Mechanical Press

The Mechanical Press is a mechanical component that applies Pressing, Packing, and Compacting recipes to items below it. It is an important early-game item, as it is used to press Ingots into Sheets, which are important ingredients for higher-level components.

The Mechanical Press is powered by an internal Shaft, accessed from two opposite sides. Much like Shafts, Presses will relay rotation along their axis. It processes items faster when it receives faster rotational power.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
Mechanical Press	Andesite Alloy + Cogwheel + Andesite Casing + Block of Iron

Usage

Pressing

By default, the Mechanical Press will apply Pressing recipes to items underneath it. This can be set up in two ways:

• When placed one space above any block, it will process all stacks of valid items on the block when given a rotational power and a redstone signal(like a lever). Items with no pressing recipe are unaffected.
• When placed one space above a Mechanical Belt, it will automatically press stacks of incoming items, stalling the belt until each operation is done. Items with no pressing recipe are ignored.

Name	Ingredient	Recipe
Iron Sheet	Iron Ingot
Golden Sheet	1 Gold Ingot
Copper Sheet	1 Copper Ingot
Brass Sheet	1 Brass Ingot
Lapis Sheet	1 Lapis Lazuli Block
Paper	1 Sugar Cane
Grass Path	1 Dirt or 1 Podzol or 1 Grass Block

Packing

When a Mechanical Press is placed above a Basin, it will apply Packing or Compacting recipes to ingredients in the Basin. Packing and Compacting recipes are applied one at a time and cannot be applied in bulk.

Packing recipes are any 2x2 or 3x3 crafting recipe that uses the same item in every slot. Example recipes are:

The Mechanical Press will begin packing items as soon as there are enough of the same item.

Compacting

When a Mechanical Press is placed above a Basin, it will apply Packing or Compacting recipes to ingredients in the Basin. Packing and Compacting recipes are applied one at a time and cannot be applied in bulk. Compacting recipes are following:

Name	Ingredients	Recipe
Blaze Cake Base	1 Egg + 1 Sugar + 1 Cinder Flour
Bar of Chocolate	250mB of Chocolate
Andesite	2 Flint + 1 Gravel + 100mB of Lava	2
Diorite	2 Flint + 1 Limesand + 100mB of Lava	2
Granite	2 Flint + 1 Red Sand + 100mB of Lava	2

The Press will automatically process any valid recipe it detects inside the Basin, regardless if there are leftovers inside, as long as the Basin has inventory space remaining.

History

Version 0.3.1c: The Press can no longer create sheets in bulk unless the configuration file is changed.
Version 0.3: No longer requires a redstone signal to activate. Operates faster on faster input speed.
Version 1.0: Added.