40d Talk:Millstone

There is no key for this workshop design template. I don't know what is what. Schm0 22:54, 15 November 2007 (EST)

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Can one millstone handle multiple jobs at once? If so, how many? Do I need to build multiple millstones to grind up my dimple cup farm's large output?

• With the mill plants task on repeat, I've always been limited by bag production and not capacity of the millstone. However I normally build two just because I can power that from one windmill. Coelocanth 11:14, 27 November 2007 (EST)

z-level (-1)

Isn't the whole z-level (-1) unnecessary? Vae 07:49, 27 November 2007 (EST)

• yes Coelocanth 11:14, 27 November 2007 (EST)

Unless you want to power multiple mills then the gear assembly is unnecessary too you could put the mill directly under the vertical axle/ windmill

• Are you sure? The millstone showed as unpowered when I tried that Coelocanth 12:44, 29 November 2007 (EST)

Yes, putting the millstone directly underneath a windmill definitely works. (version 0.27.169.33d) I've updated the article accordingly. --Quuxplusone 01:40, 13 December 2007 (EST)

I added a note to the page to qualify: If you build a millstone and then a windmill above it, your stone will not be powered! You must build the windmill first and then the millstone. --Zwergner 00:10, 2 August 2008 (EDT)

I'm assuming this involves a supported windmill - a hanging windmill can be built directly above a millstone and will generate its power correctly, at least in 40d. --Quietust 05:18, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Why is the room on -1 2x2? Doesn't it only have to be 2x1? --Mikaka 22:09, 27 June 2008 (EDT)

• Yes, the extra two tiles on the left are unnecessary. Arkenstone 19:46, 6 August 2009 (EST)

Vs. Quern

Is a Millstone better than a Quern? --Mitchy 13:06, 22 July 2008 (EDT)

It has to. It uses 10 power for a reason. --Someone-else 21:43, 22 July 2008 (EDT)

Yes, it is significantly faster. RomeoFalling 15:59, 16 October 2008 (EDT)

template "power" section

Millstone workshop template probably should have a "Power" section, similar to gear. --Qwip 16:07, 15 October 2008 (EDT)

Power transmission

I was wondering whether millstones can transmit power to adjacent machine components so I did a couple of experiments and it turns out they can. Gear assemblies, horizontal axles and other millstones placed next to a powered millstone are also powered (I didn't try vertical axles). --Paradigmlost 17:30, 27 February 2009 (EST)

Non-Plant Reactions in Millstones

I was thinking that maybe you could mill stone, and get "Dwarven Rock Flower". However, it would have poor value and no dwarf would actually like it (but many would DISlike it). You could maybe even grind up Rock Salt to get, well, salt (obviously); and a more complex recipe could by Charcoal + Saltpeter + Brimstone = Dwarven Chili Powder, the main ingredient in Dwarven Tabasco Sauce.

Good idea. Cinnebar could be milled into another kind of dye, or coal+<sulphur>=you-know-what

seeds

after you mill certain plants, do you get to keep the seeds? -- 06:35, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Yes.--24.151.106.164 18:16, 13 June 2010 (UTC)