Chapter 14 Thousand Forged Tungsten Steel Hammer
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"Wulin, here we come!" A tall and strong young man in his twenties greeted Tang Wulin.
"Brother Long." Tang Wulin asked with a smile: "What tasks did the teacher assign today?"
Brother Long smiled and said: "It's quite a lot. You can go to your room by yourself. Just look at it. Speaking of which, I'm a little jealous of you, how old are you! "Forging is hard work, and the more you do, the more you earn.
Tang Wulin chuckled and said: "How can I compare with you? The teacher still doesn't let me forge large parts."
Brother Long said: "That is to give you a more solid foundation. Okay, you go quickly, otherwise, you won’t be able to do anything for two hours today.”
There are actually only three people in Mangtian’s studio, Mangtian, Long Ge and Tang Wulin. Brother Long was originally Mangtian's only apprentice. After Tang Wulin came here, he became the second one. His title to Mangtian had become teacher as early as three years ago when he came here for the second time.
Mang Tian is a very strict teacher and has high requirements. But the teaching is also very serious. Many times Tang Wulin felt that he had learned far more here than in the academy.
Everyone has a studio of their own. Mangtian takes some work of forging mecha parts from outside and then assigns them to them. Leave the simple ones to Brother Long and Tang Wulin, and he will do the complicated ones himself.
There will be one dedicated study time every week, and Mangtian will teach them step by step. The remaining days will be spent completing the tasks assigned by Mangtian. The more you do and the better you do, the higher your income will be.
Tang Wulin came to his forging room. Unlike the messy living room outside, his place was very tidy and he had cleaned it up himself.
As expected, some raw materials have been prepared on the forging table, and there are drawings next to them.
When he first came here, Mangtian had him knocking on iron blocks for three months, only teaching him the skills of knocking and moving. I have to knock for two hours every day, which is really a hot period of time.
But with continuous practice, Tang Wulin's already strong strength continued to grow, and the small hammer gradually became larger. Three months later, he started doing some simple work refining metals. A year later, the simplest parts began to be made.
It was not until half a year ago that he upgraded from the original small parts forging to the medium-sized parts forging. Mangtian was even harsher on him than he was on Brother Long. But Tang Wulin seems to have a special kind of resilience in his character. In the three years since he came here, he has never complained.
Looking at the drawing carefully, he understood what today’s work was. Ten joints. These are the ankle joints of the mecha. They are spherical. If they are cast, they only need two stampings. Complete, but for forging, the requirements are much higher.
Forging is also divided into many levels. Generally speaking, it is a hundred forgings. The so-called hundred forgings mean that every part of a part must be forged hundreds of times to complete. Even higher levels include Thousand Refinements.
The more times it is forged, the fewer impurities there will be in the metal. Of course, the metal must be good enough to withstand the pressure brought by thousands of forgings. As for Thousand Forged Parts, Tang Wulin cannot currently make them, and such work is rare.
Proficiently pressing the button on the forging table, the center of the forging tower cracked, revealing the forge below. Tang Wulin fixed a piece of metal to the slot next to the forging furnace, and then pressed the button. Send it to the forge.
He started with two shiny black hammers. The size of these two hammers looked similar to the hammers he had used when he first came here for testing. For forging small and medium-sized parts, a hammer of this size is most suitable. However, the pair of hammers in his hands were gifts given to him by Mangtian when he came here for a whole year. Each of the thousand-forged tungsten steel hammers made by Mangtian himself weighs eighty kilograms, making it difficult for ordinary people to lift them. But now when it was held in Tang Wulin's hand, it felt like it was nothing.
Under the high temperature of the forge, the metal quickly turned red. Tang Wulin raised the tungsten steel hammer in his right hand on the slot, and closed the tungsten steel hammer in his left hand from above. Just clip the metal out.
The tungsten steel hammers were quickly swung with both hands, and a series of "ding-dong-dang-dang" sounds were heard, starting the day's forging.
Forging is a craft, not just a skilled trade. Mang Tian told Tang Wulin when he first started learning that if he wanted to become a qualified blacksmith, he must use his brain. During the tapping process, the texture and characteristics of the metal itself should be judged through the shock response and metal changes. Only by mastering these can we truly forge high-quality products.
Tang Wulin has an excellent understanding in this area. He did not know that when Mangtian gave him this pair of tungsten steel hammers, it meant that he was already an official blacksmith.
The monthly income is not much, so he will save a fixed amount of money, and set aside part of the remaining money for his sister to spend, and give the remaining money to Lang Yue to subsidize the family.
He is only a nine-year-old child now, but his three years of forging career have made him much calmer than his peers in both mentality and character.
For two hours, when the last part was completed under the violent hammering of the tungsten steel hammer, Tang Wulin also let out a sigh of relief and grabbed the towel next to him to wipe his sweat. Looking at the ten shiny joint parts in front of him, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
Once he got used to forging, he also fell in love with the job. Swinging a hammer and hitting every day is a particularly refreshing way to vent. Moreover, occasionally he will enter a special state during the knocking process. This state is very strange, as if he and the person being hit are in a special state. The metal and the hammer in his hand resonated. Whenever this happens, the parts he makes will be particularly excellent, and even Mang Tian's cold and hard-hearted character can't help but praise it.
"Teacher." When Tang Wulin was about to hand over the work, he found that Mang Tian had arrived at his forging room without knowing it.
Mang Tian first walked to the forging table and looked at his work, nodded, and then handed him a stack of banknotes, "This month's wages. Well done."
"Thank you, teacher." Tang Wulin was overjoyed and hurriedly took the banknote and put it into his arms. His face turned red due to excitement, but he couldn't help but wave his fist vigorously.
Mang Tian looked at him with some confusion, "I didn't see you so happy when I got my salary every month before?"
Tang Wulin's breathing was a little quick, and he took a deep breath. He said in a tone: "Teacher, I have saved enough money to buy a soul."
Mang Tian was stunned for a moment, moved slightly, and said, "Are you saying that your martial spirit has reached level ten?"
Tang Wulin nodded, "It should be almost there."
< br>Mang Tian showed a rare smile, "Come on."
"Teacher, I'll go back first." Tang Wulin packed the finished parts in the box and ran out happily.
Looking at his back, the smile on Mangtian's face couldn't help but grow a little thicker, "Finally, this kid looks a bit like a child. It's a pity that his martial spirit is only Blue Silver Grass. No matter what the soul is, I'm afraid... But this is my luck. In terms of forging, this child's talent is enough to pass on my mantle."
(End of this chapter)