Platform

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Light-Weight wooden frames, the Platforms are intended to be used in conjunction with Pulleys to create elevators, moving gates, flood-control devices, etc. Platforms are attached to ropes by placing an upward-facing anchor on top of them. When a platform is connected in this manner, if it is lifted (through the Anchor, attached Rope, and a Pulley above), it will in turn transmit this motion to other platforms up to two blocks away.

This effectively allows you to lift up to a 5 X 5 block grid of Platforms through the use of a single Anchor and Pulley, along with the required Rope.

Crafting

Planks Wicker Planks File:CraftPlatform1.png
Planks
Planks Wicker Planks
Moulding Wicker Moulding File:CraftPlatform2.png
Moulding
Moulding Wicker Moulding

Applications

  • Elevators
  • Castle Gates
  • Floodgates
  • Scaffolding

Keep in Mind

  • Platforms and Anchors are the only blocks that can be lifted by a Pulley but you may place rails and redstone on a platform.
  • One Anchor can lift a 5x5x5 box of platforms only. The platform the anchor is attached to is the center of that box. If you want to lift a 3x1x4 Gate (width depth height) with one pulley and the anchor at the top of the gate - this is impossible. But you could remove the top middle platform and attach the anchor there which would make the platform in the middle of the second row the "center".

Demonstration Video

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