The rabbit on the white beard ship of the pirate

Chapter 20 Assembling and testing the waterwheel

The parts of the waterwheel have all been made.

The circular axis has also been determined.

The waterwheel also started to assemble immediately under the command of Gabriel.

When assembling, no one dared to make a sound.

He could only silently listen to Gabriel's command.

They were really afraid that if they made a mistake, the whole water truck would be scrapped.

Waterwheel assembly begins.

Gabriel first asked people to place eight pieces of wood of the same size and length in opposite positions.

With a clear goal, everyone quickly took action.

A shape similar to an octagon was also quickly placed on the ground.

This is the waterwheel, the initial fulcrum of the wheel.

In the center of the octagon, Gabriel asked someone to stand the Vajra Wood in it.

In this way, the nine most important fulcrums of the waterwheel have been determined.

Spread along these nine fulcrums, bend and extend, and use wood, baffles, and long wooden blocks to fix them.

It is obvious that the basic outline of such a waterwheel is fixed with iron nails.

Of course, these iron nails are not all the current products of Wano Country, but were specially made by Gabriel.

Its purpose is to fix the waterwheel to prevent deviation.

Of course, these iron nails are not small iron nails, each iron nail is as thick as a finger.

The outline of the wheel is built.

Gabriel began to think about water blocking.

After all, the purpose of the waterwheel built this time is to block water.

Looking at the roughly outlined wheel, Gabriel couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

He has been ignoring a problem.

That's where the valley and the creek are.

Gabriel just thought about how to open a hole in that area to create water pressure.

As for the slope between the trough and the creek, Gabriel subconsciously ignored the impact force caused by the falling water.

If it is just an ordinary water pressure problem, relying on an ordinary water wheel can perfectly solve this problem.

But there, it is obvious that the resistance and unloading force of the waterwheel must be maximized to solve this problem.

Gabriel has a new idea for the waterwheel structure.

That is to add two thick wooden boards to the original waterwheel baffle in turn, so that the area subject to water flow will increase, and the baffle can also withstand more impacts.

There is a blocking point.

What is now considered is the unloading point.

When it comes to unloading points, Gabriel always considers the round shaft.

Relying on the rotation of the round shaft to start the rotation of the waterwheel, so as to remove most of the impact force brought by the water flow.

Of course, Gabriel does not intend to follow the normal water wheel design for the round shaft this time.

After all, what he needs most now is to slow down the impact of running water.

In order to make better use of the round shaft.

Gabriel was still going to make an adjustment to the unsawed diamond tree.

That is to stabilize the circular axis at the center of the waterwheel in a bisected manner.

The extra elongated part is loaded with thick large planks.

These boards only need to have a little, that is, wide enough and long enough.

Just get more resistance in the air when you spin.

In this way, the wheel part of the waterwheel has basically been completed.

The rest of the bracket for loading the waterwheel is easy to solve.

It is only necessary to design a bracket on both sides that can support the waterwheel and fix it on the ground to prevent it from shaking.

The bracket was completed soon, and for safety reasons, Gabriel had someone reinforce the bracket.

After all, that trough was really unusual, and Gabriel was really afraid of any accidents.

The waterwheel is installed and placed in the open space.

Everyone stood by and watched, with deep doubts on their faces.

They really doubt whether this thing can change the current desperate situation in Luobo Town.

"Have you finished building this thing?" The mayor came up with a cane, his face full of doubts.

Like these villagers, he really couldn't figure out this strange thing.

"Well, this is almost enough." Gabriel looked at the waterwheel that had been built and nodded in satisfaction.

"Can you really change the water flow there?" The mayor continued to ask, still worried.

"You'll know if you try it." Gabriel couldn't help but smile.

"This..." The mayor couldn't help but choked on these words.

After trying it all, if it is impossible, just put it on.

If it doesn't work, Luobo Town will be flooded directly.

"Of course I didn't try it in that low valley. Isn't there a small river next to Luobo Town? I'll try it soon." Gabriel saw the mayor's worry at a glance and shook his head and laughed.

"That's fine." The mayor couldn't help but nodded.

It is indeed a good place to test.

…………

Robb Town Creek.

The crowd came here with waterwheels.

In order to better verify the practicability of the waterwheel, the mayor intends to test it with turbulent water flow.

Seal the upstream river with planks.

Then when the river water has accumulated to a certain amount, the thick wooden boards are loosened to form a huge flow force.

In this way, the test of turbulent water flow is considered a success.

The waterwheel was placed less than two meters away from the plank and the test was just the beginning.

Under the command of the mayor, several people used planks to completely seal off the flowing water in the upper reaches of the small river.

To prevent the plank from being washed away by the impact of the water, the plank was held by four burly men.

Waterwheel installed.

A fatal problem was found, the wheels of the waterwheel could not completely cover the entire creek.

After the waterwheel was put into the creek, some places were still empty.

The mayor thought of a solution to this problem, that is to use layers of thick boards to cling to the walls of the creek.

In this way, the vacant position is filled with planks.

The water flow will all rush to the waterwheel.

Although the waterwheel will receive more shocks, if it can't even withstand these shocks, then the waterwheel has no meaning to exist.

The upstream water level is gradually full, and the downstream waterwheel is ready.

After the sound of "pull the board" from the mayor, the plank was pulled away.

"Ugh……"

The Asura boy downstream sighed heavily against the thick plank.

Not sure why seeding is so hard today.

The planks were pulled apart, and the already full upstream river rushed down to the downstream.

The water rushed towards the waterwheel like a flood.

Everyone stared intently at the rushing water.

This is the moment for them to change the Jedi in Robb Town, although they don't believe in this waterwheel in their hearts.

But at this time, they believed in this waterwheel from the bottom of their hearts.

"Crack, creak, creak."

The waterwheel began to rotate continuously while enduring the impact of the water flow.

I don't know if it's because the water flow is too small, or because of the resistance at many places on the circular shaft.

The waterwheel stopped after turning a few times.

And the flowing water passing through the waterwheel, after the momentary flood, immediately flowed like a continuous stream.

"It's done, it's done!" The mayor looked at the slow flowing water and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

As a result, the crutches kept sticking to the place and made the sound of "hea, hea, hea."

(End of this chapter)