"Take a look first. You can observe the carving this time. There are some differences between commercial carving and the art carving you learned. Let me give you a suggestion. Find some stones with similar density and practice." Chu
Naturally, Yan would not get started with the dagger now. He had many more important things to do. After all, the fifty-kilogram mammoth sling was quietly placed on the shelf aside.
"Okay, but Brother Chu, I see that the layout of your second floor looks like a blacksmith shop. Are you planning to build something?" Su Yinan studied carving, and forging is a technical activity that is both a technical activity and carving.
She has a good understanding of the types. Of course, she doesn't like blacksmithing, and understanding this is purely a personal preference.
As Su Yinan said, she placed the materials of the first custom-made carving customer on the partition rack specially set up for carving. Except for 70% of the second floor, it was used for blacksmithing.
In addition, there is about 40 square meters of space near the stairs that is specially isolated as a sculpture studio.
"Well, you guessed it right. Okay, let's go down first. Since you come here to work, you must formally introduce your colleagues." Chu Yan smiled and walked downstairs, while Su Yinan carved the drawings.
After laying the table, I followed him downstairs.
Downstairs, Fan Xianghan and Wang Lan were sitting at the reception desk looking at the computer. They didn't have much reaction to Su Yinan's arrival.
"You two stop what you are doing for a moment. Let me introduce you. This is Su Yinan. From now on, she will be the sculptor who can do everything. You three must cooperate well in the future. Okay.
"You guys chat first, I'll go upstairs first and treat you to KFC for lunch." Chu Yan said with a smile and turned around and walked upstairs, while Wang Lan, Fan Xianghan and Su Yinan, three girls of similar age, soon chatted
Now that they are together, as for the content of the conversation, this is not what Chu Yan cares about. He has more important things to do now.
Starting a fire in the stove is definitely something Chu Yan has been looking forward to for a long time. Starting a fire with a relatively primitive carbon stove is relatively troublesome and takes a long time. Moreover, a brand new stove that has never been fired requires several
It takes hours to adapt to the burning of the fire, so I calculated the time and found that if I lit a fire now, I should be able to fully enter the state by night.
The way to light a fire in a traditional furnace is also very traditional. From the initial soft wood to the hardwood to the final coal, the coke and pine used in the final forging all need to be used step by step, so when Chu Yan raised the fire to
After getting up and putting in the coals for igniting the fire, I stopped what I was doing and looked at the time. It was already time to eat.
I went downstairs, locked the door, drove three beautiful clerks to the KFC closest to the antique city, and then ate a hearty meal of junk food before returning to the store.
As time passed, the temperature of the forging furnace on the second floor gradually stabilized. It was no longer unpredictable. Seeing that the furnace had basically entered the state, Chu Yan raised his hand and looked at the time.
, It was six o'clock in the evening, and it was already time for the clerk to get off work. Of course, there was another very important thing, that is, Chu Yan seemed to have promised Mo Xiyao to let her eat.
After careful consideration, Chu Yan finally chose to build a section of steel cable Damascus to feel the feel. After all, the fifty kilogram mammoth sling actually only has five sections of one meter long. Therefore, the material cannot be wasted, but Chu Yan
Iwamata must first find the peak state during forging, so practice becomes a must-do.
Fortunately, a section of steel cable of about one meter can be cut into four pieces of material for later use, so Chu Yan does not have to worry too much about the materials. Anyway, he only needs one piece of work to participate in the Chicago Knife Show.
After telling Fan Xianghan and the others to get off work, Chu Yan locked the store door from the inside, then went to the second floor and put on thick work clothes, and then started the preparation work before forging.
Take a section of mammoth sling with a diameter of 32 millimeters from the material table, and then cut it into four sections of about 25 centimeters. Pick up one section and place it on the forging table aside, and put the remaining three sections on the forging table.
Keep aside.
Although this piece of mammoth sling is an unused steel cable, Chu Yan still chose to treat it as a used steel cable, because the cut steel cable will loosen soon, so Chu Yan first
The only thing is to weld the two ends of the steel cable.
However, before welding, there is one more thing to do, which is to completely penetrate the kerosene into the steel cable, and then ignite the fire. The purpose of this is to soften the impurities attached to the inside of the steel cable in the first step.
Removing it will save a lot of effort during forging.
During the period of time when the oil and impurities that had penetrated into the steel cable were removed by heating, Chu Yan took out the vise, plate and forging agent that he had prepared, and was ready to officially start work!
Brush the impurities away with the iron brush and then apply the forging agent again. After the forging agent is completely penetrated, repeat the whole step of heating and brushing to remove the impurities. After three consecutive times, the most basic preparation work before forging is completed!
"Okay, let's start work!" Looking at the heavy sling cable in front of him, Chu Yan's body instantly entered a very relaxed state. This is the last time to adjust his state before forging. Next, he will perform the real knife
The real gun is forged.
Put the steel rope into the furnace and heat it until the steel rope completely turns into a beautiful orange color. Then you raise the hammer, place the steel rope at the corner of the anvil, and then smash it down with the hammer!!
"Ding!!" The moment the first hammer fell, sparks erupted from the top of the steel cable. Chu Yan's body instantly found the feeling that once made him extremely hot. He waved the hammer with his arm and struck one strike after another.
The hammer hit it. After more than a dozen hammer blows, Chu Yan dropped the forging agent put aside onto the welded part. It was not until the radius of the final end became about one-third of the original that Chu Yan heard the sound of the hammer falling.
Some changes occurred, then the steel cable was turned ninety degrees and beaten into a square shape.
During this period, Chu Yan's iron brush has been brushing the impurities that surfaced due to forging. The impurities must be completely removed. These impurities are the most important hidden danger to avoid cracks in the blade in the future. After all this is done
, Chu Yan dropped the forging agent on the steel cable again, and then put it into the furnace!
After several forgings, Chu Yan placed the steel cable in a vise, clamped the front end firmly, and fixed the other section with a wrench. Then came the most important step, rotating the steel cable. In this step
During the process, Chu Yan's speed was always controlled very slowly. If the speed was too fast, the steel cable would probably be broken, so the speed and the temperature of the steel cable must be controlled well.
Six times, Chu Yan rotated the steel cable in his hand six times, and the oxide scale on the surface continued to fall off. Watching the steel cable slowly take shape in his hand, Chu Yan also felt a familiar feeling in his heart.
Return bit by bit!!
"Press, it's your turn, brother!" Take out the steel cable that has reached temperature in the furnace and put it into the stamping machine, and then press the section of steel cable into a square shape. Of course, this process is not done once and for all.
The amount of pressing is very small each time. After repeated many times, the Damascus steel can be completely forged successfully.
The stamping process also requires continuous dripping of forging agent and removal of impurities. After nearly an hour of hard work, a section of mammoth sling finally turned into a piece of steel in front of Chu Yan with no trace of the steel cable at all.
Of course, the grinder is also responsible for this. After all, grinding is an important step to smooth the surface of the steel and prevent cracks in the blade.
In short, a piece of Damascus steel was finally fully formed in Chu Yan’s hands!
At the same time, the phone that Chu Yan had put aside also rang. He put the formed Damascus steel aside and slowly cooled down in the sand transported back from xi zang. Chu Yan picked up the phone and saw the caller ID.
It’s very clear, it’s Mo Xiyao!
Just after pressing the answer button, Mo Xiyao's playful voice reached Chu Yan's ears!