episode_0165

Having decided to improve the tools used to create fibers, I immediately asked the researchers a question. Thinking with others was a way to come up with better ideas than thinking alone.

“What is the best way for skeletons to operate these tools and work on large quantities at once?”

“… … .”

However, the researchers who asked my question did not answer right away. No, my mouth was tightly shut.

Of course, that didn’t mean there was no reaction. To answer my question, I was looking at the tools and thinking about various things.

It could be said that by touching the tools around, they came up with application methods and looked back on the structures they learned during the process of making them themselves.

I also joined these researchers in the process of examining tools from various perspectives and improving them into tools that can efficiently perform automatic production using the undead.

“The process of pounding dry flax and separating the stems seems quite important, but why not just leave this part to the skeletons?”

“To the skeleton?”

“Yes. Can’t you change the shape of the skeleton? Like a cart skeleton. Make the skeleton’s arms wide and long, and have them pound the flax.”

The idea was that if flax was left in front, the skeleton would pound it and separate the stems.

It’s not a bad idea, but I thought there might be a better way. I was wondering if going through the process of crimping the ball in the form of swinging both arms would produce a certain quality.

In terms of the blacksmith’s work, the process of pounding the iron that was initially processed into an ingot was no different from crimping.

In order to make it of uniform quality, it had to go through the same processing process. If it was a form of tapping here and there with both arms, it would be difficult to say that it was a completely identical process.

Even if the same movement was possible through the skeleton, there were bound to be differences due to the position where the flax was placed or the position where it was struck. Some areas are tapped twice, other areas are tapped three or four times, and so on.

To solve that problem, a method of tapping equally across the board was needed.

“Boss, how about making it pass between two elongated gear wheels? If you look at this tool, it will get stuck between your teeth and break anyway.”

“Cogs? How do you do it? Try drawing a picture at least once.”

As I did not immediately understand the verbal explanation, the researcher immediately began to draw a picture. It was a bit of a crude drawing, but I could understand what the researcher was talking about.

The idea was to make a long cylinder like a gear wheel and make the flax pass between two gear wheels installed at the top and bottom. Then, I thought that the outer skin of the flax would be easily broken as demonstrated by Balan.

“Wouldn’t that be bad?”

“That’s right! If they are interlocked, they will turn in the opposite direction, so wouldn’t it be possible to control the degree of separation of the stems by connecting them with a little distance between them?”

“Oh… … ! Are you okay?”

“And wouldn’t it be possible to properly separate the attached shells by moving the gear wheel at the end separately vertically and tapping it?”

The sight of the researcher tapping his bean while twirling his fist made me think that it was definitely possible.

Moreover, if you do it that way, all you have to do is place the flax and turn the gear, so the process will be very simple. Unlike Ballant, who worked by holding only as much as he could hold with one hand, it would also be possible to process large quantities at once.

“But, this… … . Couldn’t it also be used to process iron?”

“Yes? Since iron is hard, it seems like it will snap.”

“No, it doesn’t turn like a saw, it turns with something that looks like a bobbin here.”

At the spinning wheel nearby, I pointed to the H-shaped bobbin where the thread was bundled. However, seeing the researcher tilting his head as if he still did not understand, he pulled the bobbin from the spinning wheel.

” Imagine putting two of these together and pushing a heated iron ingot between them. Wouldn’t the heated iron change slightly to fit the shape inside the bobbin here? As it gets longer little by little.”

“Uh… … . It’s possible, it’s possible! That way, it will be very easy to process it into a thin, long bar!”

“That’s right. When you built the Magic Tower this time, you hammered it all down yourself, right? When I thought about it, it seemed very inefficient. If you do this, wouldn’t you just have to rotate the circular tool that looks like a bobbin?”

“That’s right!”

The researchers nodded their heads vigorously at my words and began to cheer themselves up as if they were going to actually do what I said right away.

However, I couldn’t let them go because they were the ones who had to improve the tools with me. Instead, since it was an important idea, one person was designated to pitch the idea to other researchers.

The researchers’ faces were filled with disappointment at my choice. Since it seemed unlikely that the tool would be improved properly if things continued like this, I had no choice but to say that it would be okay to participate in the research once the improvements were completed.

Anyway, this inspired the researchers’ motivation and focused on improving the tools used in textile processing.

The next tool to be improved was a tool for combing in accordance with the textile production process. Previously, flax was hung on nails filled with wooden boards and pulled, but it was decided to use a method similar to a grinding wheel.

It was a type of brushing that could be done simply by rotating and holding a cylinder with nails nailed into it. Of course, since broken stems can also be used, there is also a part where broken stems are scraped off from the rotating cylinder.

