Some discussions concerning embers mechanical energy

[6:44 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: yes
[6:44 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: but also a mechanical actuator
[6:44 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: that's the thing that takes the axle
[6:44 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Ohhh
[6:47 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Do I need a machine accessor as well?
[6:47 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: no, just attaching it to the core is enough
[6:47 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: The actuator doesn't seem to do anything
[6:47 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: you need to put a gear on the actuator face that faces the axle
[6:48 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: That makes sense
[6:50 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: I only need a single gear on the actuator?
[6:50 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: yeah.
[6:50 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Hmmm...
[6:51 AM] Master Maniac: Here's the setup, gear on the core of course. The bore doesn't seem to do anything still
[6:51 AM] gchpaco: does the axle rotate?
[6:51 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Yes it does
[6:51 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: And the gear spins as well
[6:51 AM] gchpaco: hm.
[6:51 AM] gchpaco: okay, that's all very odd then.
[6:53 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: I've broken and replaced both the bore and mechanical core as well
[6:53 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: this all looks right.
[6:54 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: we're at the right y level
[6:54 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: There's stuff in there, the bore was working with just coal
[6:56 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: ... I have an idea.
[6:56 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: one sec
[6:56 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: move the steam engine one block up
[6:57 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: aim at it now
[6:57 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: I think the side opposite the solid caminite surface must be the core.
[6:57 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: that's the wrong way around
[6:57 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: there.
[6:57 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: tinkers lens is real helpful there
[6:58 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: gear
[6:58 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: that's a good sound.
[6:58 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: okay, it's working now.
[6:59 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: so you can see from the ember dial that it's working at 0.4x or so from normal, but it's doing so very efficiently per coal.
[6:59 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: there's no limit to the number of sources of mechanical energy you can hook to it
[6:59 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: and
[6:59 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: if you make steam from an external source--say a TE steam dynamo with the boiler addon
[6:59 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: it will be much much much faster.
[7:00 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: :O
[7:00 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Interesting
[7:00 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: I haven't used the redstone dynamo
[7:00 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: This will certainly be something to mess with in depth later on
[7:00 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: oh yes.
[7:00 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Can you convert RF to mechanical energy? :P
[7:00 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: yes.
[7:00 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: that's the redstone dynamo.
[7:00 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: :O
[7:00 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: and I don't know what properties it has
[7:00 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Oh baby we're about to cause some shenanigans
[7:00 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: other than "probably absurd"
[7:01 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: yeah.
[7:01 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: anyway, glad to hear that it's working right
[7:01 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Eventually make it a closed system somehow
[7:01 AM] BOT<VoxelBits>: Thank you so much :P
[7:01 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: I have an all embers or at least mostly embers closed system I'll show you
[7:01 AM] BOT<gchpaco>: sure thing