Describe the Suggestion

there should be a block or set of blocks that, when powered with some sort of rotational force, store it up for later use. a new tile entity called the spring could be added that can be wound back, and depending on how many springs there are (3x3, 5x5, ect) it can hold more rotational power.

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Very common suggestion.

In theory I guess that would be some sort of coil box. The coil is wound up which causes it to store rotation energy. It'd require a redstone signal to uncoil/release the stored rotation energy...again that's all theory-crafting. Would be a really neat mechanic for on-demand use of some machines. Especially with a hand-crank.

Would be awesome to fully charge such spring block once (with a hand crank for example), and then break and place it many times adjacent to a mechanical saw block, to chop down trees quicker, until spring is fully discharged.