Shield (Thermal Foundation)

Shields are tools added by Thermal Foundation. They are functionally identical to normal vanilla shields, but have different durability values.

Recipe
Shields can be made out of various metals and gems:

The following recipe is disabled by default:

Usage
The Usage is indentical to vanilla shields. See the Minecraft Wiki.

Durability
Excavators have exactly the same stats as their shovel counterparts, except they have twice as much durability:

Recovering materials
Just like with other tools, it is possible to recover some of the materials used in the crafting process by using Thermal Expansion machines:

Each of those recipes has a 20% chance of producing Slag.