#Need help figuring out this ore automation

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loud tangle
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I am new to Factorio and an clueless what to do. I am just trying to build an automatic ore collection factory but I am stuck here. So, as you can see in the contraption, this collects copper, iron and coal, uses coal for fueling. But there are some problems.

I need to manually power the coal collector.
I need to manually power the copper collector.
I need to manually power the inseters into the storage.
I need to manually power the inserter that takes the smelted copper FROM THE BELT and puts it in the belt.

Can anyone please tell me how can I make this fully automatic, and also some basic ideas about what I should do next.

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upbeat loom
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Don't try to automate with only burners

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With burners just a snake of coal miners and miners that mine directly into furnaces help way more
In the tips menu (that you should be reading) it tells you how to deposit and extract stacks from cursor without opening the inventory

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Someone did a game of factorio with only burner items (using a mod he made as some things can't be made without power) because burners are sooo bad

loud tangle
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Thanks alot

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Also

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Can you give me some ideas

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On what I should do next?

upbeat loom
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Have you done the tutorials?

loud tangle
# upbeat loom Have you done the tutorials?

Nope, when I was checking the game out, the "Freeplay" had "intended way to play the game" or something like that so I just played Freeplay. I will do tutorials now if they do help.

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Thanks a lot

upbeat loom
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It is the intended way as you can't beat the tutoials
But the tutorials are there for a reason

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You complete them but you can't launch a rocket the whole point of the game through the tutorials

loud tangle
upbeat loom
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You can always ask for help, but I do reccomend paying attention to the bottom left where tips popup and checking out the tips menu in the top right as well.

Biggest thing

DO NOT be afraid to fail

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the tip I was directly talking about btw

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some of the tips here have tutorials in them

loud tangle
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Alright, thanks a ton again

upbeat loom
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doing exactly what you see with those miners facing each other for coal

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then put a miner into a furnace for plates

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note you need a LOT more iron than copper early

loud tangle
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Then how will I

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Output

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The coal?

upbeat loom
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read the tip

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or even better

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go in your game and play the tutorial for the tip

loud tangle
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Ok

upbeat loom
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I can show you my designs for stuff but you'll never be able to play the game blind again

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you only get one first playthrough, things once learned cannot be unlearned for experiencing the game anew.

loud tangle
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Ok, thanks for thing about that too

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I will try to come up with a solution myself after doing the tutorials

upbeat loom
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yea the tutorials are nice

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FYI feel free to explore, the maps have a hard edge but some interesting things are tucked away