Tutorials/Redstone machines

If you ever think about it, redstone seems useless and piles up in your chests. That's because you haven't made anything with it! This page is dedicated to redstone creations for people's useless redstone. Feel free to contribute any creations you've created!

Redstone display
There are many ways to show a very short video in Minecaft using a variety of pistons and   colored wools. However, they are bulky, complex, and require a new base design for every new video. Luckily, along with the new Redstone lamps came a new method: LED displays. In this article I will explain the new concept and show you how to make one. One day, I was daydreaming about a possible invention in Minecraft. It was going to be one of those big scoreboards that you can find at any school gym. I was really exited about it so I daydreamed some more. I then realized that it would 1. Be no use on my friend's server and 2. It was still quite primitive. So I took it to the next level and thought up a little TV screen. That's what I'm about to show you. To make this "Redstone display" you're going to want Creative mode, and a ton of space. How much space? About a 15x15x15 block cube will work. Just remember: the bottom 2 layers of the cube have to be underground for this to work!

Redstone programable music
To make a programable redstone music machine you need glass, redstone torches and repeters, note blocks, pistons, and of course redstone. Make a vertical square of a building material missing two alternate corners. Then set up pistons to a clock to make the square rotate through the blocks. Repeat the square for each different note. Set up a torch followed by redstone then a repeater inside the square so the repeater feeds into a block then set up redstone on the other side of the block and then connect to a note block. Repeat for each note. Then replace some blocks with glass and turn on the clock that rotates the square. Notice that the notes play when a block crosses the repeater but not when glass crosses it. The clock speed is the tempo and the glass and solid blocks are the notes. The note blocks can also be seen as the instruments. With this you can program a tune for your house or a server spleef field.

Farming
Why not make automatic farms, like chopping sugar cane on a clock? see Tutorials/Automatic Farming for more.