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[Bomrek]

Is it possible to build waterwheels from magma proof materials and build them in a magma flow to generate power? I know its easily done with water, but that seems less dwarfy somehow.

[TettyNullus]

Nope, all waterwheels are wood, which from what I recalls, will burn down. Hopefully next version might have metal waterwheels.

[Assassinfox]

I built a waterwheel in a river and then used Tweak to transform the entire river into lava.  The wheel didn't burn down, but it didn't generate anymore power either.

[Duke 2.0]

 One way to test without tweak:

 Modify wood to tolerate a temperature above magma.
 Make a perpetual lava flow using pumps.
 Construct this new fireproof wood wheel in the flow.

[Assassinfox]

Isn't wood hardcoded?

[Duke 2.0]

 This is why we need to test these things.

[Hamster Man]

Question has already been asked (and supposedly tested). Reference below thread:
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=28163.0

[Bomrek]

Hmmm, that is a shame, definitely needs to be rectified in a future version. Thanks anyway for the answers and sorry to repeat old threads.

[TettyNullus]

Question has already been asked (and supposedly tested). Reference below thread:
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=28163.0

Not even enough details to say if they even succeed in finding out anything, but I does suspect that magma currently isn't programmed to 'transmit' power like water, due wood issue in first place. I really hope that in future there're metal waterwheel that can run off magma 

[Duke 2.0]

 Heck, metal waterwheels in general make sense. Much better than wood.

 Although magmawheels do sound very dwarven.

[Hamster Man]

Not your fault if its a repeat - the old thread wasn't exactly phrased in such a way as to give the reader any idea they were reading about magma-wheels.