The reason why the printing press was handed over to the craftsmen of the Technical Guild was because Lin originally planned to disclose this knowledge and protect his own interests as much as possible. In addition to establishing his own academic status, he also has the idea of accelerating the spread of lost knowledge.
The reason why the jacquard machine is made by himself is partly because he wants to keep this knowledge secret, whether it is the method of making silk or the jacquard machine technology that is partly from the earth and has been modified by himself.
On Earth, it is true that the ignition of the first industrial revolution was the steam engine; but it was the light industry, mainly textiles, that really drove the fire of the industrial revolution. The former is just an improvement in technology, but the latter is clearly an industry that can make money in vain faster and in a simpler way.
Lin didn't want to give away his money-making skills without any compensation. Do you really think that you came across time to save sentient beings?
On the one hand, the jacquard machine still needs to be developed and improved. It is not like the original Manroland printing press, which can be used immediately as soon as it is produced.
Since they still need to be modified, instead of wasting time communicating with the craftsmen and asking them to modify or make new parts. The things they make may not meet your requirements. If they are not done well, you will need to rework them. It is better to do it yourself and get it right the first time.
The designer of the automatic control program of the jacquard machine is of course Fen. As the automated system that originally dominated the peaceful armed forces of the Silverbeard Dwarves, the Lich has been more slippery than anyone else in this aspect. Including induction, feedback, and automatic judgment, she has established a set of judgment logic. Once she confirms the actual situation that applies, she can immediately propose a solution.
The most attentive girl, Kaya, is responsible for a new job, and it is also a very important job. In the production process of Sichuan brocade, there are so-called craftsmen and craftsmen who pick flowers and knot the flowers. It is the pattern making process that converts the drawn patterns into the weaving process. Moreover, for this work, Lin was not satisfied with handmade flower books similar to Shu brocade craftsmanship, but wanted to program them.
This involves analyzing the image, pixelating it, and converting it into the longitude and latitude relationships of silk threads. And because someone not only wants to make repetitive and symmetrical patterns, but also intends to use the brocade cloth as a painting, it is necessary to add color analysis, dosage estimation, etc.
The most troublesome thing is the performance of gradient colors. To this end, Lin taught girls to use the color enhancement concept of three primary colors and four primary colors, that is, densely arranging silk threads of different colors in different quantities, which can give people a new color vision.
But giving such advice seems to make it more difficult for the person who makes the machine, because the complexity of the jacquard heddle also increases. But this also has the advantage of reducing the types of material colors and making more color changes.
Of course, these needs are not all determined by someone at once. Although it is based on the original Hualou Shu brocade loom, it is because I know exactly what kind of work I want to complete in the end that I can continuously improve the original loom.
The development of Jacquard machines cannot be said to be smooth or smooth. There are no obstacles or mechanical problems that are difficult to solve. But after one problem ends, another problem will pop up. This is almost becoming someone's daily routine these days.
Whenever a new problem arises, in order to solve it, sometimes not only the machine structure needs to be modified, but also Fen's control program needs to be changed accordingly. The most common thing to do is to miniaturize the original structure and increase the number.
For example, the control arm of a jacquard heddle, if you want to make a more detailed pattern, the more complex changes this part will have. In order to meet these changing needs, the only option is to reduce the number of silk threads in each bundle and increase the number of jacquard bundles.
In order to do this, when the number of jacquard arms added laterally cannot be accommodated, of course the only option is to reduce the size of the original jacquard arms to reduce the space occupied.
And usually when a certain structure has to be miniaturized, the number of parts will be overwhelming. Fen and Kaya, who joined the research and development of the jacquard machine together, were originally only responsible for the program part. At this time, they will be pulled down to do the physical modification work together.
The two people who didn't understand why they had to make such a complicated loom were about to be driven crazy by someone. Halumi originally wanted to help, but just looking at the structure of the drawing and the number of modifications needed, the girl immediately retreated. She ran away in dejection on the grounds that she had to raise silkworms and reel silk and record the results of the silk blending and enchantment.
And more importantly, these modifications are far from final and may be revised at any time. Just when the two women with red eyes were about to strangle a man to death after working hard for several days, but all the work was in vain, Lin decided to turn on the computer and do an actual test.
Although in the process of developing the jacquard machine, we used weaving threads that are available on the market for testing. But the quality and thickness of those ordinary twine threads are very different from silk threads, so Lin only used them to test the operation of the machine and did not actually weave a piece of cloth.
