For those of you who wanted a block of flats, my apologies. I had this mad desire to see many cows being slaughtered in a very interesting way. It started out a simple project, I thought I'd just see about the basic aspects, then I got carried away...Ended up awake at 3:00am with an overly elaborate slaughterhouse.
I know it's not very neat in its appearance, but it does work rather well and I think the oddness is interesting in its own way. I always wanted to make complex and diabolical machines as a child...Thank you FC for making my dream come true!!!
The killing floor engine started like this, but I ended up adding a total of 8 additional saws just to give the cows a more humane end.
Some of the more stubborn cows needed a push by these twin pistons to get them properly down the chute.
Yeah, I went all mad scientist by about 2am, but I managed to set up a working flow that carried the meat and leather to hoppers and then to a chest for storage.
So, I don't know if I'd ever build something of this scale in Survival, I'll probably find ways to tweak it and make it much smaller and more efficient, make use of a breeding harness and perhaps a way to carry young cows to a whole other room to grow up before being slaughtered...This is just the start, it was a lot of fun.
Also, I'd love to hear any suggestions you guys might have.
-Tater