"Tens of thousands! As soon as the track is extended, you have to build this. There is a steady stream of orders, Smith, you are going to be bald!"
"Do you really want to see me bald? No problem, I'll give you half of the tens of thousands! Let's all go bald together!"
Smith waved his hand pretending to be generous, scaring Keith to the point of begging for mercy: "Quickly! I was wrong, I, I... I still have a lot of things to finish!"
Now the Big Three have been infected by Polu, and baldness is used to describe the degree of liver disease.
By the way, the liver has also learned this.
"You guys have lumps on your head? How do you rub tens of thousands of them by hand? It's been so long and you still haven't turned to machine production?"
"Think about it, don't we need to use a lathe to make this thing? This thing is not easy to control, and it really can't go anywhere fast, right?"
Polu thought about it and felt that Case's concerns were very reasonable - it was not impossible to make suitable long screws by hand and existing machine tools, but the problem was still the same: efficiency.
"Tens of thousands of long screws were cut by the workers while holding calipers. I'm afraid they won't be able to cut them all until there is a good harvest next year, and this road will have to be repaired."
Case touched the densely packed threads with the same twisting pitch, thought about the production methods he had seen, and shook his head.
"Then what should we do? With such a dense thread and such a long thread, casting is definitely out of the question. Should we use stamping? It won't work. I feel that this solid steel rod cannot be punched. Hmm... Little Manager, I think you and
Smith doesn't seem to be in a hurry, does he already have a solution?"
"Nonsense, there are very few used now and they are all temporarily produced. How can this thing be flushed? Isn't the problem the problem? It doesn't have a special tooth grinding machine, so of course it's not easy to make. I can't make a special tooth grinding machine.
The thing used for rubbing teeth? Tens of thousands of them are exactly the same. With the teeth rubbing machine, the molds can be unified very quickly!"
It's understandable that Case doesn't know how to make this thing. After all, the products currently manufactured by Tadao are still very rudimentary, and at the same time, hot riveting is more suitable in many places.
Bolts that can only be processed manually, which is labor-intensive and have a low yield rate that makes people cry, are not used in large quantities. Naturally, there is no dedicated standard parts factory, so there is currently no, and it is impossible to establish a set of standard parts.
system.
And Polu feels that it won’t be built in a few years. The industrial chain is not long enough, and the standard parts system is incomplete—what’s the point of manufacturing standard parts that have no place to use?
But then comes the peak of demand.
For trains, tracks, docks, and steel bridges, it is not practical to rely solely on hot riveting, and it is not conducive to maintenance. Standard parts must be put on the agenda. If there is a demand, the construction of the entire system should start with long rod bolts.
This process is bound to be full of complex and tedious work. But if you don't start doing it, the standardized system will simply be a castle in the air. Even if it is magic production, if you want to improve efficiency and don't want every machine to be equipped with a screwdriver, then centralized production is inevitable.
Must do.
As for centralized production, is there any reason not to choose standard parts?
What parts are missing? Wouldn’t it be delicious to choose a ready-made product?
So in Bolu's laboratory, a square machine is leaning against the darkness in the corner, waiting to shine!
Thousands, tens of thousands of years, even going back to the beginning of human history, since humans made the first tools - although Polu is not sure whether this world is a toy created by evolution or God - all production in the world is
Done by hand.
The ancestors collected, smelted, purified, and finally used their dexterous or clumsy hands to create tools that changed the world and obtained sufficient means of living.
Perhaps the world has not yet developed to a stage where faster, better, and more production tools are needed to demand from nature. Under the current situation, if humans only rely on their hands, it is enough to meet their basic life needs.
Already.
As long as no disaster or war occurs.
Polu could tell from the batch of books he had recently obtained - even the original alchemy factory was nothing more than a small workshop-style place for laboratory-style production.
This is a suitable production method - if you don't plan to promote the product to more and wider people.
Dozens or hundreds of alchemists gathered together, hiding behind a high wall like a castle, locked in a dark secret room, each using their own methods, according to their own understanding and different formulas, a few items at a time, or even dozens of items,
Even hundreds of pieces can be manufactured.
This is the production method of the alchemists. They produced in a production method that was far beyond the ability of ordinary people, and made efforts to standardize their production methods - which can be seen from the various fixed rituals and steps in those records
.
What can be recorded in the book is definitely not the best production method, but more likely the production process of a certain product over a period of time. It is well known that there is no difficult production process - it can be said that it is no difficulty and a complete money-making tool.
Like other human beings, alchemists naturally want to save some energy and make money while lying down.
However, standardization efforts can only go so far.
How could he arbitrarily leak the formula he had worked so hard and painstakingly on, the foundation of his life, to others! Only when it is in his own hands can people feel at ease. Even the alchemy workshop under his own name only produces the most basic products.
That kind of thing - this is the same for everyone.
As for those produced by oneself, of course they are sold to rich nobles!
A talisman that can block a fatal attack for you. For so much money, are you willing to buy it?
Are you willing to buy a medicine that can treat serious injuries, save limbs, and save lives for so much money and without any hesitation?
Encountering all kinds of strange enemies with negative attributes, simple physical attacks are ineffective, and there is no magician around. Can you buy sword oil that can be used temporarily to save the lives of the entire team?
Although the priest is good, he has a long way to go!
So what else is there to say!
Buy buy buy!
There is only one family and no semicolon.
A strong seller's market with free pricing. Anyway, the aristocratic gentlemen have a lot of money saved in their coffers for who knows how many generations. As long as they are not stingy to the point of asking for money rather than their lives, there are always life-saving tools that they can willingly spend a lot of money on.
Money comes!
But the worst part is that, except when faced with the threat of war, these products, which sound like they should always be snapped up, are actually counterintuitive and sell very slowly.
After all, the chance of a noble gentleman encountering a risk is not very high. It’s enough to buy a few copies to keep in reserve. If they are used up, just buy more. If you can’t save your life after all these methods are used up, you can’t have more copies.
It just prolongs the painful struggle before death.
Egg shells can always be smashed.
The water in the broken bucket will always leak out.
In this process, the alchemists made enough money from the high profits of a single item, and the masters were guaranteed, and everyone was happy. Improving production and effects became less necessary.
As for the bottom floor?
That's not the target customer group.
Although the bottom layer doesn't need standard parts very much now, the machines that make the things sold to them do need standard parts.
At the same time, finished standard parts will penetrate into their lives sooner or later!
"Let's start with nails and bolts."
As for their lack of demand?
Can demand be cultivated?
"There will always be changes. Although it is difficult, we will always get to this point."
While Polu was thinking, he touched this smooth machine affectionately, and the steel plate on the surface glowed with a beautiful, bright blue. He turned around and looked at the man behind him with a confused expression, not knowing what he was sighing about.
Keith and Goola announced loudly: From the moment it starts to officially operate, we have taken the first step in truly using machines to produce machines!"
"This machine is used to make long screws. It is not expensive and not difficult. As long as we are willing and necessary, we can make ten sets, a hundred sets, a thousand sets, or as many as we want!
"
However, the two of them seemed unaware and had no idea that they were standing in front of the opening brick of a system.
He just urged Bolu: "Hurry up and let us take a look!"
This made Polu hold back what he said later, and he was really a little disappointed:
"Okay. At least we can use it ourselves."
"I have never seen standard parts so I don't know how good they are. Once you try them, let's see if you can make your own non-standard parts!"
While he was thinking, he turned on the energy source for the machine.