Tutorials/Floodgate

A floodgate is a piece of Moderate Logic with multiple uses.

[edit] Making a Floodgate

Floodgates are made using 3 types of items.

Gates

• Iron Door
• Wooden Door

Switches

• Button
• Lever
• Manual (Wooden Door)

Activators

• Redstone Wire
• Hand (Wooden Door)

Walls

• Cactus (Not the best, needs sand under it, but is good for hurting invaders or mobs)
• Sugar Cane (Requires Dirt underneath, and is a good blocker. Also able to see through as a window)
• Cobblestone (Sucks, but if you are low on materials it works.)
• Glass (Allows goods to go through, moderate choice, but requires lots of Smelting and sand.)

Optional

• Soul Sand (Can be used as a dock for boats when placed directly below 1 block of water, but comes from the Nether, and isn't obtainable in some SMP servers.)

[edit] Making the Floodgate

Basic Structure

First start out with the basic structure. Start making the wall. Only have it 1 block high for now, wait until later to build it higher. Leave 4 or 9 blocks high, and 2 or 5 blocks wide depending on how big you want your Actual Gate to be. 

The Canal

Now for the canal. Dig 1 block down where you want the water path. This can be used for a boat system, farm system, irrigation system, etc.

(Optional Step: Where you left room for the gates, dig down one more block and then into the canal and place the Soul Sand there for boats. Soul Sand does not hurt boats unlike other materials. You can also place it around the edges at normal height to minimize boat crash damage.) 

Logic Now to build the actual logic part. Make a control panel (can be on a wall, or 1-2 Block high control stand. I recommend A control panel. For 1 block high, place the lever on top, for 2 blocks high put the lever or button on the side on he top block.) Now where you left space for the doors, place your steel door where you left space - - Work in Progress