How to Route and Control Rotational Power with Gearboxes, Clutches, and Brakes

Building compact factories requires tight control over where rotational power goes and when it stops. This mod introduces specialized mechanical blocks that reduce the need for bulky shaft networks and complex redstone setups.

Using Six-Sided Customizable Gearboxes

Standard gearboxes can be limiting when routing power in tight spaces. To split or redirect rotation in any direction:

1. Place the six-sided gearbox into your kinetic network.

2. Equip your wrench.

3. Right-click any individual face of the gearbox with the wrench to reverse the rotation direction of that specific shaft.

4. If you aren't sure how a specific mechanical block behaves, hover over it in your inventory and hold W to watch its animated Ponder tutorial.

Automating Speed and Stopping Power

You can protect and manage your contraptions using smart clutches, brakes, and batteries:

• Centrifugal Clutches: Install these along a shaft line to automatically disengage the connected machines based on rotational speed.
• Redstone Brakes: Place a redstone brake on a spinning network and apply a basic redstone signal to quickly stop the rotation.
• Redstone Link Switches: Craft these switches in any vanilla wood variant to trigger your wireless redstone links directly.
• Kinetic Batteries: Connect these to your power grid to store rotational energy. When you pick them up, you can check their stored energy levels directly on their inventory item icons.