Long Yi, being a modern man, despite having become a blacksmith in this world, he still remains a modern man at heart. He can't bear to use various extremely rudimentary tools and rely solely on his eyes and hands to produce things. No matter how powerful a craftsman might be, they might possess a higher sense of artistry, but in terms of precision, they will never be a match for the cold, emotionless tools.
And so, Long Yi built a set of machine beds for himself.
There are many types of machine beds: lathes, milling machines, grinding machines. Long Yi, with the knowledge he had grasp, made the first set simply, and then used the machine bed to manufacturing more machine beds, gradually improving their precision. Gradually, from the lathe, to the milling machine, to the grinding machine, all of them were assembled by him bit by bit.
Upon possessing these auxiliary tools, Long Yi brought the precise manufacturing abilities of a modern man to an extreme. Long Yi modestly guessed that the precision of his set of lathes should be within a thread. In this world, that is already outstanding precision control.
With the help of these tools, Long Yi made the knife in his hand.
A Brandon M2.
It is a classic army knife, with its smooth curvature and classic shape, it swept the world in the modern era. Long Yi, being a soldier and a weapon enthusiast, has a collection of various army knives. But when it comes to the most classic, naturally it is this Brandon M2. So, when he thought of forging an army knife for himself for self-defense, it was naturally this one he chose.
Of course, to accommodate his body size, he enlarged the dagger quite a bit, making the already perfect shape even more domineering.
Long Yi brought a miniature model of a lathe, which he used to formulate feasible plans before manufacturing the machine beds. Now he brought out this model, briefly describing its purpose. Though the dwarf had never seen anything like it, as an excellent craftsman, he keenly sensed just how astounding what Long Yi had created was and its immense value!
Precision!
Precision!
This has always been the pain in the hearts of the dwarves! It's also what the elf craftsmen most enjoy mocking the dwarves about. The rough and clumsy dwarves could never produce the kind of delicate items the elves could. Despite having the best mining veins and the best craftsmen, the weapons they manufactured were never as expensive as those of the elves. Leaving aside the fact that the elves practically only sell enchanted weapons, the price of a simple unenchanted weapon is always higher than its dwarven counterpart!
Why?
Because the elves' items are always meticulously crafted!
Everyone in this world knows that dwarven craftsmanship represents old-fashioned rigor, while elven craftsmanship represents the epitome of finesse.
It's not that the dwarves don't want to, rather, they're simply not good at it!
But with a lathe, all of this is no longer a dream!
"Kid, no no, little brother, where is the real lathe, show me quickly, no no! You tell me, and I'll send someone to get it right away. Rest assured, it will be a large thirty-meter-long transport dragon. There's no way it will damage any of your components!"
The dwarf Golden Hammer held the lathe model, he was already eager to see the real thing.
"Golden Hammer Uncle, calm down, you're old enough to be my grandpa. It's already quite advantageous for me to call you "Uncle", so don't call me little brother."
"Actually, this time I came hoping to order some parts from you, Uncle."
Seeing Golden Hammer hooked, Long Yi naturally stated his request.
"What parts! Name them, and I'll find them!"
Golden Hammer immediately agreed without a second thought.
"I need to use extreme steel to make a few things like this, and then use cold steel to make a few shafts like this."
As Long Yi spoke, he passed a blueprint to Golden Hammer.
Golden Hammer took a glance at the blueprint, hesitated for a while, then said: "Cold steel is easy, I have some stock here. But extreme steel, it's extremely hard, but very brittle, it's hardly ever used. I don't have any at the moment. You're a blacksmith too, lad, you should know the special characteristics of extreme steel and still need it specifically, are you sure you haven't mistaken?"
"Perhaps Uncle, you can recommend me something harder?" Long Yi laughed.
"Harder? Apart from extreme steel, the harder material would be Fine Gold, but it's costly. No, no, no, not just costly, but too expensive! You're abnormally demanding, and you don't look like someone from a major family. I think it's better not."
Uncle Golden Hammer shook his head, and was quite considerate of Long Yi.
"No, no, Uncle, I do really need some Fine Gold components, but not many, just a little bit."
Speaking, Long Yi passed another small blueprint to him.
"As big as a fingernail, do you want to... you want to embed it in front of the extreme steel to use it as a cutting tool?"
The Golden Hammer glanced at the notes on the blueprint and immediately widened his eyes.
"Such cunning shortcuts, but clever design nonetheless!"
From just one small detail, Golden Hammer could see that the young man standing before him is definitely a mechanical genius!
Damn, a mechanical genius! I've hit the jackpot!
Over the past few years, the machinery of Furnace Fortress has begun to sprout, but they're all extremely simple, without many complex designs. However, looking at this young man's blueprints, the neat three-view drawing, rational data annotation! This is definitely a complete system! If he could get him to pass on this knowledge to himself, then take it back to Furnace Fortress...