Editing 40d:Smelter

{{quality|Exceptional|16:39, 4 August 2011 (UTC)}}{{Furnace|name=Smelter|key=s|job=[[Furnace operator]]
|construction=
* [[Fire-safe]] [[building material]] (non-[[economic]])
|construction_job=
* [[Architecture]]
* [[Masonry]] or [[Metalsmithing]]
|use=
* [[Coke]] or [[Charcoal]] ([[Fuel]])
* [[Ore]]
* Meltable [[metal]] item
* [[Bituminous coal]]
* [[Lignite]]
* [[Flux]] stones
|production=
* Metal [[Bar]]s
* [[Coke]]
}}{{av}}
A '''smelter''' is a type of [[furnace]] used to process [[ore]] into more useful [[bar]]s of pure [[metal]] or [[alloys]], in a process called [[smelting]].  Conventional smelters require [[fuel]], either [[charcoal]] or [[coke]]. 
 
The Smelter is also the place where [[dwarves]] take items to be [[melt]]ed back into [[bar]]s. Melting a [[quality|masterpiece]] item may cause the creator of that item to throw a [[tantrum]].  

== Building==

To build a smelter you need to use a [[fire-safe]] material, one [[stone]] or [[block]].  The [[construction]] is then a two-step process - first a [[dwarf]] with [[Building designer|Building Designer]] skill enabled will bring the chosen material and design it via the [[Architecture]] [[labor]], and then a dwarf with the relevant construction [[labor]] enabled ([[masonry]] for rock or rock blocks, any [[metalsmith#Metalsmith profession|metalworking]]-type skill for metal) will perform the actual construction.  These can be but need not be the same dwarf.  Using dwarves with no [[skill]] training will get the job done, but will result in buildings of slightly less architectural [[value]].

You place a smelter building using the keyboard commands {{K|b}}-{{K|e}}-{{K|s}}, after which your architect dwarf designs it and then your craftsdwarf builds it.

There is also a [[magma smelter|magma version]] of this building, which is built over [[magma]] and requires no [[fuel]]. Note that the process of making [[pig iron]] or [[steel]] will still need one unit of [[charcoal]] or [[coke]] per [[reaction]] as a reagent.

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