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== How to Build ==
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[[File:SmelteryCrosssection.png|thumb|center|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.]]The Smeltery can be built with any interior footprint from 1x1 up to 11x11. The size of the interior determines how many items can be melted at once. To be a valid structure the interior must be a square; same length and width, with any height of one or more. The bottom layer can be any block tagged as 'smeltery structure block' in [[NEI]]. The Controller must face outwards, its back touching the Smeltery's interior. At least one lava holding block (Seared Tank, Seared Glass or Seared Window) must be on the same y level as the Controller. Drains, Tanks, and the Controller must all go on a hollow layer above the base. The large black square on Drains faces the interior, while the smaller round hole is the output side. The edges and corners are not necessary to have a valid Smeltery build. ▼
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
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Items to be melted can be manually placed into the Controller, or added via a Hopper, pipe or conduit. To change what fluid is output if there are multiple, open the Controller's GUI and right-click on the desired fluid in the tank. Hold shift to see quantities displayed in mb instead of ingots/nuggets. To output fluid, right-click on a Faucet with a valid cast or basin recipe for the bottom-most liquid in the Controller. Alternately, fluid pipes or fluid conduit can be used to move fluids from the Smeltery into Casting Basin(s) or Casting Table(s), or the Faucets can be pulsed with a [[Redstone Clock]] for continuous output. Hoppers or other [[item logistics]] can also pull items out of Casting Basins and Casting Tables, for full automation.
To use a Casting Table, Casts are required. These can only be made out of Aluminum Brass, which is an alloy of copper and aluminium. The Smeltery automatically alloys any molten fluids in its inventory. To make a cast, pour Molten Aluminum Brass over an appropriate item inserted into the Casting Table with right-click. The item will be lost in the process, but casts are infinitely reusable. Use Cobblestone in the Part Builder whenever possible for sacrificial cast making parts.
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.
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Players familiar with the TiCon Smeltery in other packs may be caught out by some of the differences in GT:NH.
* Casts can only be made with Aluminum Brass, not
* Metal blocks are only made with Compressors
* Molten metals made in the Smeltery can't be used for GregTech recipes; use a [[Fluid Extractor]]
* 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.
The Smeltery does not require a Drain in order to be a valid structure - however at least one Drain is needed to get anything out of it. When correctly built the Controller will light up like a furnace and emit flame particles.
Incomplete Structure Reasons:
* Controller is not oriented with the back touching the interior of the Smeltery
* No lava container block on the same y level as the Controller
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== External Links ==
* [https://ftbwiki.org/Smeltery Smeltery - FTBWiki.org]
[[Category:Tinker's Construct]][[Category:Multiblocks]]
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