Chapter 5 Don't Fight for Steamed Buns and Fight for Breath (Part 1)

"A fat student borrowed a set of shovel knives to go to the lathe workshop after ten o'clock in the morning?" Mr. Liu found a set of tools missing when he arrived at the fitter workshop after one o'clock in the afternoon.

The tools placed outside are for public use, not for Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu's set was specially built for himself before Mr. Liu retired, and no one else is qualified to use it.

But even so, Mr. Liu was a little surprised. What does a student borrow a spatula for? Could it be that there is something wrong with the guide rails of those lathes, and someone needs to fix it, so let the fat student come over to run errands and get tools?

The more he thought about it, the more it didn't feel right, so Mr. Liu decided to go and have a look. Anyway, the road is not far away, so take a look and rest assured. Don't let that student make something out of it.

Just as he was about to get up, Guo Tailai walked in. He came to return the tools, and one morning was enough for him to repair the guide rails of the old Rheinmetall lathe in 1933.

"Fatty, what are you doing with the shovel?" Mr. Liu asked after waiting for Guo Tai to put away the tools.

"There is a problem with the guide rail of the lathe, so I took it and shoveled it." Guo Tailai replied casually.

Hum, there was a buzzing in Mr. Liu's mind, the last thing he wanted to see happened. Is the guide rail of the lathe so easy to shovel? If it is really shoveled, the lathe will be scrapped.

"Take me to take a look." After all, Mr. Liu had gone through many things, even if he panicked at first, he immediately regained his composure.

If it is really broken, see if it can be repaired! Just don't scrap it. Thinking in his heart, Mr. Liu led the bewildered fat man all the way to the lathe workshop.

In fact, Mr. Liu has given up hope. A lathe guide rail, even a six or seven-level fitter, will take a few days to really smooth it. The tools that Fatty borrowed at ten o'clock in the morning are only a little over one o'clock now. Excluding the time for eating, it will be a full two hours. I just hope that I can repair it without shoveling too much.

Following the fat man all the way into the lathe workshop, seeing the fat man ignoring the lathes in the workshop and walking directly to the small room, Mr. Liu was relieved. It would be better not to use these lathes outside. There are only two old antiques inside, which are not used for production. It is estimated that the most valuable ones are the two lathes, and the loss is not big.

If the old antique rail is really broken, then it is broken! There are problems in the first place, and keeping it is just a little commemorative significance. But the fat man can't be lighthearted, why did he dare to shovel the guide rail without permission?

"There is a set of superb tools in the fitter's workshop, but it's a pity that I don't know who owns it, and it's locked and not used." Guo Tailai didn't feel the emotional change behind Mr. Liu at all, and said casually while opening the door: "It's a pity that I have a good set of tools! "

"That set of tools belongs to my old man, how can you be worthy of that set of tools?" Mr. Liu was furious when he heard that, why would it be a pity not to use it for you fat man?

Guo Tailai shrank his neck and dared not speak anymore. It's embarrassing to be caught talking about people behind their backs. With his head down, he walked all the way to the old Rheinmetall lathe he used.

Liu Huhu grimaced, walked to the front of the lathe, and stretched out his hand to push Guo Tailai away. Mr. Liu was much more familiar with this lathe than Guo Tailai, and he knew exactly what was wrong with it, so he didn't need Guo Tailai's introduction at all.

As soon as he lowered his head, Mr. Liu's eyes suddenly widened. How is this possible?

The old lathe in 1933, not to mention the serious wear and tear of the guide rail, because it fell once during a certain handling process, and it was slightly deformed. Since it was just a commemorative lathe, it was reinstalled.

The easiest way to fix the guide rail is to replace it with a new one, but this is obviously impossible. Old lathes from 1933 don't have spare parts, no brand new rails to replace. After all, the German sewers are just a joke, not a fact.

If it is not replaced with a new one, if the wear is serious, it can only be scraped and chiseled out after the overall fine grinding. In layman's terms, it is shoveled out.

The rough machining of the guide rail is a grinding machine, and the finishing machining is actually done manually. A skilled worker takes a fine shovel, finds any unevenness with a level gauge, and shovels it with a small shovel. It takes several days to shovel a guide rail, and the final guide rail is densely covered with patterns. It's a shovel mark.

Those who can shovel guide rails must be at least at the fifth level of fitter, which is the level of Guo Jianjun, which is the entry level.

Even for a master of the eighth-level fitter, it will take at least a few days to shovel out a qualified guide rail. In addition to craftsmanship, there is also measurement that takes kung fu.

Fatty was originally a student, and he devoted all his spare time to fitter work, and it is impossible for him to become a fitter level 8 at this age. Not to mention level eight, even if a fat man is diligent, it would be good to have a level two or three.

As the saying goes, there is a fine turner in three years, and a bad fitter in ten years. This is not just talk, fitter, that is the most hardworking. It's only been three hours since the fat man borrowed the tools, what can I do?

But what Mr. Liu saw now completely overturned his common sense. How is it possible that there is a brand new guide rail on the lathe bed?

No, not new. Mr. Liu has so much experience, he was surprised to find that this is not a brand new guide rail, but a guide rail that has been finely processed and polished.

Habitually, he reached out and touched the guide rail from one end to the other. In the process of touching, Mr. Liu even closed his eyes and held his breath. For the old workers of their generation, the touch of their fingers is the most precise measuring tool, sometimes even more accurate than a ruler.

The guide rail is straight, well-proportioned and smooth, without any deviation, at least Mr. Liu hasn't found any deviation yet. According to Mr. Liu's experience, the leveling error of the entire guide rail is completely below a thread, and he can't even feel a little bump, which is completely different from the pattern of the guide rails that have been removed by hand.

"Master!" This was the first reaction in Liu Lao's mind. Thinking that such a fat student at such a young age has such a level, Old Liu's body couldn't help but tremble.

Old Liu's reaction made Guo Tai look frightened. If the old man did something wrong here, what would he do?

"Have you had lunch, Fatty?" Old Liu suddenly asked an inexplicable question.

"Eat!" Guo Tailai didn't know why Mr. Liu asked this, and hurriedly replied, "I just eat it in the cafeteria."

Now Mr. Liu has a plan. From here to the Nine Canteens, and back and forth plus the queue for eating, it will take forty-five minutes. Then, excluding the time for disassembling and assembling the old lathe, that is to say, this unattractive fat man in front of him only took an hour and a half at most to complete the scraping and leveling of the entire guide rail, and even polished it. Is this guy a monster?

"Wait for me at the fitter's workshop tomorrow morning." Mr. Liu held back his excitement, left a word to Guo Tailai, and then thought about how to train the fat man all the way, Shi Shiran left, leaving behind Guo Tailai who was confused, rubbing his head , I didn't respond for a long time.