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== Summary == <!--T:1-->
Getting the basic structure for your base is usually the one of the first things you do. You will need a base to install your solar panels, [[Solid Fuel Generator|solid fuel generator]] and get the [[Battery Charger|battery charger]] hooked up to an [[Power Controller|APC]] to get power from the [[Solar Panel|solar panels]]. You need frames to attach these [[:Category:Structures|structures]] too.

=== What you need === <!--T:2-->
* [[Iron Frames]]
* [[Iron Sheets]]
* [[Welder]]
* [[Wrench]]
* [[Angle Grinder]]

=== Iron Frames === <!--T:3-->
[[Iron Frames|Iron frames]] are your basic building blocks. [[Iron Walls|iron walls]] can be used but they don't allow [[:Category:Structures|structures]] to be placed. [[Iron Frames|Iron frames]] do not have to have iron sheets added on them to place [[:Category:Structures|structures]]. You can use the frame itself. The frame without sheets allows you to walk through it and place [[Cables|cables]] and [[Pipes|pipes]] inside. Which you can seal up after to pass connections through rooms.

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Iron frames.jpg|Iron Frames
Iron frames state 1.jpg|Placed
Iron frames state 2.jpg|One sheet added
Iron frames done.jpg| Second sheet added completed
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== Constructing == <!--T:5-->
Grab [[Iron Frames|Iron Frames]] into active hand, use right-click to bring up place mode and left-click when frame is in desired spot.

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Then equip a welder in one hand and [[Iron Sheets]] in the other hand, two per frame you wish to install. The welder needs to be the active hand.

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Use the 'O' button to toggle the welder on.

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[[File:Welder on.jpg|300px]]

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Then aim at the frame of the [[Iron Frames]] and left click. The welder will go through a green progress bar adding one [[Iron Sheets|Iron Sheet]] from the inactive hand.

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[[File:Iron frames constuct.jpg|300px|Left-Click to start Welding]]
[[File:Iron frames welding.jpg|300px|Welding Progress]]

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That completes one wall/ceiling/floor that you can place structures on.

== Deconstructing == <!--T:12-->
The frame is broken down in stages. First you remove the sheets using a [[wrench]] and then the [[Angle Grinder|angle grinder]] to take down the actual frame once all sheets are removed.

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It is often needed to remove one layer of [[Iron Sheets]] so you can pass new cables through a wall. In which case on [[wrench]] is needed.
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