I was looking for a way to automate the kiln from Engineer's Toolbox and most I saw used a timer. I am trying to avoid lag as much as possible so I came up with a way that seems to be lag free. I am using Ender IO and Project Red logic gates. There is a vanilla hopper in the system, but it only has a single item go into it every 20 seconds or so as the quicklime finishes and it is instantly removed.
Here is the beginning of my processing plant. The quicklime as well as all the machines are autofed. The 2 chests by grinder are the input/output chests for the grinder/kiln combo. I throw mined limestone in one chest and get quicklime out in the other. It is extracted from there and keeps the multismelter full.
To avoid a ticking timer, I used a hopper under the kiln. A comparator senses the quicklime drop and hits a pulse former. I had to add it because the comparator pulse was too short to activate the block placer. It could be connected directly from here to the placer, but you won't be able to turn it off or on. I added an AND gate next. The lever by the kiln feeds one side of the AND gate to turn the system on and off. The button is connected to the placer to drop the 1st piece when you turn it on. Then it will run til it is out of materials or you turn it off.
Finally, after trying several different block placers from various mods, the one from Random things is the best one. I had issues with some dropping stacks at a time and they would disappear. In the gui, set it to activate once per pulse. I did add the extra limestone bricks on the level of the placer because every now and again, and piece of the ground limestone would end up on top of the kiln.
Hope this is helpful to anyone trying out Engineer's Toolbox. It is all new to me and I am quite impressed.
Here is the beginning of my processing plant. The quicklime as well as all the machines are autofed. The 2 chests by grinder are the input/output chests for the grinder/kiln combo. I throw mined limestone in one chest and get quicklime out in the other. It is extracted from there and keeps the multismelter full.
To avoid a ticking timer, I used a hopper under the kiln. A comparator senses the quicklime drop and hits a pulse former. I had to add it because the comparator pulse was too short to activate the block placer. It could be connected directly from here to the placer, but you won't be able to turn it off or on. I added an AND gate next. The lever by the kiln feeds one side of the AND gate to turn the system on and off. The button is connected to the placer to drop the 1st piece when you turn it on. Then it will run til it is out of materials or you turn it off.
Finally, after trying several different block placers from various mods, the one from Random things is the best one. I had issues with some dropping stacks at a time and they would disappear. In the gui, set it to activate once per pulse. I did add the extra limestone bricks on the level of the placer because every now and again, and piece of the ground limestone would end up on top of the kiln.
Hope this is helpful to anyone trying out Engineer's Toolbox. It is all new to me and I am quite impressed.
