75: Accuracy 0.001 mm!

“Boss, this machine, can it really succeed?”

Cui Guangsheng walked over, holding the part, his face full of doubt.

More than ten days earlier.

He had, out of curiosity, asked Li Mubai what they were making.

Li Mubai’s answer was simple: a Numerical Control Machine Tool.

As a Fitter, Cui Guangsheng was naturally not unfamiliar with Numerical Control Machine Tools.

However…

He had only heard of it but had never seen one.

Legend said that the precision of parts produced by a Numerical Control Machine Tool was more accurate than manual work, and the failure rate of parts was countless times lower than manual work, with the speed being n times faster than manual work.

It could be said that with this thing, many parts would no longer need to rely on workers to produce, and the speed of processing parts would increase exponentially, greatly improving productivity.

Regarding this miraculous item, many other Fitters felt anxious and scared.

If such a machine truly existed, then what would become of them, these Fitters?

Some people had been Fitters their entire lives and only knew how to be Fitters.

And Cui Guangsheng was one such person.

However, he did not feel anxious or scared.

On the contrary, he felt very curious and vaguely excited.

If such a machine truly existed, wouldn't that mean national progress and societal development?

He would be overjoyed if the country could progress and develop.

Otherwise, if society stagnated, wouldn't it fall behind others again?

Falling behind meant being beaten.

Historically, the century of turmoil before had clearly explained this principle.

Now, having finally emerged from a century of weakness, would he, for his own petty gain, wish for society to stop developing?

However… societal progress was good.

But he had never heard of any domestic enterprise capable of manufacturing High-Precision CNC Machine Tools.

When he asked Li Mubai before, he said that what they were making was a High-Precision CNC Machine Tool.

And the precision could reach 0.001 millimeters.

0.001 millimeters of precision—what kind of concept was that?

Even the most high-end machine tools abroad wouldn't have such high precision.

And an Eight-Grade Fitter could never process a part with such high precision.

Therefore, when Li Mubai stated this fact, his first reaction was not surprise, but rather suspicion that Li Mubai might have lost his mind.

With just the two of them, plus a female doctor, a total of three people—could these three people produce a machine tool that even foreign countries couldn't make?

If it were that easy to make, then the country wouldn't be held by the throat by others.

Li Mubai even boasted that he would produce a machine tool with 0.001 millimeter precision.

In his opinion, this was wishful thinking, a fool's dream!

“This machine, it looks the part, but… is a Numerical Control Machine Tool really that simple to build?”

Ruan Xiu also murmured in response.

To this question, Li Mubai merely smiled: “Whether it works or not, don’t we have to try it to know? It’s too early to make a definitive judgment now.”

Saying this, he reached out and took the part Cui Guangsheng was holding.

The weight of the part caused the veins in his arms to bulge, showing a strong sense of power.

Whoosh…

Arriving at the exposed part structure of the machine tool, Li Mubai exhaled a breath of turbid air.

A month of sweat and effort would finally yield results today, at this very moment!

He felt a subtle excitement in his heart, then used his arms to force the part he was holding into a groove in the exposed structure of the machine tool.

With a crisp 'click' sound, the part perfectly embedded into the groove.

The Advanced CNC Machine Tool was finally officially completed at this moment!

Looking at the tall and robust machine tool before him, Li Mubai suddenly felt a surge of heroic spirit, and a poem appeared in his mind: Ten years I’ve honed a sword, its frosty blade untried. Today I show it to you, who dares to stand against me?!

…

“Next, it’s time to test the results.”

Li Mubai said softly.

Under the puzzled gazes of Ruan Xiu and Cui Guangsheng, he walked to the control panel of the machine tool and began to debug the program.

This action instantly stunned Ruan Xiu.

Watching Li Mubai’s skilled movements, she finally couldn’t help but ask, her face full of surprise: “You can program too?”

“Is it difficult?”

Li Mubai smiled softly, his hands never stopping.

Not difficult?

Ruan Xiu’s small mouth slightly opened, her beautiful eyes wide.

She had spent a lot of time learning these things.

Now, these things had become “not difficult” in Li Mubai’s mouth.

How could she bear it?

Watching Li Mubai continuously debug the program, Cui Guangsheng couldn’t help but sigh: “Young people’s learning ability is truly strong!”

He had read books on this subject before.

However, he found that they were all in English, and he couldn’t understand them at all.

So, he gave up on learning programming knowledge.

Now, watching Li Mubai’s movements, he couldn’t help but feel a little envious.

Soon, the machine tool program was debugged.

After loading the raw materials, Li Mubai started the machine tool without hesitation.

The machine tool hummed.

The exposed mechanism parts began to rotate continuously, transmitting kinetic energy.

The razor on the machine tool’s processing frame began to move automatically, carving and drawing on the raw material, with iron shavings falling from time to time.

Cui Guangsheng had been staring intently at the machine tool.

Upon seeing such a miraculous scene, he widened his eyes even further, speechless, frozen on the spot.

“It’s really moving?!”

Ruan Xiu was astonished, looking at the tool moving by itself.

At this moment, her heart was like a raging storm, unable to calm down for a long time.

She had thought that this so-called machine tool would just be a lump of iron, and it would be impossible for it to move no matter what.

But now, the result was unexpected.

This lump of iron not only moved but was also processing raw materials!

“Could this be a Numerical Control Machine Tool?”

Cui Guangsheng regained his senses, asking himself in his heart.

Watching the scene of iron shavings flying, he was greatly shocked.

Who would have thought that just three people, in only one month, could produce a Numerical Control Machine Tool?

Whether the machine tool’s precision was good or not was irrelevant for now, but at least this machine tool could move and process parts, right?

Just this point alone already surpassed most people!

Soon, the machine tool stopped.

Li Mubai stepped forward and took down the processed part.

This part was very small, only the size of a thumb.

However, the areas that needed processing were not few at all; in fact, they could be said to be extremely complex.

If an ordinary Fitter Master were to process such a part, it would take at least one or two hours to produce it.

And the produced part might not even be up to standard.

“It’s done so quickly?”

Cui Guangsheng asked in surprise.

“Yes, it’s done. Now we need to measure the precision.”

Li Mubai held the part in his hand and walked towards the measuring instrument placed on the wooden stand.

Upon hearing this, Cui Guangsheng was again surprised.

He had thought this part would require at least ten minutes of processing time.

But the actual situation was that from the start of the machine tool to the completion of part processing, the entire process did not exceed three minutes!

This was too fast!

“It’s so fast, can the precision be guaranteed? If the precision isn’t good, then this machine tool is no different from scrap metal.”

Ruan Xiu stepped forward curiously, standing to Li Mubai’s right, looking at the dial of the measuring instrument.

“The precision of this part is set to 10.235 millimeters in the program.”

Li Mubai said, placing the part on the measuring instrument.

Everything was ready.

He then looked at the measuring instrument’s panel and read the numbers on it.

“Boss, what’s the precision?”

Cui Guangsheng did not step forward, only asked from behind Li Mubai.

“10.235!”