On the other hand, the moth seed formula for the silk thread has not yet been completely finalized, and now only Hallumi reels the silk to collect data, such piecemeal results. But also because of the accumulation of experiments, a lot of silk threads have been completed.
These silk threads come from different moth species, have uneven quality, and have different enchantment standards. However, they can be regarded as meeting someone's minimum standards, that is, they are added with protective magic to resist the alien energy of the dimensional gaps. Judging from the quantity, it is probably enough to make a brocade handkerchief. So someone randomly found a photo of a sparrow from the photo library and threw it to Kaya for preliminary analysis.
After getting the required color silk thread, I dyed the thread hastily with the painting dye on the market and put it on the spool of the jacquard machine. The analysis results of Kaya's program were imported into Fen's control program, and the machine quickly started to move.
I never thought about replicating the craftsmanship of Shu brocade from the beginning, because the disclosed parts are all traditional hand-made methods. The length of weaving in one day is only a few centimeters, so it would take several years to get all the fabrics you need. Such precious things cannot be used or waited for.
Although I am developing in the direction of automation, I am completely modifying the jacquard machine regardless of cost. The purpose is to save some time and speed up the process so that I can use the materials that I like earlier. Therefore, in order to design this automatic jacquard machine, Lin can be said to have tried his best, imagined various situations as much as possible, and formulated various response plans.
But no matter how you say it, you are still a layman in the textile industry. Whether this jacquard machine can be used, whether it can produce silk, ultimately depends on the results. And it is not difficult to guess that after the machine is put into trial operation, there will definitely be some problems that were not discovered before. This is the prelude to a major change.
Almost all people who care about silk are standing by the jacquard machine, watching nearly a thousand silk threads gradually being woven into a square handkerchief under the operation of the machine. In particular, the sparrow picture selected by Lin gradually takes shape as the shuttle creates silk threads of different colors, interlacing the longitude and weft.
Occasionally, Fen and Lin also taught biology and mathematics courses. Finally, after dinner, we finished weaving a piece of brocade handkerchief about fifteen centimeters square. It's not finished yet, mainly because the accumulated silk thread has been used up. The small section at the end was knitted in a mess because there were many empty spools running around. But at least the sparrow in the center of the brocade is finished.
"Is it done?" Halumi asked, squatting by the window and resting her chin on the windowsill.
At this time, Lin was stopping the operation of the jacquard machine and holding scissors, intending to cut off the thread tail of the brocade handkerchief. But I tried to cut the only scissors at home until the blade collapsed, but I still couldn't cut off the entire flat cable.
The three anxious women stretched out their hands and tried to remove the brocade handkerchief. But the enchanted silk thread is tougher than expected. When Halumi was reeling, most of the thread tails were not processed much, so she had never discovered such a characteristic.
Just when the impatient girl was about to run to get the box cutter and come back to deal with the small brocade handkerchief, Lin took a moment to accurately position it, and used the ability of flash to cut off the space to cut off the piece. The long-awaited experimental product was in hand.
"How does it feel?" "How is the weaving?" "How is the effect of enchantment?" The three women started with three questions, and then the chatter started like a barrage, with all kinds of weird questions emerging one after another.
But they didn't wait for an answer. Halumi was quick and grabbed the thing first, rubbing it against his face. That special smooth feeling is unmatched by other fabrics. The blonde girl put the brocade handkerchief against her face and couldn't help showing a satisfied and intoxicated expression. And the pattern part is not like embroidery, there will be obvious unevenness.
Since the thing was in the hands of a good sister, Kaya was not polite and took it out. Keep rubbing it with the palms and backs of your hands, feeling the light and soft feel. The brocade handkerchief is so soft that it won't cause any discomfort. It's on a completely different level from those coarse cloth clothes.
But before Kaya could have a good touch, the lich stretched out his hand, and of course the black-haired and brown-skinned girl offered it to her obediently. Fen rubbed the brocade handkerchief matter-of-factly, looking up and down, as if he was very professional. In fact, someone knew that this lich was just pretending.
Midi's silk is completely a seller's market. As long as it is sold, even if it is a slightly moth-eaten or defective product with obvious defects, it will be the target of many women. It would be damned if they could make any evaluation in this rare situation.
However, this brocade handkerchief made the three women confirm one thing, that is, homemade silk is really useful. Even the hard work they had put in these days was nothing. They were all in a state of frenzy, ready to turn on the power of the machine and make a dozen or even hundreds of feet of silk out to play with.
