Chapter 75：Preparations (1/2)

Sam was done assembling the machine and is examining if is working properly. The machine is a manual pressing machine.

A pressing machine is used for creating things from sheet metals. The machines which are operated by hydraulic power are used for making the frames for cars and other automobiles. The large-scale ones are even used in making some parts of aircrafts.

Manual pressing machine is a small- scale version which operates with human effort. These manual pressing machines are used for making things which are small and doesn't need much precision in dimensions.

What Sam has in front of him is a manual pressing machine, but it is a bit larger in size. Basically, the manual pressing machines will be small enough to be used by humans directly, because the effort that can be applied from the human hands is limited and cannot be used to make any big objects.

But Sam's manual pressing machine is of large size. It is as big as a hydraulic press in model world. Why did he make it in this size though? Because, the humans here can make the effort required to operate this machine.

The machine has two columns on both sides which are mounted on a solid metal bed. The bed doesn't only support the columns, it also has a work holding device which is also a die. A die in this machine is like a mould. It has a shape which the final product is required to be made.

Then there would be upper die which is the opposite shape of the lower die. It is movable and the columns act as guideways for its vertical movement.

There is a wheel on top of whole frame. It is parallel to the ground. When the wheel is rotated, the upper die is moving down and when it is rotated in opposite direction, the upper die will move upwards.

The upper and lower dies will be in such a shape that if one has a cylindrical hollow, then the other will have a cylindrical protrusion with almost same dimensions. The dies if put together will be a fit.

So, when a sheet metal piece is placed in between both of them and force is applied to the dies, the sheet metal will be turned into the shape in which the dies are designed.

For example, if the dies are with cylindrical protrusion and hollow. The final product will be in shape similar to that of cylindrical cup. This operation is also called drawing operation.

After making sure that the machine is alright, Sam took out a sheet of fire bronze from his storage. Why is the fire bronze being in sheet form? That is because, the fire bronze is a metal which is soft and is mainly used for making the metallic covers. It has a good affinity with fire elemental energy. Since, the metal doesn't have any major properties in suitable for making direct weapons and armours and only for making some auxiliary products, the artisans aren't willing to make much effort to make refine the ore directly.

That is why, the artisan tower will let the young artisan apprentices practice their fire control by refining this type of ores and they will sell them in these processed forms.

Sam took a circular piece which he had already cut previously and placed it on the work piece holder. Then he held the wheel and started rotating it. The upper die started moving and soon the deformation of the small sheet metal started.

Sam withdrew the upper die and removed the metal piece on the work holder. Now the work piece is in a shape of small cylindrical metal cup.

The metal cup has four inches diameter and the depth is one inch.

He turned towards Watt and Jack before taking out a big sheet of fire bronze. There are several circular markings on the sheet.

”Both of you have only one thing to do till the evening. Cut out the pieces off of the sheet and use the machine to make these hollow cups.

After one sheet is done. Replace the dies with another set. There is another sheet with different dimensions and you have to make them also in the same way. If you find any problem with the machine, you can find me.”

After saying his piece, Sam went away without even looking back. Jack and Watt exchanged a look and started working. At first, they really felt interesting. Making a shape out of the sheet with a single press. Even though the machine is very different and they haven't seen that before, they felt that it is quite efficient. But after sometime, they felt bored to do the same thing again and again.

Meanwhile, Sam went to the room and entered the divine dimension. He took out the crystal bamboo plants and started planting them in various elemental zones. These crystal bamboo plants are quite unique in nature. They actually, don't have any special characteristics. They are of neutral by nature, but if they were grown in a place abundant of fire elemental energy, they will change colour and gain characteristics of fire elemental energy. Then that bamboo can be used for short term preservation of fire elemental consumables.

These crystal bamboos are mainly used to serve wine with spiritual energy. That means, the fire elemental spiritual wine, can be served in a fire elemental crystal bamboo and the effects of the wine will be preserved and wouldn't be dissipated for a certain amount of time. The bamboos will lose these effects after they are removed from the tree.

Right now, Sam is in a corner of the neutral zone in the divine dimension where he planted ten bamboo plants. He dug a hole near the plants and buried all the carcasses of the poisonous beasts. He laid a formation to supply abundant spiritual energy to them. Generally, these crystal bamboos will grow very fast. They will reach their full limit in just twenty days and for Sam it will be done is ten days.

Sam came out of the dimension and started preparing for tonight.

When the night came, two birds soared in sky and created a sleepless night to all the guards in the Western region. The Novice supervisor of the Black pond, felt like his world collapsing. In a single night all the information network of the Black pond in the western region is gone. Now, he also joined the search along with the supervisor of Eastern region.

But this time the matter isn't simple, the superiors of the supervisors also got alerted and came to a conclusion that someone is targeting them. When the matter is taken to the manager of the Black pond, he immediately became alert and flustered.

”How can they get the details of members? Even if they have a spy, no one in the organisation know all the details of the members. How can they know these details?” A middle-aged man is shouting in the highest floor of the Black pond restaurant. This man is precisely the one who offered the VIP card to Sam when he visited.