I noticed that this mod is listed as incompatible with the Merging Chests mod (WideChests) is this a physical limitation caused by an interaction bug or is it to deter the rather easy solution of all your machines sharing the same chest?

If its to deter people I don't really see the point, since it would be trivial to go around that sort of thing, not to mention players can play the game however they want.

I only mark mods as incompatible if they cause bugs and I can't fix them easily in my code. Merging Chests used to interact poorly and cause game crashes, but it looks like the author might have fixed it since then. I'll check whether it works okay now and remove the incompatibility if so in the next version.

ok fair enough, its a shame, the mods makes for extremely compact and ups efficient balancers with loaders lol

I just saw that it is fixed thank you so much!

(and thanks for the interesting and unique mod as well :D)