Mechanical power: Difference between revisions

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On a technical level, windspeed varies from region to region and is linearly interpolated between the 4 nearest weather regions, for a given block location. Windspeed will increase by 1% per block ''above'' sea level. Conversely, wind speeds below sealevel is reduced 50% at 4 blocks below and 66% at 8 blocks below, rapidly decreasing towards 100% reduction.

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=== Building the Windmill ===

*'''[[Quern]]'''

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The quern must be powered by connecting the incoming axle on the top or bottom of the quern. The quern cannot be powered by connecting the axle to the side of the quern. For maximum efficiency, connect the power input axle to the bottom of the quern. Automating input/output using hoppers and chutes is optional.

* Output: Placing any item in the output slot will block the output, causing product items to drop out of the sides of the quern. To collect items, hoppers can be fed into chests, or into a system of chutes to direct output to one chest. Place at the ''level of the block supporting the quern'', not next to the side of the quern itself. If the hopper, or any block for that matter, is placed next to the side of the quern, this placement will prevent the quern from producing items as the sides are blocked. Further, if the quern tries to output an item but the side is blocked, ''it will restart grinding'' the item. This means placing one block adjacent to the quern will reduce efficiency by 1 quarter.

* Toggle: Connects the powered axle to the helve hammer base

* Helve hammer base: Holds the [[helve hammer]], connects the hammer arm to the power circuit.

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The helve hammer must be powered by connecting the incoming axle on the left or right of the toggle and cannot be powered by connecting the axle to the top or bottom of the machine.  

# The '''brake''' (optional) can be placed on the other side of the helve hammer base.

* '''Pulverizer Frame''' - holds the pulverizer pounders and connects them to the power circuit.

* '''2 Pulverizer Pounders'''

* '''2 Pounder Caps''' - reinforces the pounders and makes them crush the materials faster. Made by smithing on an anvil.

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The pulverizer must be powered by connecting the incoming axle on the left or right lower block of the frame structure. The toggle needs to be placed in the lower frame block. The pulverizer takes up a total of 4 blocks vertically, two for the frame itself and two more for the moving pounders.<br>

The pulverizer pounders need to be placed in the frame block, and both have to be placed for the machine to work. After placing them, pounder caps of varying strengths - depending on the metal they are made of - can be attached. To add the caps, the player needs to have two cap items in their inventory in one stack, then right click the pounders with that stack. When changing caps, the previously used ones will be returned to the player.<br>

* Input: Placing a hopper above an elbow chute leading into the front side of the frame, where the two pounders are located, will insert items into the input slots of the pulverizer. Note that a hopper drops items slowly - to speed the process up, replace the hopper with a chest directly above the elbow chute leading into the front side.

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