as I just could'nt be bothered to smelt hundreds of Cobble to Smoothstone, I thougt, why not build my Lighttower with concrete.
For a 5x5 Ring, that is 15 Blocks high (thats like 325 blocks) you only need 6 Buckets of Cement, some solid blocks (I used dirt) for a frame and optionally some redstone stuff to synchronize the "solidification" of the cement.
It's pretty easy actually:
You start by building a frame on the ground: 2 isocentric rings, one 7x7, the other 3x3. If you don't want to use redstone, better build the rings 2-3 blocks high.
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#*****#
#*###*#
#*#'#*#
#*###*#
#*****#
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# = Solid Blocks
* = air (this is where the cement will run to)
' = Block for going up( ladder, sand, what have you)
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#*+**+#
#+###*#
#*#'#*#
#+###+#
#**+**#
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# = Solid Blocks
* = air (this is where the cement will run to)
' = Block for going up( ladder, sand, what have you)
+ = pour cement here.
redstone sync-ing
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Extend the outer ring by another block and wire the cement sources with redstone before pouring the cement, like this
Once all cement sources are placed you can simply remove the redstone torches and all your cement blocks should solidify without going over a 1 block high frame at the ground level.
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----!----
-##-##-#-
-#*+**+#-
--+###*#-
-#*#'#*#-
--+###+--
##**+**##
####-####
####!####
- = redstone on dirt
! = redstone torch
So what did YOU use cement for? I'm curious to hear.
PS: I'm still looking for a way to make longer walls with one bucket.. I think one would have to sacrifice 1 Block in height to increase the lenght of the wall by 2. But I think you'd still have to fill gaps by hand or hope that the pouring of the next segment will fill the gaps.
PPS:My computer isn't really capable of frapsing, maybe someone can rebuild my setup and put out a nice little video of how to use this little puppy.