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I'm try'n to set up an automated research system and i have the red ones but not the green currently i'm just making the circuits myself and not i nor assembly machines can craft straight up copper cables for the circuits help plz

-Jay

Use an assembly machine for cables, and another one to turn cables + plates into circuits

wait, do you mean you can't find copper wires in the crafting menu?

third tab of the menu and it should be the first item.

There's no good reason that you shouldn't be able to craft the copper cables yourself though. (they're under the power tab)
Sounds like something's glitched if you genuinely can't craft cables (or things that use them)

Can you explain better why you cant??
Provide an screenshoot maybe or something.

Oh !! I think I know, when he clicks manually on a circuit, it takes copper and iron, autocrafts the cables before crafting the circuit. Cause in the crafting window it says "total raw : iron, copper", I think he wants the assembling machine to do the same.
And no, you can't do that, you can't provide copper and iron to the assembling machine and expect it to create wires before creating circuits, you need 2 distinct assembling machines, one that makes wires out of copper and one to turn those wires + iron plates into circuits.