OT: Siege engines anyone?

SilverFoxKnows

SilverFoxKnows

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check this out, CatapultKits.com. From desk top minis to plans on building the big boys :D For your entertainment, I'd never suggest you siege the guy in the next cubicle ;)

Frank
 
Before California bans them, anyway. Lotsa fun. But, storing them when not in use may be a problem for me.
 
Sounds like you need a "Fold-Away Trebuchet".....:D
 
Daniel Koster said:
Sounds like you need a "Fold-Away Trebuchet".....:D
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I hear the frame-lock Trebuchets are a lot stronger than the liner-lock Trebuchets... :)
 
The one backyard "must have" missing from my collection is a good old fashioned Roman ballista. This was the equivalent of cannon in the ancient age. For those (few) who don't know, a ballista is a crew-served crossbow of giant proportions, shooting a bolt (arrow) several feet long several hundred yards. Iron tipped spears, really, with fins like an arrow.

To me, this is history in action, combined with juvenile lunacy, better even than the spud guns... "What are we doing? What does it LOOK like! We're reinacting Roman history...."


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FWOOOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ad Astra
 
Trebuchets are commonly made by Scouts. Most use kid power pulling on a rope to swing the throwing arm. We built one at summer camp with a bucket of rocks as the counter weight -- threw water balloons 120 feet. Good fun
 
I built a trebuchet as a favor to the local boy scout camp, since they are very nice to me, letting me use welding equipment and such. They wanted something that the kids could use during "medieval days". My trebuchet was about 4 feet tall, made of oak, with a 7-8 foot arm, used 70 lbs of counterweight, and threw a baseball 500 or so feet. Pretty decent, considering its size.

Unfortunately some guy at the scout camp forgot to bring a weight set, so they only had about 20 lbs on as counterweight when they actually used it.

I also built one back in 6th grade for a science fair project. That was 3 feet tall and threw golf balls 400 feet, with 40 lbs of counterweight.

I like to make things that throw stuff. Spud guns, trebuchets, etc. Next, I think I want to build a gauss rifle.
 
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