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Old item sorter



Item sorters are a type of redstone mechanism which can be used to filter specific items into chests. They generally work using two hoppers, as shown in the schematic. The topmost hopper (labeled I) is filled up so that it can only accept the item being sorted. The hopper underneath (labeled O) is powered so that it cannot remove items from the top. When enough items fill the top hopper, the bottom hopper O is unpowered so that it can remove the extra items.

Storage
Usually chests are placed sideways to the right of the hoppers below I. The hoppers under O are optional, but they can be used to attach more chests. Hopper O is the only one that needs to be powered, so as many hoppers and chests as necessary can be added.

At the end of an item sorter, there is usually a chest to catch any items that didn't get sorted for some reason. This is helpful in case a valuable tool or such is accidentally dropped in. If a chest becomes full, it can also prevent the loss of items of that type. Sometimes large farms storages will use lava instead to prevent a buildup of items should the storage completely fill up.