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Admiral.Gallaway Junior Member Offline Avast, me mateys, throw 'em to th' sharks Posts: 71 Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #15 - Jan 24^th, 2007 at 4:39pm I have a small ballista and a ruber-band powered catapult, I'm planning on making a treb
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kelthen Descens Offline Eyay yesu domine... whack! dona eais requiem... Posts: 185 Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #16 - Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 3:15pm one of these days im just gonna sit in my driveway and whip snowballs at people. it would be fun until the cops came. those cops always get in the way of fun. (sorry if anybody here is a cop)
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Dravonk Funditor Offline Posts: 773 Aachen, Germany Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #17 - Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 4:35pm For snowballs?! Or are you meaning ice balls? Ok, it might also depend on how many snowballs you launch at each person...
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Reply #18 - Feb 24^th, 2007 at 4:22pm

yeah, maybe if i lobbed at a guy for a half an hour while he tried to get close enough to kick my butt they would probably come. maybe not for snowball though. i agree. i always thought that in a snowball fight if they saw me miss even, theyd wet themselves and head for the hills. if i nailed some kid with a clump of slush at 50 yards theyd run faster.

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Kanec Tiro Offline Glass rings where the sling flings Posts: 29 Slovakia Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #19 - Mar 3^rd, 2007 at 6:59am With my friends, we built a small trebuchet this summer. The counterweight is cca. 60kg and the arm length about 2.5m. It worked with stones a bit bigger than a human's fist, casting them to 40-60m, however, I am planning to make it more effective by shortening the release finger which slowed down the sling.
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Reply #20 - May 4^th, 2007 at 5:38pm

I got interested in trebuchets not long after I got interested in slings. Combination of cool machine and slings!! I have built a trebuchet out of PVC pipe and fittings. Planning on building a large scale one that I and a friend at work can mount on our flatbed truck. Get a couple spud cannons strapped to the sides and a trebuchet mounted on the bed and roll into battle.  Let me know if you’re interested. I have quite a bit of info I’ve gathered over the years.

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Reply #21 - May 6^th, 2007 at 10:11pm

Well, this thread is still going, I see. Good!

I've been working on a Whipper type trebuchet for a couple of years.
I'm taking my time 'cause I'm working alone and have to make it to be a completely one man show. I should be done in time to enter the Raleigh NC contest at Halloween, 2008.

The Whipper is 9 feet high at the axle and will have a 440 lb counterweight.
I'll be flinging 8 to 10 lb pumpkins at a car about 300 feet down range.
There's a $1,000.00 prize.

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #22 - May 14^th, 2007 at 12:49pm A mate of mine is working on building a trebuchet for throwing teddy bears at a local fete - I'll try and post pics or links when it happens.
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woulf Novicius Offline Mistress of the Forge Posts: 6	Re: Siege engines Reply #23 - May 26^th, 2007 at 2:43am http://www.eccentricgenius.ca/frameset.htm ; thought you guys might like to take a look at these, they're cute. Apparently he doesn't make them anymore, though. My fiance and I are considering building a ballista the next time we have garage space. Any tips on balancing/design of projectiles?
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Reply #24 - May 28^th, 2007 at 1:06pm

i made a treb a few weeks ago (well i actually finished it after working on it for three years

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It's 3 meters high and has a counterweight of 60-140kg (depends on size of stones i'm about to launch).
and it can shoot with fairly decent accuracy at a range of 150m but full powered it can sling to 300m.
In winter i am goin to sling huge snowballs at the christmas parade Cool

mhuhaaahaaaahaaa!
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smgjerald Descens Offline Ancient weaponry rules:-) Posts: 114 Redneck country,Norway:-D Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #25 - Jun 26^th, 2007 at 4:51am My dad and me built a trebuchet a few years back, after experimenting we eventually got it working:-) Here´s a tip though,DO NOT WALK IN FRONT WHEN FIRING!I don´t remember exactly what happend,but cracked my skull But good ehrm..safe fun
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Re: Siege engines
Reply #26 - Jun 26^th, 2007 at 6:59am

Sora wrote on May 28^th, 2007 at 1:06pm:

i made a treb a few weeks ago (well i actually finished it after working on it for three years

)
It's 3 meters high and has a counterweight of 60-140kg (depends on size of stones i'm about to launch).
and it can shoot with fairly decent accuracy at a range of 150m but full powered it can sling to 300m.
In winter i am goin to sling huge snowballs at the christmas parade Cool

mhuhaaahaaaahaaa!
lol

Posting info like this with no pictures is just mental cruelty.

PICTURES PLEASE ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you consider as "decent accuracy"?
What size stones do you shoot?
How do you vary the counterweight?
Where do you shoot such a machine?
How much does it weigh and how do you transport it?
Any other "interesting" details.

Is it legal for you to use it?
(In Australia shooting such a device would probably get me a six months government sponsored holiday.)

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Reply #27 - Jun 26^th, 2007 at 9:56am

Okay here's a pic (sorry for low quality, camera's still doing weird Embarrassed

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with decent i mean it can hit a 3 by 4 m blanket or something from about 120-150 m 6 out of 10 times

size of stones is about tennis ball (smallest) to basketbal (biggest) sized stones
i vary the counterweigt by just putting some extra heavy stuff inthe crate and then lock that crate
my grandpa has got a reeaally big backyard where the treb stands and shoots (his backyard is about 400*500 m or something)
dunno how much it weighs and i never transported it (not even the wood, my grandpa had that lying around

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well maybe not that interesting but i hurled a little tv away a couple of weeks ago...hehe Grin

and yes it's legal (i think...) because it's on a private terrain (grandpa's garden)
one note: the red lined one is mine and the blue lined one is my grandpa's one, again sorry for the quality...

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Aussie Past Moderator Offline Joined Nov. 1, 2006 Luke 14:14 Posts: 3265 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #28 - Jun 26^th, 2007 at 10:11am Thanks for the photo and the quick response. Looks like great fun!
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Sora Junior Member Offline I'm slinging in the rain... Posts: 65 Hellgium Gender:	Re: Siege engines Reply #29 - Jun 26^th, 2007 at 10:18am no problem aussieslinger i'm also planning to make an onager and a lifesized ballista (without sharpened arrows ... well okay maybe with iron tips... okay okay they're gonna be sharpened so what )
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