To reduce early game microcrafting and suboptimal part ratios before machines, we are planning on reworking the forge hammer. Crafting or machine recipes should not be affected.

• Turn the forge hammer into a block similar to the stone cutter: you place ingots, and you pick which output you want to craft. This means that even complex parts like gears could be crafted in one click.
• To mitigate the bad ratio you get in the forge hammer, you will have the option to place a tool in the forge hammer that will get damaged, but in exchange yield a much better conversion ratio.

This will come some time after the initial 1.0 release for 1.18.

Closes with 5d95680