Chapter 586 Wooden Truck Body
After sharing some tasks, the workers in the workshop not only did not feel relaxed, but became even busier.
Yang Xiaotao is no exception. When he has no free time throughout the day, he is either in the office approving documents or working on parts in the workshop, and he has to strictly control quality.
Sometimes it is necessary to coordinate the production of various workshops, and the progress must be unified and coordinated.
This is not only physically tiring, but also mentally stressful.
Thanks to his stronger body than ordinary people, nothing happened.
If it were Yang Youning, he would have been unable to bear it for a long time.
In this regard, Yang Youning can only lament that being young is good.
When it was time for delivery, it was Secretary Qian who came to hand over the goods.
This middle-aged man who came from the northwest looked a bit like a teacher, but he spoke directly and cheerfully, very much like a man from the northwest.
Yang Youning and other leaders of the steel rolling mill took Secretary Qian to visit the production workshop. They also demonstrated the assembly of a tractor on site, which was an eye-opener for Secretary Qian.
In the afternoon, I counted the two hundred tractors in double copies and signed their names on the delivery orders.
Then he made a request for follow-up orders to be delivered as soon as possible.
Yang Youning naturally agreed and promised to complete the task on time.
Director Qian then followed the convoy of the steel rolling mill and sent the tractor to the train station. After a lot of work, he boarded the train to the northwest in the night.
Under the night, everyone looked at the train going away. Yang Xiaotao then waved goodbye to Yang Youning and others and returned to the courtyard.
Since the workers in the steel rolling mill went on the night shift and the patrols in the alleys were intensified, the door to the courtyard has never been closed.
When Yang Xiaotao returned home, although his voice was lowered, it was still heard by Ran Qiuye.
A week later, Ran Qiuye's body has recovered, and he usually walks around the house holding the little Dragon Boat Festival.
Perhaps it’s because after giving birth, the body is plumper and the mature flavor is more intense.
This feeling made Yang Xiaotao a little addicted.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Yang Xiaotao walked to the bed and looked at his son on the crib, "The little guy is sleeping soundly."
"He sleeps when he's full and doesn't make any fuss."
Ran Qiuye looked at the little Dragon Boat Festival lovingly and reached out to touch the exposed little hand.
"Isn't that good? You only make noise when you are making trouble."
Taking off his shoes, Yang Xiaotao lay on the bed and stretched, and there was a crunching sound on his body.
Seeing this, Ran Qiuye leaned sideways against Yang Xiaotao's chest.
“It’s so boring to stay at home all day.”
“It’s almost time. When I’m out of confinement, I’ll push him out to bask in the sun and walk in the yard.”
"If the weather is good, let's go back to our hometown and stay for two days."
Yang Xiaotao comforted Ran Qiuye. After all, he felt uncomfortable being trapped in the house for a month.
Ran Qiuye nodded and was not messing around.
“Mom said that the little cart you made can not only sit on it, but also put it down and lie down. It is strong and durable and makes everyone in the yard envious.”
“ Now everyone in the yard knows that you can make a small car, and many people want to ask you to make one.”
Yang Xiaotao smiled, stretched out his hand to lift Ran Qiuye's loose clothes, stroked his smooth back, and smiled proudly, "That's true, regardless of who the man is in your family."
"Isn't it just a small car? A little bit of wood, again"
Ran Qiuye suddenly heard that Yang Xiaotao stopped talking. , still mumbling in that wooden way, I was startled, and quickly stood up, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Yang Xiaotao hugged Ran Qiuye one by one and kissed them. After going up, it took a long time when Ran Qiuye's face was hot before Yang Xiaotao left, and then he looked excited.
“Daughter-in-law, wood is just wood.”
Ran Qiuye still didn't know what was going on, but Yang Xiaotao started to explain.
It turns out that when he was talking about making a car out of wood, he had thought, what if wood was used instead of steel to make a car body?
In other words, can we reduce the thickness of the steel and put a layer of wood on top?
If it is feasible, then the problem of insufficient materials can be alleviated.
Compared with steel, the processing of wood is much simpler. More importantly, today is not the future. There are many old forests in the deep mountains. As long as there are enough lumberjacks, the forests can be cut down for you. .
"Wood can also be used?"
Ran Qiuye still doesn't believe that wood can be used to make a tractor?
This is too unreasonable.
"Yes, of course it can. The deck on the aircraft carrier can be used, why can't the tractor?"
Yang Xiaotao stretched out his hand and said happily, "It doesn't have to be all wood. Yes, it’s always okay to wrap it with a layer of iron sheet.”
Ran Qiuye didn't say anything, she just lay on Yang Xiaotao's chest and let her man do what she wanted.
Many ideas came to Yang Xiaotao's mind. If it hadn't been dark now, he would have wanted to try out a batch of wood.
After recovering from his thoughts, feeling the softness in front of him and Ran Qiuye's gradually steady breathing, Yang Xiaotao carefully hugged Ran Qiuye and fell asleep.
The next day, Yang Xiaotao came to the steel rolling mill after dinner and found Yang Youning to put forward his statement.
When Yang Youning heard that the car body was made of wood, he refused even if he wanted it or not. Isn't this cutting corners?
But thinking about it again, this may not necessarily be cutting corners, but it is really cutting out materials.
Besides, isn’t it the usual practice to wrap it with a layer of iron?
And if ordinary wood is brushed with tung oil, its sealing properties are not bad.
