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Wooden Rotor
alaindustrial:windmill_rotor
Summary
The Wooden Rotor is a crafting component: the blades you place into the rotor slot of any wind mill (T1 basic, T2 sky/tempest). Without a rotor in the slot, the wind mill generates nothing. The rotor is a durability component: it wears out only while the mill actually generates EU/FE (proportional to output, faster in rain/thunder) and breaks when its durability runs out. The wear bar shows in your inventory and in the mill's slot; accumulated wear is preserved when the mill evolves T1→T2. It's built from wood, iron and a wooden gear — an early mechanical part, available as soon as you can combine the basic materials from the start of the game.
Mini-example: a fresh rotor lasts about 5 in-game days of continuous generation before it wears out — keep a spare crafted so a worn rotor can be swapped and the mill keeps turning.
Energy
Uses no energy — it's a plain ingredient for the rotor slot.
How it's used
Goes into the dedicated rotor slot of the Wind Mill (T1), and after evolution the Sky Mill and Tempest Mill (T2). One rotor serves any wind device in the mod.
Block Properties
Not applicable (item). Durability component: max durability 1000, so it does not stack (stack: 1).
Recipes
Crafted at a workbench (shaped 3×3): planks in the corners, iron in a cross, a wooden gear in the centre, and copper cable above and below the centre.
PIP
CGC
PIPP — planks (any, ×4); I — iron ingot (×1); C — copper cable (×2); G — Wooden Gear (×1).
Progression
A component with no tier of its own. Gates wind generation: until you have a rotor, the wind mill is silent. The rotor itself is crafted from early materials, so it's available alongside your first wind mill.
Related
Wind Mill — the basic rotor consumer. Sky Mill T2 and Tempest Mill T2 — evolution consumers. Wooden Gear — the rotor's central component.
Crafting
Shaped Crafting
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Wooden Rotor