Unfortunately, unlike the tools used in the process of separating flax stems, the tools used for spinning and weaving have not been improved in many areas. There were only very slight improvements.

In the case of the potter’s wheel, its structure was so simple that it was not easy to improve it. No, it wasn’t just a problem, the problem was that a better method than the current structure couldn’t be immediately thought of. There were various ideas, but they were not very helpful in increasing productivity.

At least, we were able to increase work efficiency by specially modifying the structure of the skeleton on which work would be performed. The method was to attach four or more arms to a single skeleton and operate multiple spinning wheels at the same time.

In fact, it was no different from increasing the number of workers, but that was all that came to mind right away. Still, since technology is always evolving, we planned to make it easy to modify the production process at any time.

And, not much has changed in the loom. No, in some ways, it could be said that many things have changed. The structure of the tool itself remains virtually unchanged, but the material has changed. From trees and bone fragments. Of course, it was only a part, not the whole, but it was true that the skeleton was made from a loom and a single body.

“Boss… … . Is it okay to make it like this?”

“There is nothing that cannot be done. Because it’s just a connection in the middle. The tree didn’t become a skeleton. The wood was fixed to the skeleton’s body, making it possible to move the tool.”

The researchers looked at me with a bit of concern as they looked at the skeleton that had become one with the loom.

I guess it was because I needed something to use as a standard to make more looms right now, and I suddenly connected it to the skeleton. No, more accurately, it felt like I was worried about not being able to participate in interesting research right away since I was building a new loom.

But unlike the researchers, I wasn’t particularly worried. Although it was connected to the skeleton anyway, the existing structure itself was not significantly damaged. I was confident that it would work fine.

“Let’s see if it moves properly.”

However, to the researchers who were still worried, they decided to show the so-called loom skeleton in motion. Since there was no flax with separated stems right now, it was not possible to see the fabric being woven, but it was not difficult to see it in motion.

Chuck- Cheo-eok- Tak- Cheo-eok-

When I sent out black magic and gave a signal to move, the loom skeleton immediately began to move while making a loud noise.

The device that changed the position of the warp thread moved up and down, and the drum wrapped around the weft thread moved left and right on its own. The device called the body, which tightly adheres the moved weft thread, also appeared to move immediately after the drum moved.

Although it was not possible to see the cloth being woven because there were no threads hanging, the process was not much different from the process of weaving the cloth by Balan himself.

The only thing different was that the drum, in which the weft was rolled, moved on its own. This was possible by making a separate fixture on the body that could move the drum. In order to increase productivity, improvements were made to focus on the parts that took the most time in Balan’s work process.

Perhaps that’s why it was moving at a speed several times faster than when Balan was weaving the cloth himself. It may be faster because it moves without a thread, but the fact that the drum moves automatically was also a factor in making it faster.

“Are you moving well?”

“That’s right!”

Despite their worries, the researchers looked at the loom skeleton moving well and nodded. This is because, from their perspective, there was no particular problem with the loom skeleton.

Seeing that the researchers seemed to have alleviated their concerns by watching them move, we immediately sent them to the research and development headquarters.

Of course, they were not sent to study how to process iron bars into bars, but to make tools to be used in the process of separating flax stems.

“Finished!”

When I told them that they could join the research separately as long as they made the right tool, the researchers quickly created a tool to separate flax stems.

The structure itself wasn’t that difficult to begin with, and it didn’t need to be extremely strong, so it was made of cast iron. There were things that looked like cylindrical gears lined up in a row, and on one side there was a handle that could rotate them in the same manner.

“… … I made it quickly too.”

It was a tool that was made so quickly that I wondered if the heated molten iron had cooled down enough, but when I actually used it, there were no problems.

When Balan demonstrated, he used the unused flax and ran it for a test run, and it ended up in a similar state to what Balan had beaten with his hand.

It wasn’t just that I felt that way, but that reaction came even though I called Balan and had him check it for himself. The stems were evenly separated overall and were in perfect condition for combing.

“Then let’s take a look at the overall process.”

Now that we are somewhat ready to start making fiber in earnest, we decided to do one last inspection.

Balang looked at the tools with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to check them thoroughly. And, at the same time, the skeletons began moving various tools.

A cylinder with jagged teeth spun around to separate the flax stems, and skeletons rubbed the separated stems against a combing cylinder to pick out the stems. The stems, which were trimmed thin and long and looked like hair, were turned into thread as they were rolled into the spinning wheel turned by the skeleton.

The threads thus created were immediately passed on to the loom skeleton, and soon it was moving with a steady clicking sound, creating cloth.

I was able to see with my own eyes the process of the thread, which was just woven like a spider web, gradually turning into fabric.