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[Blue_J]

So, here's a question:

Is it possible for a dwarf to manually pump magma using a magma-safe pump, or are they subject to temperature the same way the pump materials are, since they have to sit on a tile that undergoes those same calculations? If you use a single dwarf-powered green glass pump, you can save yourself some exploratory mining, since you can just channel directly down to the top of the magma sea, then pump the reservoir for your forges and smelters full of magma, and seal off the hole when you're done.

[khearn]

You can save some exploratory mining at the expense of making a glass furnace, making the parts, hauling them down into the depths, and building the pump. Oh yeah, you also have to dig out a reservoir, so you haven't actually saved yourself much digging.

Oh yeah, yes a dwarf can pump magma. Ever wonder why they all seem to wear gloves and mittens? Those are oven mitts.