Dear Diary, Got the code uploaded to the furnace, so.... now I get to go mining. Again. Much more of this and I'll have to change my name from Bear to Badger.
I am fascinated how you are doing with the advanced furnace. I am not as competend as you are, but i am thinking about building an advanced furnace, too. Just trying to make it as simple as possible. So my question is after looking into the melting temperatures of all alloys, why trying to make it work for all alloys and metals which results in a one very overcomplicated furnace? I only need a furnace for the difficult alloys, the easy ones i can even make in a normal furnace. So there is only Hastelloy, Astrology, Waspaloy and Stellite and maybe Inconel. This reduces the temperature ranges a lot. And here i can easily build, lets say 2 adv. furnaces, because its not very expensive to build another one. So i am probably ending in haven a simple furnace which you rushed in very early game as fast as possible, and then building 1 or two more to melt the really difficult stuff. What do you think? Astroloy needs 1000°C, Hastelly, Inconel and Waspaloy needs 1300 °C, Stellite 1800° And imho i think you dont need a big Tank for the amount of komplex alloys you want to have, so i think i will keep it on a smaller scale.
To be honest - my 4 tank furnace is a pretty silly implementation - it's just something I wanted to try. Simple is ALWAYS better, I mean you can use either furnace without any form of automation - trial and error will get you to the amount and mix of ices you'd need to reach the temperature/pressure combinations needed for each of the alloys. Having said that, I would recommend the use of a 'hotbox' design, as it virtually eliminates the problem of the furnace cooling down - you can always crowbar the glass out of the frame if you need to for a specific temperature
I am fascinated how you are doing with the advanced furnace. I am not as competend as you are, but i am thinking about building an advanced furnace, too. Just trying to make it as simple as possible.
So my question is after looking into the melting temperatures of all alloys, why trying to make it work for all alloys and metals which results in a one very overcomplicated furnace? I only need a furnace for the difficult alloys, the easy ones i can even make in a normal furnace.
So there is only Hastelloy, Astrology, Waspaloy and Stellite and maybe Inconel. This reduces the temperature ranges a lot. And here i can easily build, lets say 2 adv. furnaces, because its not very expensive to build another one.
So i am probably ending in haven a simple furnace which you rushed in very early game as fast as possible, and then building 1 or two more to melt the really difficult stuff. What do you think?
Astroloy needs 1000°C,
Hastelly, Inconel and Waspaloy needs 1300 °C,
Stellite 1800°
And imho i think you dont need a big Tank for the amount of komplex alloys you want to have, so i think i will keep it on a smaller scale.
To be honest - my 4 tank furnace is a pretty silly implementation - it's just something I wanted to try. Simple is ALWAYS better, I mean you can use either furnace without any form of automation - trial and error will get you to the amount and mix of ices you'd need to reach the temperature/pressure combinations needed for each of the alloys. Having said that, I would recommend the use of a 'hotbox' design, as it virtually eliminates the problem of the furnace cooling down - you can always crowbar the glass out of the frame if you need to for a specific temperature