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How can I follow the bully into the upper-right pipe?
1 of 13: You're going to need to use the pincer mechanism to do this.
2 of 13: However, first off, you're going to need to figure out how it works.
3 of 13: There's a control panel at the right of the furnace that allows you to control it.
4 of 13: In order to move it, you need to move sliders 1 and 3 all the way down, and the middle one (2) all the way up, and then push the red button.
5 of 13: This will cause the pincers to grab something from the mine cart.
6 of 13: It would even grab YOU from the mine cart, were you in it at the time.
7 of 13: Run back there after pushing the red button (don't forget to de-extend yourself so you can walk faster), and the pincers will grab you and carry you around.
8 of 13: You can jump off onto the platform at the upper left.
9 of 13: There's another control panel here but you can't open it without the right tool.
10 of 13: Use the tool with the control panel and you will discover that it allows you to switch the rotational direction of the pincers.
11 of 13: This means that if you switch the red and black wires on the upper-left terminal, you can move the pincers clockwise.
12 of 13: This means they will move past the upper-right pipe.
13 of 13: So now, just climb down and repeat the process of pushing the red button, running over to the pincers, and then instead of jumping onto the upper-left platform, jump into the upper-right pipe.
