Flexbyte Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 Here's the back side of my cementation furnace. When trying to refill coal: first of all, I can't reach the back of the stack of the two no matter what angle I try to aim the camera, so I can only add pieces of coal to the front one. Second issue: when filling the front stack to more than 11 pieces of coal or so, sometimes one randomly falls of the stack, and then there's a burning piece of coal in the wrong spot and it also seems to be non-recoverable. Is there some better way to add coal to _both_ of those stacks, and without spilling any? There are always pieces of brick, or pieces of sides of the coal to contain it from spilling in that direction, in the way...
Flexbyte Posted January 5 Author Report Posted January 5 (edited) I now discovered that the steel making process doesn't continue at all when the back stack is completely burnt up, despite the front one still burning, so made a side-tunnel to the back stack to reach it. So the reaching-the-back-stack question is answered, unless someone has a more convenient way, or a good build suggestion overall for how to operate this optimally. But the question how to fill it up to 16 high without spilling remains: the wiki and youtube tutorials say to build blocks next to the coal to prevent it from spilling. But how can you ever actually reach that stack without having at least one gap open? And coal does spill out of that gap. Why bother with any side-blocks at all then? It doesn't look like 4 gaps causes more spillage than 1... Edited January 5 by Flexbyte
gilt-kutabe Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 @Flexbyte Have you tried using chiseled blocks? In the front and back of the furnace, right next to the coal piles, put something like a cobblestone block, then use a hammer and chisel to hollow out the center parts (it’ll look like a square pipe). You can make the edges pretty thin so you can easily reach in while the coal stays in place. You’ll want to put a ‘pipe’ next to each coal pile and fill them individually. 2
LadyWYT Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 5 hours ago, gilt-kutabe said: @Flexbyte Have you tried using chiseled blocks? In the front and back of the furnace, right next to the coal piles, put something like a cobblestone block, then use a hammer and chisel to hollow out the center parts (it’ll look like a square pipe). You can make the edges pretty thin so you can easily reach in while the coal stays in place. You’ll want to put a ‘pipe’ next to each coal pile and fill them individually. This. When I build mine, I make sure I have access to both coal piles(ie, they'll end up sitting side-by-side when I'm down there inspecting them). I then place blocks in front of them, and chisel the blocks down far enough so I can easily see and interact with both piles. I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter how much of those blocks you chisel away either; so long as there is at least one pixel of each block between you and the coal piles, they shouldn't be spilling forward. 3
Maelstrom Posted January 9 Report Posted January 9 On 1/5/2025 at 2:40 PM, LadyWYT said: I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter how much of those blocks you chisel away either; so long as there is at least one pixel of each block between you and the coal piles, they shouldn't be spilling forward. This is correct. 1
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