Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-174.95.138.243-20130806230502/@comment-13413401-20130807004330

Well, first of all, if your new to the modpack, I suggest that you check out the pages/wikis for some of the major mods: Industrial Craft, Buildcraft, Redpower, and Thermal Expansion. Google for some video tutorials, and you should be all set with these.

Also, if you just brought Minecraft and you have never played the normal "vanilla" Minecraft, you probably should try it out to get used to the basics of surviving (without all the other major mods changing the gameplay and making things complex)...

That being said, here is how you would set up a Quarry: First of all, you will need Buildcraft engines that generate MJ (Quarries are part of the Buildcraft mod, and work on MJ). If you are not too far into the game, you could just use 1 Combustion Engine filled with Lava (which you can get from the lava pump described above). However, consider look up how to use refineries to refine oil into fuel (this will generate a ton more power).

Alernatively, you can use blocks from the Power Converters mod to convert to MJ from other sorts of power (EU is Industrial craft power, MJ is Buildcraft power, and Bluelectricity is Redpower power). However, unless you have some High Voltage solar panels connected to MSFUs, the best way to power the Quarry is by combustion engine. Note that you need 7-8 combustions engines running on fuel (refined oil) to keep the Quarry at its max speed...

Next, place the Quarry where you want it to dig (the best place is above water, so if it hits lava, the lava will turn into obsidian and not obstruct it). Use conductive pipes to send the power to the quarry or just place the engine next to the quarry and give the engine a redstone signal. Then just place some normal transport pipes next to it and to some chests. Make sure you have a lot of chests, as it will dig many stacks of cobblestone.

The Quarry also acts as a Chunkloader, so you don't need a chunkloader if it is far away. In addition, if you just place the Quarry, it will dig in a 9 x 9 area. However, you can use Landmarks (the blue things) to set the Quarry to a bigger or smaller area.

Hoped this helped :)