Gear Box

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Gear Box
ItemGearBox.png


Type

Mechanical power

Stackable

Yes (64)

Damage

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Protection

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Durability

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First Appearance

2.01

Filtering

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Buoyancy

Floats

Gravity

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Flammable

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Data Value

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Redstone Clutch
ItemRedstoneClutch.png


Type

Mechanical power

Stackable

Yes (64)

Damage

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Protection

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Durability

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First Appearance

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Filtering

Grid Ladders.png Grid Iron Bars.png Grid Trapdoor.png Grid Grate.png Grid Slats.png Grid Wicker Pane.png

Buoyancy

Floats

Gravity

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Flammable

{{{flammable}}}

Data Value

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The Gear Box acts as a means of relaying and distributing Mechanical power. It has only one input (the side which has 4 arrows pointing towards a square hole) to which an axle may be attached, but every other side acts as an output to which you may also attach other axles. Mechanical power supplied to the input axle is then relayed to each of the outputs.

The Redstone Clutch is identical to the Gear Box, but with the added benefit that it can be disengaged. Applying redstone power to a Redstone Clutch will cause the output gears to disengage, effectively allowing redstone control of mechanical power. You may place a Lever directly on the box to control it.

Crafting

Name Ingredients Input » Output
Gear Box Gear,
Axle,
Wooden Planks or
Wooden Siding
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding
Gear
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding
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Gear Box
Gear
Axle
Gear
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding
Gear
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding
Redstone Clutch Gear,
Redstone Latch,
Wooden Planks or
Wooden Siding
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding
Gear
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding
Grid layout Arrow (small).png
Redstone Clutch
Gear
Redstone Latch
Gear
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding
Gear
Wooden Plank Wooden Siding

Applications

Keep in Mind

  • Can be rotated by right-clicking on it with an empty hand, but only if it is not connected to an axle.
  • The input side must face the axle which the Mechanical power will come from. The input side faces you when you place it.
  • Redstone power will not create mechanical power in the redstone clutch but disengage it's gears. (shutting it down, stop the mechanical power)
  • Thunderstorms will destroy the first gearbox or redstone clutch connected to any Wind Mill unless redstone power is applied to it; if the redstone power is switched off during during the thunderstorm, the gear box breaks immediately. Only 2 gold nuggets (and no redstone dust) are dropped from the destroyed box.
  • In many situations building the mechanical power transmission from target to source is much easier than the other way around. e.g. you may place the gear box directly on an axle.