Introduction

As many know, ME doesn't work very well with lathe molds, so in this guide, I will tell you how to create a complete automation for crafting a mining laser and diamond drill. This guide is suitable for any crafting that uses a lathe mold.

So, I will describe the crafting scheme for 2 items at once, so if you need to craft 1 item, feel free to divide the required items described below by 2.

Good luck to you.

Required Items

ME Interface 410 - 2 pcs

Any chest - 2 pcs (Reference at the end)

Molecular Assembler 429 - 4 pcs

Automatic Lathe 1950 - 2 pcs

Item Pipe 5340 - 12 pcs (I use iridium (6568), but for the scheme, it doesn't matter)

Main Item Filter 5342 - 4 pcs

Acceleration Cards 4342:20 - 20 pcs (not crucial, but will work faster)

Empty Template 4342:52 - 6 pcs

ME Cables

EU Cables

Coding Templates

Let's start with the laser, you will need to make 3 templates:

1) Lathe mold template

2) Laser template (classic)

3) Laser template without lathe mold in furnace mode (Note that the laser must be uncharged, otherwise you will fail)

Next, we prepare 3 templates for the diamond drill

1) Lathe mold template

2) Diamond drill template (classic)

3) Drill template without lathe mold in furnace mode (Note that the drill must be uncharged, otherwise you will fail)

Congratulations, you have completed 30% of the work, just a little left =)

Building the Scheme

Take all the necessary components and build a scheme like this:

Next, you need to set up the lathe for the required mold and then insert the templates according to the numbering above

You can also install the Acceleration Cards 4342:20 in molecular assemblers

Then we proceed to configure the pipes and install the filters:

Filters:

Filter 1.1: Resources for lathe mold (on scheme F1)

Filter 1.2: Resources for laser (on scheme F2)

Filter 2.1: Resources for lathe mold (on scheme F1)

Filter 2.2: Resources for drill (on scheme F2)

After the pipes and filters are installed and configured, connect the interfaces and assemblers to the ME, and the lathes to the power supply.

The scheme can be tested; place all the necessary resources for crafting in the chest. As an ideal result, a freshly crafted laser or drill will enter ME =)

Congratulations, you have created an excellent scheme for auto-crafting lasers and drills, which will allow you to craft any drill in automatic mode and at least try to sell them. As for the benefits of crafting lasers, I won't say much; it's at least a thermal centrifuge, and at most a storage template for replicators.

Thank you for your attention, all the best, and happy gaming.

This was ArchiBl

PS: The chest that will stand at the interface should be large enough; in my case, a compressed one is enough, as a large order will have a lot of resources in it. In the case of a laser, 1 crystal takes up 1 slot, so when crafting 250 lasers, the chest will fill up and won't receive the necessary resources, the scheme won't work. If you plan to craft a million lasers, I recommend making a bunch of chests =))))