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The Tinker's Construct Smeltery is a variably sized [[multiblock]] structure necessary to progress in the [[Stone Age]]. It's primary use is casting basic metal parts before the [[MV]] [[Extruder]], mass-processing dusts or ingots, recycling metal items, creating casts, molds or extruder shapes, and solidifying glass blocks. Its functions are taken over by various specialized GregTech machines in later [[tier]]s.
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File:SmelterySmallest.png|alt=A 1x1 Smeltery with a lit controller, single empty space in the middle of four blocks, and a casting table to the front left with a light gold ingot cast.|1x1 Smeltery
File:SmelteryCrosssection.png|alt=Cross-section of a 2x2 Smeltery|alt=a side view of a partial smeltery multiblock. There is a 2x2 base of black bricks on the bottom, two high walls left, right and back with no blocks on the bottom edges. On the right are a faucet and casting basin.|2x2 cross-section
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The Smeltery can be built with any interior footprint from 1x1 up to
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The Casting Basin makes blocks, but has very limited uses in GT:NH. The primary one is glass, followed by Brownstone for faster paths and Seared Stone for expanding the Smeltery. Metal blocks are restricted to the [[Compressor]]. Melting stone is slow and takes twenty blocks to yield one Seared Stone, but does have the advantage of being automatic vs. crafting more grout and bricks.
Molten metals from the Smeltery cannot be used in GregTech recipes, with the exception of crossbow bolts. Bolts require Smeltery melted metal to craft. To extract the molten metal from the Smeltery pour 1,000mb/L into an iron bucket right-clicked onto a Casting Table, or any amount into a fluid container such as Tank (BC Factory/Iron Tanks), Fluid Tank (EnderIO or GregTech), or Seared Tank (Tinkers). Smeltery molten metals cannot be placed in IC2 cells but can be picked up with Large Fluid Cells from a tank. Fluid pipes can also be used for [[logistics]].
== Troubleshooting ==
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* Metal blocks are only made with Compressors
* Casts can only be made with Aluminum Brass, not Gold
* The Controller's GUI only shows one Seared Tank's lava at a time, though it will use them in series.
* Molten metals made in the Smeltery can't be used for GregTech recipes; use a [[Fluid Extractor]].
** Exception: Making Bolts. Bolts require metal melted in the Smeltery for the [[Fluid Solidifer]] recipes.
* Higher tier metal parts are made in the [[Extruder]] with casts, not the Smeltery
* [[NEI]] will only show wooden parts for making casts, but wooden parts cannot be crafted; use cobblestone.
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* Smeltery contents is stored in the Controller. Any other block can be added/removed and it will keep its contents.
* Universal Fluid Cells can pick up fluids from partially filled casts with Shift + right-click.
* Dump fluids into the Smeltery by right-clicking
* One of the few GT compatible fluids the Smeltery can make is molten glass, but it has to be poured out into a bucket.
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