That means your wood planks go along the top row the iron.
How to make a piston in minecraft. When crafting with wood planks you can use any kind of wood planks such as oak spruce birch jungle acacia dark. Those items should be placed in a proper way. In the first row of the grid all the boxes should have 1 wood plank. To make a piston in minecraft go over to your crafting table and place the above materials in the following positions on the 3 3 grid.
To make a piston place 3 wood planks 4 cobblestones 1 iron ingot and 1 redstone in the 3x3 crafting grid. These sticky machines will pull up to 12 blocks towards the piston block. In order to make a piston an individual has to add all the items which he collected in the crafting grid. First make a furnace by placing cobblestone in all of the slots of the crafting table except the center and place it on the ground.
There are plenty of tutorials out there that can show you how to make amazing machines using pistons. A piston is a block capable of pushing blocks players and mobs when given a redstone pulse. If you want pulling power you can modify a piston to create a sticky piston. To run the piston command in minecraft open your chat window and enter the command below depending on the version you have.
In the crafting menu you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. A piston works by extending and pushing up to 12 blocks. A sticky piston has the same function as a piston but can also pull the block on its face back when it retracts unlike the regular piston which leaves the pushed block in place. Add items to make a piston.
You can also use a give command to create pistons in minecraft.