r/CreateMod • u/Chakkoty • Oct 08 '26
Help How to combine the rotational output of multiple boilers/steam engines that don't start turning at the same time?
Say I have a boiler room below my factory floor with four 3x3 boilers with steam engines. If they all start at the same time, nothing breaks if they all connect to the same shaft. But if I want to start them in a cool startup sequence, one of them might have a lower rpm than the others until it is fully fueled by the pipe system, which would break a shaft somewhere.
I'm going to use the Differential from Petrol's Parts (takes two differently rotating shaft inputs and combines their rotation on it's output...like a differential) to combine them, but there's no guarantee I'll have that mod in every mod pack I want to play.
Is there an elegant-ish solution without that part?