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The '''Steam Age''' is heavily dependent on Bronze, an alloy of Tin and Copper. You should already have made some to have gotten this far, but if not the dust can be mixed in a crafting table after using a mortar to grind down copper and tin ingots into their dust forms, then smelted in any Furnace. While some other early alloys can also be made this way, a Mixer will be needed for higher tier stuff later on, and Mixers also sometimes give a better ratio of return. Another option is the Alloy Smelter, which can make Bronze Ingots directly from one tin and three copper ingots. Make plenty of bronze as multiple stacks are needed to build your first basic infrastructure.
The machines in this era use '''steam''' as energy. Steam is produced in a Boiler, and is used to power machines. The steam needed differs between machines and recipes. If you have extra resources I’d recommend building an Iron Tank (Railcraft) and use it as a steam buffer between the
[[File:TooltipBronzeFluidPipe.png|thumb|alt=Black tooltip for Bronze Fluid Pipe stating a Fluid Capacity of 2,400 liters per second and a heat limit of 2,000 K.|Hover over pipes to see a tooltip.]]
Steam is hot. You’ll need better quality pipes than wooden to avoid accidents with steam leaks. Don't touch uncovered pipes filled with steam or stand near the vents of steam machines; these cause contact damage. Wooden pipes can be used for transporting water to the boilers, but steam needs metal pipes with a higher Heat Limit. Luckily all that bronze you just made will do nicely.
Also note that GregTech uses a different method of measuring fluids.
* 1mB = 1 Liter or 1L
* 1 bucket = 1000 Liter = 1 cubic meter = 1 block worth of fluid
* There are 20 ticks (/t) in a second (/s), so when 6mB/t or 6L/t is mentioned, it equates to 120Liters/s or 120L/s
== Boilers ==
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