Water Wheel

The Water Wheel is a source of rotational power. It generates Rotational Force when water flows over it.

Due to the fact that the materials required to craft it are easily accessible in the early-game, the Water Wheel serves as the earliest generator that can be made.

Total stress capacity can be increased by adding more wheels in sequence.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
Water Wheel	Any Planks + Shaft

Usage

When water flows over a Water Wheel, it will begin to rotate. This rotational power can be conveyed to other Components from the Water Wheels' Shaft.

As long as the water flows around the wheel in mostly one direction, the Wheel will generate Rotational Force.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
Large Water Wheel	Any Planks + Water Wheel

Appearance

The Water Wheel's appearance can be changed by using any Planks on it. The items will not be consumed.

Advancements

Advancements

Name	Description	Requirements
Harnessing Hydraulics	Place a Water Wheel and try getting it to spin!	Be within 5 blocks when a Water Wheel begins to spin.
Tasteful Power (hidden)	Run a Water Wheel with molten Chocolate.	Be within 5 blocks when Chocolate starts up a Water Wheel.
Magma Wheel (hidden)	This shouldn't have worked.	Be within 5 blocks when Lava starts up a Water Wheel.

Pre 0.5.1

The following section describes content that exists only in outdated versions of Create This feature used to be in the mod but has since been removed.

The water wheel has a correct direction of rotation, shown by how the blades are oriented. Water flowing the wrong way around the wheel causes it to produce less rotational speed and stress capacity than if the water was flowing the right way. Having water flowing in the opposite directions might slow down the rotational speed or even stop it. The direction of rotation is counter-clockwise when placed standing, or clockwise when crouching.

Water wheel speeds

Sides with flow	Sides against flow	RPM	SU
1	0	8	128
2	0	12	192
3	0	16	256
4	0	20	320
1	1	6	96
1	2	0	0
1	3	-6	96
2	2	8	128
2	1	10	160
3	1	14	224
0	1	-6	96
0	2	-8	128
0	3	-10	160
0	4	-12	192

Note that Soul Sand bubble columns can also be used to increase the speed.

The maximum SU can also be achieved in a horizontal water wheel without Soul Sand by making a single water source block flow around the wheel.

Lava can be used as well, but this is not recommended as it produces less power and is quite dangerous, and as such does not comply with OSHA standards.

To maximize the output from a Water Wheel (320 SU), have water flowing in the right direction around as much of the wheel as possible, like vertically or horizontally.

Water wheels can be placed side-by-side to add together their stress capacities.

Water wheels can also be powered by Lava and Chocolate and will grant advancements upon doing so.

Gallery

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  Two water wheels powering a mechanical belt with water
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  Water wheel set-ups with various powers generated.
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  A column of two water source blocks over a block of soul sand can drive two water wheels in opposing directions.
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  Two opposing water wheels can be linked with a pair of Gearboxes and a Shaft.
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  Multiple water wheels may be linked together along the same axis.
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  Fourteen bubbled water wheels, in two rows of seven, generate enough Stress to run a pair of Crushing Wheels at 256 RPM with the help of a Rotation Speed Controller.
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  An example of a 3 tall and 6 wide waterwheel setup using Diamond blocks for water sources

History

• 0.5.1:
  • Water Wheel fins are no longer directional.
  • Water Wheels now only have one speed level.
  • Water wheels can now take the appearance of any reasonably implemented wood type.
  • Liquid can no longer spread perpendicularly on top of water wheels.
  • Recipe changed.
  • water wheels can be crafted into different items
• 0.3.2: Can now be placed on a vertical axis.
• 0.3: Can now be powered by bubble columns.
• 0.1: Introduced.