auto chest not lining up

[Ishizu29]

so from what i´ve understood, you should be able to make a conveyer belt between chests, but i can´t seem to make them do that. i put one under the other in a straight line but nothing happened. i´m not sure what i´m doing wrong?

[Siftastic]

Same problem here. I've followed the instructions. I have a keg to the left, a keg to the right. A bunch in a row (vertical) and another automation chest at the bottom. No conveyor belt between anything.

[Phantom]

Correct

If X is an auto chest and Y is an object it goes

Y X Y

YY XX YY
YY XX YY

With how they actually take 4 spots

then to make a belt its just

Y X Y
Y X Y

or

YY XX YY
YY XX YY
YY XX YY
YY XX YY

a belt is really just a cosmetic effect for two autochests above/below each other and touching it has no additional benefit from a regular autochest other than you can perhaps put several different things into one

In reality I guess they tend to be worse as everyone one added doesn't increase the storage space but had they been separate they would

[Ishizu29]

so wait- i thought that machines placed along the length of the converyer belt, and not besides the chest itself also got filled up/emptied. like in this vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnyrSTfUOUw
you mean that unless the machine is RIGHT next to the actual chest, the chest is not gonna do anything with the machine? then what´s the point of the belt?!