Ingot molds empty themselves (no F); removing a mold returns its set metal

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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pipes, pumps, outlets.
- Machines: fan, Refiner, Stone cutter, Silo.
- Molds: ingot, bit, tank. Ingot bars drop out of the bottom onto whatever is under the mold;
leave one open block below and a belt under that carries them off. F is optional upkeep: it
cleans the trough, chips off slag and rakes the furnace grate. Short stubs stay for the next
firing.
leave one open block below and a belt under that carries them off. Ingot molds empty themselves:
junk and mixed scrap drop below, slag is thrown away and the grate above is raked. Short stubs
stay for the next firing. Removing any mold returns its set metal to the bag: whole bars as
bars, the rest as scrap.
- Build actions: drag for lines, Shift-drag for rectangles, hold G to replace, hold C / X and
drag to copy / cut, V to paste, Ctrl+Z to undo, middle mouse to pick,
Shift+Q/E to switch build tabs.
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**2026-10-23:**
- **Ingot molds drop bars below automatically.** The owner reported bars being thrown into the
furnace above and wants belts underneath to carry them off. Blocked bars wait in the trough;
short stubs stay for the next firing. F stays available for cleaning and raking.
short stubs stay for the next firing. The mold cleans itself and rakes the grate after dropping bars or clearing junk.
- **Screw tubes carry no more than belts:** they move every other tick. For more throughput,
build more lines.
- **A heap on a belt moves as one**, up to 96 grains deep, not just its bottom layer. If a grain is blocked,
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- **The build tool has a compact top-left card** like the other tools. The owner asked for it
back after it was hidden; the long description stays in the hover popup.
- **Ingot molds need no F.** They push junk and mixed metal out of the bottom as loose grains with the bars, throw slag away and rake the grate. Removing any mold returns its set metal: whole bars as bars, the rest as scrap. The owner asked what F was for once bars dropped on their own, and chose this over keeping F for cleaning.
## Ideas not built yet
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