Take the tour ×  The BuildCraft wiki is rather light on
information, but I need to know: is it possible to use a steam
engine to extract items from chests or automatic crafting tables
without the engine blowing up? If so, how?  share|improve this
question If you mean running an item from a cobblestone
generator, for example, and running it through a chest, and then
through an automatic crafting table, yes it's possible. There
are a few guides on youtube if I remember correctly, although
I've personally never tried –  Domocus Oct 16 '11 at 23:10 add
comment  2 Answers  up vote 1 down vote accepted  Wooden pipes
extract items from chests (and perhaps automatic crafting
tables; I haven't tried). Engines can then be attached to the
wooden pipe.  I recommend watching the videos on the official
YouTube channel to gain a basic, working knowledge of the mod.
share|improve this answer Yes, they will work with auto-crafting
tables also, but using this setup, they will explode after a
while. –  John the Green Oct 17 '1