheelbarrow and held it in his right hand.
He reached forward and motioned for the trolls to look,
"What do you think of these two things on my left and right hands? What's the difference between them? ”
When the trolls heard this, they stepped forward to observe.
On his left hand, he holds a columnar shaft;
From the surface accuracy, column straightness and other aspects, it can be seen that this is obviously the product of magic;
Needless to say, the rough pillar on the right hand was something that had just been handcrafted under their noses.
"Rough...."
"Not exquisite...."
"Error...."
The various answers were told by the apprentices, and even the teeth of the boat that had run away slipped back quietly and offered a few opinions.
"So what do you think is the problem?"
"Machining accuracy...."
"Tools...."
Listening to these answers, Blade Fang nodded with satisfaction and said,
"It is these problems that I want to solve, how to make the product of 'handmade' close to the product of 'magic' in terms of performance. They don't have to be exactly the same, but at least they have to meet the criteria of 'fit'. ”
"My answer is to limit the role of magic in the production process to only the production of tools 'for the production of tools.'"
"You have been watching the process of making my unicycle just now; Among them, the difficulties faced by each process must have been well understood.... So, I'd like to leave this 'design' problem to you to solve. ”
"Ahh Mr. Speaker... We don't have the magic ability either..."
Bladefang didn't answer the apprentice's question, for he reacted and shut up in the middle of speaking.
Apprentices, indeed, are the trolls best suited for this 'design' task.
They have the second best brain in the tribe after the witch doctor, as well as a wealth of knowledge, abundant energy, and a spirit of exploration;
Moreover, all of the apprentices have more or less experience helping witch doctors with their research.
In his previous life, he didn't know much about machining.
His understanding of machine tools is also limited to terms such as "lathe" and "boring machine";
The specific work for which each of them is responsible is known quite limitedly.
I've only heard that 'lathes' seem to be used to make axles...
So, after some trade-offs, he decided that instead of wasting time and effort on his own, he should let the task go completely.
Any troll with ideas and intentions, including apprentices, can take the initiative to ponder and study.
Of course, he will also give some help in thinking.
Otherwise, if they are really allowed to explore from 0, they will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to see the results?
So, after saying this, he took out a few more steel wood tree species and vine seeds and began to cast spells.
The witch doctors' research on steel, wood, and vines can be said to have never stopped.
In terms of steel and wood alone, it has now been divided into several levels according to strength and rigidity;
These different levels of materials can even be obtained through magic control during the growth process of the same tree species.
The planted species quickly take root and begin to differentiate highly when they reach a certain point.
The branches slowly become strangely shaped.....
First, the end is automatically divided, and each section of steel and wood is preliminarily finalized after passing through the "character", "shape" and "adjustment valve" of the blade teeth;
They spontaneously peel, defoliate, dehydrate, and then degenerate the tissue structures characteristic of various plants;
Then it detached from the main trunk and fell like ripe fruit.
These 'fruits' are long and short, sharp, strong, boxy, or spherical, and some simply grow into gears.
Time passed by a minute......
After the various components are almost sufficient, the blade tooth stops its overall growth and begins to control the deformation and sexual transformation of the trunk part;
In the bark of the tree, the dry wood is gradually separated, turning into tall and thick columns or square cubes;
Originally, these cubes still retained a certain connection structure between them;
But as time passed, they also became independent of each other from the outside in, and fell to the ground one after another in the melodious metallic sound of 'dang dang dang'.
When the effect of the spell completely stopped, there were almost no signs of trees growing in the same place, except for the bare roots left behind and the fallen leaves.
However, due to the particularity of their respective missions and connotations, the root system and leaves do not have much space for strength transformation.
In the end, they had to be abandoned.... In a way, this can be regarded as giving back to the earth.
After 'harvesting' the steel and wood parts, Bladetooth planted vine seeds, and again made a batch of soft wood in a similar way.
For example, the 'belt' used to conduct mechanical energy, the 'spring' used to cushion, the 'gasket', and so on.....
With all this done, he began to assemble the parts according to the plan that had been finalized after repeated trials and tribulations in the meditation space.
Abutments, bearings, gears, pedals, balls, pulleys, 'belts', cutting blocks, all the parts that have been designed for a long time, are arranged in different categories and in their respective positions.
Since this was the first time he had done this, Bladefang found that this thing seemed to be more tiring than after 300 rounds of fighting with Miya.....
However, it finally looks like that.
A 'machine tool' made of pure wood is divided into three parts: 'abutment', 'processing arm' and 'operation room';
Among them, the 'abutment' is used to place the machined parts;
Several independent 'processing arms' are installed with various colors.... In fact, there are only a limited number of processed components;
The console is an independent space with a sitting position and a desk, which is connected to several steering wheel-shaped hollow discs of different sizes;
At the bottom of the seat, where you can reach it with your feet raised, there is a suspended pedal that is fixed at both ends.
The various parts of the 'machine tool' are not equipped with additional baffles;
The trolls could see the inside with the naked eye, and the gears, bearings, and other structures combined with each other gradually fascinated their eyes like a stray flower.
"Boat teeth, go get a big log.... It's okay if you don't have the bark or something. ”
Wipe away the beads of sweat that didn't exist on your head, Blade Fang commanded.
"Good! Good! ”
Witnessing the birth of a machine with such a complex structure in front of him, the ship's teeth were already excited and couldn't help themselves, and they rushed away unreservedly when they heard the words.
After a while, he returned with a tree trunk.
The blade tooth took the not-so-thin trunk and carried it to the abutment and secured it with a 'belt'.
After that, he came to the operating table and sat down, stepped on the pedal, pressed one of the many 'steering wheels' with his hands, and silently counted 'three-two-one' in his heart...
'Pedal Pedal Tread'
'Crunch'
'Buzz'
......
As he operates, all sorts of 'mechanical music' appear in turn, echoing through the warehouse.