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I'm currently not in the position to test this but i was wondering if this is possible? I know for a fact that the creator of the mod in which the grindstone is (applied-energistics) in didn't want to make the player able to automate the grindstone but since the autonomous-activator simulates the players clicks I thought it might be a viable option.

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Yes. The autonomous activator acts as a fake player, simulating clicks as configured. It works on virtually anything that is activated by right clicking repeatedly, including the Applied Energistics grindstone. Using an Engineering Turtle from ComputerCraft also works. There's nothing in Applied Energistics that prevents it.

Keep in mind, the grindstone is not a fast way to double ores. It costs no power, sure, but it's really slow in comparison to, say, the pulverizer. So early-game, yes, you can definitely automate it, however, I wouldn't want to be in late-game with that kind of a setup.

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  • I know its slow but i just want to use it to automate my wheat grinding.
    – Marco Geertsma
    Commented May 1, 2014 at 13:18
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    Apparently, this is not intended to work. This is definitely removed in AE2, 1.7, and I will test that this works in AE1 in 1.6
    – Unionhawk ♦
    Commented May 7, 2014 at 15:16
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    This answer is probably invalid. I'm going to test it again.
    – Unionhawk ♦
    Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 15:03
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    @Unionhawk I think this is now disabled
    – Tim
    Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 19:07
  • @Tim I do believe you are correct. I'll work on an answer as to why (it's either because it's disabled or because right clicking continuously with no input breaks the handle)
    – Unionhawk ♦
    Commented Aug 25, 2015 at 0:44
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Yes and no. In 1.6 and previous versions, this was possible. However, from Minecraft 1.7 onwards, this will not work and the crank will drop instead.(Source: here) This is because the Autonomous Activator is a Fake Player and the code checks if it is a fake player. However, there are other options. They are:

  1. Macerator from Industrial Craft

  2. Pulverizer from Thermal Expansion

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