How to Create a Redstone Sorting Machine in Minecraft
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Jon Hook
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A redstone sorting machine can not only cure a cluttered unmanageable Minecraft home, but make for an integral part of an efficient work space. With the redstone sorting machine, your items can arrive at the mere press of a button. 

How to Create a Redstone Sorting Machine

There are several variations to sorting machines and while mine cart sorting machines used to be the prefered method, I have made this guide using water and dispensers. This is mainly because of the change in mine cart behavior that came with the 1.0 update, which limits some of what one can do with mine carts. Nonetheless, this sorting machine will certainly serve you much better than a cluttered mess of chests. 

Step 1 Place Dispensers

How to Create a Redstone Sorting Machine in Minecraft
First make a one block tall platform for your redstone sorting machine to stand on.

Step 2 Build a Water Delivery Trench

How to Create a Redstone Sorting Machine in Minecraft
Build a trench directly behind the dispensers that is one block deep running the length of your dispensers. Build up the far side of the trench (here the left) so that when the dispensers release items, they fall into the trench.

Step 3 Build an Item Collector

How to Create a Redstone Sorting Machine in Minecraft
Build a 90 degree turn in the water trench so that the water flowing from the trench is moved towards the front of the sorter.

Now you can collect your items at the press of a button! 

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Comments

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Niko Bellic (24) 12/27/11 3:44 PM
How clever! I'm making this for my trading post!
Thanks, great tutorial as always.
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Jon Hook (23) 12/27/11 9:05 PM
Thanks Niko.
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