Saw
The Saw is a mechanical device used to processes certain blocks placed in front of it into other, more refined forms. It requires continuous Mechanical power to function, such as from a Windmill or a Water Wheel. It cannot be operated with the Hand Crank, which only provides intermittent mechanical power. A powered saw can damage players, animals, and monsters that come into contact with its blade, making it an effective tool for use in traps and grinders. Inappropriate blocks such as Stone or Dirt will cause the saw to break when placed in the cutting block.
Access to a saw allows the player to use higher efficiency recipes for crafting wooden objects. Large projects requiring many wooden items can benefit greatly from this.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saw | Belt, Gears. Iron Ingot, Wooden Plank or Wooden Siding |
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Applications
- Produces wooden Siding, Moulding, and Corners
- Produces Gears 24 times more efficiently than by hand
- Produces Companion Slabs
In addition to crafting, the saw can be used in automation to make:
- Automated Wood processing, through the use of Block Dispensers
- Automated Tree farming
- Automated Vine farming
- A damaging element of traps and mob grinders. Saws do not destroy drops, and when a mob is crushed between a Saw and a Chopping Block, they are guaranteed to drop their Heads if they have them as a possible drop.
Recipes
The following list details Saw recipes:
| Name | Input | » | Output | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood |    
|
-> |         
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Wooden Planks, Bark, and Sawdust |
| Blood Wood | 
|
-> |  
|
Jungle Planks, Blood Bark, and Soul Dust |
| Wooden Planks |
|
-> |    
|
Wooden Siding |
| Wooden Siding |
|
-> |    
|
Wooden Moulding |
| Wooden Moulding |
|
-> |    
|
Wooden Corners |
| Wooden Corners |
|
-> | 
|
Gears |
| Block of Wicker | 
|
-> | 
|
Wicker Slabs |
| Companion Cube | 
|
-> | 
|
Companion Slabs |
| Wooden Fences |    
|
-> |
|
Wooden Corners |
| Wooden Stairs |    
|
-> |
|
Wooden Siding and Wooden Moulding |
| Wooden Slabs |    
|
-> |
|
Wooden Moulding |
Keep in Mind
- While receiving Mechanical power the saw will inflict 2 hearts of damage per second on Mobs and players.
- Saws will not receive Mechanical power from the blade side.
- It cannot be powered by the Hand Crank as it requires continuous power.
- Forcing the saw against a hard material will cause the saw to break into a Gear, 2 Iron Ingots, 4 Iron Nuggets, and 3 Straps.
- Using the saw to harvest Hemp or Sugar Cane causes many of the drops to fall on the soil they were planted on.
