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+The Mechanical Press is one of the earliest and most important machines in Create. It is used to either press or compact ingredients underneath it.
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+Its primary use is to press Ingots into [[Plates|Create's-Materials]], used extensively in machine recipes, such as [[Casings|Casing]].
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+Mechanical Presses are powered by an internal [[shaft|Generate-and-Convey#Shaft]], accessed from two opposite sides. Much like shafts, adjacent Presses will power each other, and relay [[rotation|The-Basics-of-Rotation-in-Create]] along their axis. It will always press/compact items at the same speed, regardless of how much power is provided to it.
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+## Pressing
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+By default, the Mechanical Press will try to stamp items underneath it. This can be set up in two ways:
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+- When placed one space above any block, it will process all stacks of items above the block when given a Redstone signal;
+- When placed above a [[conveyor belt|Generate-and-Convey#Belt]], it will automatically press stacks of incoming items, stalling the belt until each operation is done.
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+The Press will activate for any items, regardless of having a valid recipe. Any incompatible items are simply left unchanged.
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+## Compacting
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+When a Mechanical Press is placed above a [[Basin]], it will begin compacting ingredients instead of pressing them. This will attempt to craft the basin's contents into a 2x2 (e.g. Glowstone Block) or 3x3 grid shape (e.g. Block of Iron)
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+The Press will automatically process any valid recipe it detects inside the Basin, regardless if there are leftovers inside, as long as the Basin has inventory space remaining.