Macerator

The Macerator is an all-purpose grinding machine, capable of breaking down ores and other items into Dust, which can later be smelted into their respective ingots.

The main use for the Macerator is doubling mining profit. Every ore block placed into the Macerator creates two ore dust. If macerating Redstone Ore, it outputs 6 redstone dust, instead of the usual 4-5. Each piece of dust can be smelted into a single ingot, yielding two ingots for each ore, if macerated. Most nether ores will produce double the dust as well, making Nether Copper Ore worth four ingots instead of two.

It also efficiently converts Stone to Cobblestone, Cobblestone to Sand, Gravel into Flint, bone to bonemeal, and Blaze Rod into Blaze Powder.

The Macerator is also important for turning Coal into Coal Dust, which forms the basis for Solar Panels and Nano suit.