Difference between revisions of "Metal shaping"
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Machine shaping allows for additional recipes not possible with manual tools. | Machine shaping allows for additional recipes not possible with manual tools. | ||
== Shaped products == | == Shaped products == | ||
In the table below, the Metal Former's modes are identified by the appropriate icon - | In the table below, the Metal Former's modes are identified by the appropriate icon - Rolling [[File:Grid Forge Hammer.png|link=]], Cutting [[File:Grid Cutter.png|link=]], and Extruding [[File:Grid Copper Cable.png|link=]]. The other machines' recipes are noted by their machine icons. | ||
Blank cells in the table indicate a recipe that does not exist<sup>[2.6.121-ex110]</sup>, e.g. bronze ingots cannot be extruded into bronze cables and tin blocks cannot be extruded into tin shafts. | Blank cells in the table indicate a recipe that does not exist<sup>[2.6.121-ex110]</sup>, e.g. bronze ingots cannot be extruded into bronze cables and tin blocks cannot be extruded into tin shafts. |
Revision as of 04:55, 1 December 2016
Metal shaping in IC² is the process whereby raw metal inputs are transformed into a variety of output products.
Using shaped metal instead of bare ingots in crafting recipes allows for more depth in the process; however, it does require the appropriate tool(s) for the job.
Requirements[edit]
The first necessity for metal shaping is, naturally, metal. Dust (or other ore processing products) must be smelted into ingots (and depending on the recipe, possibly crafted into blocks as well) before being worked into other forms.
The second necessity is the appropriate tool for the desired product.
- Manual shaping: Forge Hammer and Cutter
- Machine shaping: mostly the Metal Former , also the Compressor and Block Cutting Machine
Machine shaping allows for additional recipes not possible with manual tools.
Shaped products[edit]
In the table below, the Metal Former's modes are identified by the appropriate icon - Rolling , Cutting , and Extruding . The other machines' recipes are noted by their machine icons.
Blank cells in the table indicate a recipe that does not exist[2.6.121-ex110], e.g. bronze ingots cannot be extruded into bronze cables and tin blocks cannot be extruded into tin shafts.
Recipe | Input Item |
Mode or Machine |
Manual Tool Also? |
Output (based on metal used) | ||||||
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Iron | Gold | Copper | Tin | Lead | Bronze | Steel | ||||
Plate | Yes | |||||||||
Item Casing | Yes | |||||||||
Cable | All except iron plate |
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Credit | No | |||||||||
Cable | No | |||||||||
Fuel Rod | No | |||||||||
(Multiple) | No | |||||||||
Shaft | No | |||||||||
Plate | No | |||||||||
Dense Plate | No |
Note that extruding a copper ingot produces 3 cables, compared to 2 from cutting a copper plate (whether with a Cutter or in the Metal Former).