industrial lord

Chapter 184 There Are Sewing Machines You Can Step On
Frederick hurried back to the castle, washed his face and changed his clothes before coming to the living room.

In the living room, besides Ogilvy and the family's tailor Romon, there was a bearded man. Ogilvy had asked someone to move the shelves to hang the drawings, and these drawings were still drawn on parchment.

The bearded man hurriedly bowed and greeted Frederick when he saw Frederick coming in: "Dear Duke Wessen, you are safe, your prestige of taking down the head of the enemy general among the thousands of troops has been heard to the east of the Elbe River."

Frederick nodded his head slightly as a greeting, and asked him where he was from and what he did after he sat down on the sofa.

This bearded man is called Schneider, a tailor, and his home is on the east side of the Elbe River, just across the river from Baron Wesen's territory.

Last winter, Baron Wesson and the others started bragging for Frederick after they returned, including the fact that Frederick offered a reward of 500 florins for a machine that sewed clothes.

After Schneider heard about it, he thought about it for most of the winter. As soon as the weather turned warm, he brought the blueprints at the bottom of the box and half of his savings, and came over to try his luck with black bread.

After he finished introducing himself, Romon said to Frederick, "I asked just now, and Schneider is indeed a good tailor."

Frederick saw that since it had been peer-reviewed, it meant that this person was at least an experienced tailor and should be reliable.

So he looked at Ogilvy, and Ogilvy said: "I have seen his drawings, and I think it is feasible."

Frederick nodded and said to Schneider: "You start introducing your machine, if it works, the bounty is yours."

Schneider was so nervous that his hands trembled a little. He pointed to the parchment and began to say, "My... my lord, my machine is... like this."

"There is a rotating wheel on this machine, which will turn when you shake your hand. When it turns, it will drive the needle on the other end. This needle will move up and down. There is a board under the needle. The needle kept poking into the hole, like fucking your wife at night."

"The hole of this needle is on the top of the head, and the thread goes through it. When the needle is stuck under the cloth, the thread also passes. A circle will appear."

"There is a weaving shuttle under the cloth and the board. It is placed on a shelf, and another thread passes through its head. When the thread loops, the shelf takes the shuttle through it. The thread on the shuttle Just pass through."

"When the needle goes up to the end, the thread on the needle is pulled tight, and the thread of the lower shuttle is caught by the thread of the upper needle."

"The needle is inserted once, and the cloth is moved forward a little, and the cloth is sewn like this."

Frederick nodded straightly, basically understanding.

He is no stranger to sewing machines. In his previous life, his mother’s dowry included a sewing machine bought by his grandmother. It’s not necessary for him to reproduce it, but he mainly wants to seize this opportunity to make a fortune.

Although the sewing machine designed by Schneider lacks many accessories and is hand cranked instead of pedaled, the most important parts seem to be quite reliable.

Friedrich didn't know that what he saw in his previous life was a rotary shuttle sewing machine, but Schneider's design was closer to the vibrating shuttle sewing machine of the previous generation.

He talked with Schneider a few more times, and learned that the tailor's wife was weaving at home, and he got the inspiration from the loops and shuttles on the loom that would leave the top thread of the awl when the shoe was repaired when the awl was pulled out.

Frederick looked at Romon, who said, "This method should work."

Then Ogilvy said: "It is not difficult to make such a machine, that is, the relative movement position of the shuttle and the needle must be controlled more precisely to ensure that the shuttle passes through the loop."

Frederick nodded, thought for a while, and then said: "Well, let's try to build a machine first, mainly the shuttle and the needle are the key components. As long as it can be used, the bounty will be Schneider's."

Schneider laughed immediately when he heard it, but he was a little nervous, and he didn't know whether such a machine could be made.

Frederick didn't say much, and asked Afu to find a place for Schneider to live in the castle, and then came to the carpenter's shop in the castle with Ogilvy.

A blank sheet of paper was spread on a sloping table, and Frederick said, "Let's get started."

Several people discussed, first draw the motion relationship between the needle and the shuttle, then determine the transmission structure, calculate the required gear ratio, and finally determine the size of each component.

After three days, a rough model of a sewing machine mainly made of wood and a few parts made of iron was ready.

"Come and try." Frederick said to Schneider.

Schneider carefully stood in front of the sewing machine and threaded the thread. Romon helped him gently pull the thread through the needle, watching him put a piece of cloth under the needle and shake the wheel.

The needle quickly pierced the tight linen downwards, and there was the sound of the shuttle moving under the rack.

As the wheel continued to rotate, the needle was lifted up, and Romon gently pulled the thread, and the linen was pulled up a little bit, but the thread did not come out.

Schneider breathed a sigh of relief, the smile on his face was brighter than the sun in the sky.

He immediately continued to shake the wheel, and slowly pushed the linen forward with his other hand, and a long seam appeared on the cloth.

After cutting the thread, Schneider picked up the linen cloth, turned it over, and was dumbfounded.

On the back, less than half of the shuttle goes through the thread hole, and more than half of the thread just leaves a small loop there.

He looked nervously at Frederick, a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Frederick smiled and said: "Not bad, not bad, there is a success rate of about 40.00%, which shows that this technology is feasible."

Schneider said cautiously: "My lord, this... this... More than half of it failed."

Frederick shook his head, and continued to say with a smile on his face: "When we look at something, we should not only look at the failure, but also the success."

"You see, if the cable is connected, it means it is successful. As long as we solve the problem, there will be more and more successful places, don't you think?"

Schneider nodded hastily. He was worried that his 500 florins were gone just now, but now it seems that there may be some.

Frederick said seriously: "Although many details of the sewing machine need to be perfected, the technology you provide is the most important. Without this technology, no matter how many details there are, it is useless."

"You have decided on the 500 gold coins. Do you plan to ask for cash, or exchange them for the same amount of goods and ship them home to sell?"

"We have an army going to Baron Wesson's territory the day after tomorrow. We can take you with us, and you won't be charged for shipping."

Schneider immediately said: "Then change it. The goods. I heard that the glass tableware here is very valuable. I want to buy some and take it back. I will get off the boat at Hanma City and then go to Burling City. I can buy it there." Opened a tailor shop in the city."

Frederick nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you at the cost price, and send me a letter when the time comes. I'll send you a sewing machine when it's finally ready."

(End of this chapter)