After Yang Youning finished speaking, he sat there and meditated. As long as the tractor can pull goods, it will be fine.
The most important thing is the front of the car.
Thinking of this, I picked up the phone and called Secretary Liu.
As for Yang Xiaotao, he went to the workshop to get one and take a look.
There are ready-made ones in the wood factory. Although they are all in pieces, it is not difficult for Yang Xiaotao, an amateur carpenter.
At the entrance of the third workshop, Yang Xiaotao guarded a pile of wood and began to perform carpentry work.
When Wang Guodong heard that Yang Xiaotao wanted to use this to make a car bucket, he was also inconceivable.
But think about it, the thickness of the tractor body is now eight millimeters, and the thickness of the sides of the tractor body is five millimeters.
It’s not that I don’t want to make it thinner, but that it’s too thin and the load capacity is affected.
Eight millimeters is due to the steel. If inferior steel is used, not even one centimeter can be blocked.
But if it is feasible to follow what Yang Xiaotao said and lay a layer of one-inch wooden boards and then lay five millimeters of iron sheets, the consumables will be reduced by half.
Besides, some good wood is not bad in hardness.
Wang Guodong was helping from the side, watching Yang Xiaotao piece together the wooden boards into the required size, then put them on the five-millimeter iron plate, and fixed them one by one with rivets.
While waiting for lunch, the base of the truck body had already been made.
Yang Youning came to the workshop in the afternoon. He communicated with Liu Huaimin that if it was feasible, he would follow this.
For this reason, Liu Huaimin also specially communicated with all parties to explain the current situation. Moreover, the body of the truck is no more useful than the front of the car and it does not affect its use.
Everyone everywhere understands that, after all, the shortage of steel is nationwide, and as long as the performance is excellent, they have no reason to refuse.
Similarly, if the wooden body experiment of the steel rolling mill passes, it can be regarded as finding a new path for other automobile manufacturers.
Looking at the car body that was gradually taking shape, several people were full of expectations.
In the evening, the first wooden cart was loaded onto the cart, and the tester drove the cart to load and unload items and conduct experiments in the factory.
After waiting around and unloading the goods, they found that except for some scratches on the wooden boards, there were no other problems.
Moreover, there is no problem with polishing this wooden board. If it is done by professional carpenters and brushed with a layer of tung oil, the quality will be better.
Seeing that it was feasible, Yang Youning immediately reported to his superiors.
Yang Xiaotao was surrounded by a group of people in the center, asking him how he came up with it. Now it seems that as long as the wood is enough, the material used to make two carriages can be used to make three. This kind of The improvements are huge.
Yang Xiaotao modestly said that he thought of it after seeing his child's wooden cart. Everyone was once again impressed by Yang Xiaotao's good luck.
The next day, in the largest wood processing factory outside Sijiu City, the workers chatted with each other and wandered around without the same sense of urgency as elsewhere.
Many people are still discussing who will take what job and build 18 legs for whom.
Everyone has long been accustomed to this kind of salted fish life.
For them, working in a factory is just for stability. If they want to live a comfortable life at home, they still have to rely on extra money.
I wandered over to my workplace, greeted and prepared to start work, but saw the factory director, who usually didn't show up before dinner, striding in with a group of directors.
The factory director looked excited and ignored the strange looks from everyone. He moved to the pile of wood by the wall and asked everyone to come over for the meeting.
"Everyone, listen up. Our factory has taken on a big job, and we need everyone's help. Whether we eat glutinous rice or spicy food next depends on our own abilities."
Below The person looked confused. Normally everyone was a carpenter, taking on private jobs to earn some extra money. No one said anything. Anyway, they relied on their craftsmanship to make a living.
But when the factory director said it so bluntly, everyone really never thought about it.
The factory director was so happy that he didn’t care about this at all. Even the title of ‘comrades’ was changed.
Indeed, good things are coming.
Not only did the above place a large number of orders, their workload suddenly increased.
More importantly, an additional subsidy of 50 cents is provided for building a rolling mill.
Where can I find anything good here?
If you can’t eat the meat buns falling from the sky, you will complain that there is no good thing and the buns are poisonous.
But if you put in the effort to eat it and swallow it in your stomach, you don’t care what other people say is good or bad.
Their lumber factory itself is a unit that cannot make ends meet. In order to support the work of the 100 people in the factory, he, the factory director, has the shamelessness to go to his superiors every time to ask for the salary.
Now, I also have a side business.
They are all carpenters and rely on their craftsmanship to make a living.
Our entire factory relies on craftsmanship, so what?
The director excitedly recounted what the leader of the rolling mill had told him this morning, took out a piece of paper from his arms, spat on it and slapped it on the white wall.
When the carpenters heard this, they were stunned for a moment, then realized something and immediately howled.
Whether it is a big worker or a small worker, they all scream as if they have received an extra dollar in their wages.
"Everyone has taken a look, this is the size. Don't make any mistakes, otherwise you won't be able to hand in the task, and you will eat the wasted wood."
"Also, choose the wood. Good use, polishing and oiling. It’s hot now and it’s a day’s work. No one is allowed to be lazy.”
The factory director shouted from above, and the team leader below had already begun to calculate how to arrange people.
As for ordinary work, just leave it to the apprentices. Anyway, no one will care if there is any delay.
Soon the lumber mill began to take action.
People who were walking around suddenly discovered that the usually lifeless lumber factory was bursting with strong energy, making everyone wonder whether these wood pokers had taken the wrong medicine.
(End of this chapter)