Quarry in the Nether

[jdk201]

How can i run a quarry in the nether and keep the lava down? Do i have to use oil source blocks all the way around? I would just use a mining turtle but looks like the latest update broke it. I need the quartz for AE.

[TechMAG]

I need the quartz for AE

Wait... vanilla nether quartz -which was introduced in 1.5- is not the same as AE's Certus Quartz. I think it was renamed to Certus to avoid confusion.

Having said that, one way to power a BC Quarry in the nether is by using a TE Magmatic Engine which you can feed with lava.

Hope that helps.

[jdk201]

To make the AE stuff you need both certus and nether quartz. Power is not the issue, its the lava taking over the hole. I get power through an energy tesseract. The quarry wont drill through lava.

[TechMAG]

Oh, I see what you mean now. That happened to me the last 3 times I tried to set a quarry in the nether. I would leave the quarry working and upon returning I'd see the main tool retracted after a few layers and a pool of lava.

My solutions are:

• Babysit the operation and cover any lava source found
  
• Accept my destiny and relocate the quarry hopping that the next location is going to be lava-free
  

[Timendainum]

Use turtles to mine the nether. They go right through lava.

There are several nice mining programs available on the CC forums.

Use an ender chest with a fuzzy import pipe to get them into your AE system.

[Teraku]

You have another option, and that's pouring oil on the top layer of the hole. You don't need 81 oil buckets for a 9x9 quarry, you just need to make sure the whole quarry area is covered with oil, whether it be flowing or not.

[jdk201]

command line wont come up on turtles in the new update. Thanks Teraku, I just do that i guess.

[theprolo]

Does Ice still work in the Nether? One of the Thermal Expansion machines, the Glacial Precipitator, will create Ice, snow and snowballs on demand for next to no cost IIRC.

[Teraku]

Yeah, it still works.

You can do that as well. Just use an Aqueous Accumulator and Glacial Precipitator to create Ice at a minimal cost of energy.

If you place Ice in the Nether, and break it while a solid block is under it, it'll create a water source block. If you place the Ice diagonally in the Quarry hole, you'll need 9 Ice blocks for a 9x9 quarry.