Talk:Tutorials/Piston uses

For Consideration:

Machine Gun Elevator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNGVwyARMyE

Self Building & Repairing House - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZMU90CJRU

Help?
Could someone please upload a piston/cobble generator tutorial?

I will!

TangentDelta 20:47, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

If you can tell me how i can send you my world. ( along with the rest or the piston stuff i made in that world ) or i could upload it but i dont know where to

Hat sg 13:34, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Cobble generator or wall generator? Cobble generator is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j9SJYToCCo&feature=channel_video_title

TangentDelta 01:34, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

the trap part
can't you use a button instead? Then it'll self reset right? Also you can put sand on top and a pressure plate. The plate retracts the piston, which retracts a stone block, which causes the sand/gravel to fall into the lava.

more uses
in the youtube vid the piston was used as switch for redstone.

It can also be used to change minecart tracks to redirct minecarts.

Also, it can be used as a retractable bridge across lava.

It can be used to make primed tnt fall from the sky ( piston pushes tnt into the path of redstone current, gets primed and falls )

The en masse wall thing was said, but not added.

Make a hidden staircase up a straight wall ( blocks pop out of the wall in a staircase formation )

'Bout my trap
Im who put the TNT hall,and i already made a test,and it appears to work,but I can't edit the page,there's no edit button.Could someone edit for me?

Piston flip-flops
Pistons can be used to create non-burnout flip-flops that are very compact. First, place a piston facing sideways. Next, place a solid block next to the head. Then, if the block was 1 more meter over, you would put a redstone torch under it. Actually, you would do that anyway. But when you place it, pretend the solid block is 1 meter over. Then place another piston in such a way that when you power it, the solid block will move back to the first piston. Stick redstone dust by the side, and it works!

Major rework
Not a lot of new content, but I've taken most of the info from the embedded videos. I've changed the embedded videos to links (this is a wiki after all, not youtube). I've tried to expand a few sections where possible. Standardized the grammar. Various sorting/merging of ideas.

Areas that need work:
 * Better tutorial/explanation of elevator section.
 * Scrolling display
 * More text in for redstone circuits?

Qcdynamics 05:06, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Locking Chests
I hate to point this out, but all that effort needed to lock a chest seems pretty redundant if you recall anyone could just break the block over the chest or the chest itself with nothing more than bare hands. While it's still a nice gimmick, it's no security-system at all. To promote it as such seems just delusional to me. --Yatsufusa 16:52, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ya, that's always bothered me too. What if the chest was above a wooden pressure plate. When the chest is broken, some of the items will fall onto the pressure plate activating a trap? Qcdynamics 20:26, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * However, that doesn't work if the block above is broken. I think the best way is to just use pistons to hide the chest in the floor/wall/ceiling or have your chest in a passage hidden by pistons and/or combination lock. Father  Toast  22:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Sand Secret Entrance
I really like this but I've always had trouble pushing sand vertically. User:MicMac, could you write a more detailled description? This is a tutorial section after all.Qcdynamics 20:26, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Do-Nothing Machine
While I can appreciate gadgets that are nothing than bells and whistles, I'm unable to see the entertainment-value of this particular one. Would Freddie711 or anyone else who's able to appreciate that contraption be so kind and add a little more of an explanation? --Yatsufusa 05:02, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Obsolete designs
After update 1.1, some of these designs no longer seem to work properly. The elevator design using fences and slabs doesn't work, because the fence gates now shut every time a piston moves them. the "Zipper" design also seems to be broken, as you will no longer be pushed to the tops of stairs. Can others confirm these changes?

174.69.134.13 00:43, 27 January 2012 (UTC)