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throwNUP Novicius Offline Slinging Potatoes! Posts: 3 Boise, Idaho	Hello from Boise, Idaho Oct 2^nd, 2010 at 5:10pm Yes we are home to the Boise State Broncos and the Blue Turf! Glad to be a Boise State Fan! I'm building my first Trebuchet with my boys and think it will be a great father son project. My boys are 13, 12, 10, and 8. Any tips for a first timer? Thanks!
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Re: Hello from Boise, Idaho
Reply #1 - Oct 2^nd, 2010 at 9:56pm

make a few slings- maybe 60 inches end to end for one, and for your kids maybe 48 inches end to end (slings are generally measured folded in half, but sometimes it gets confusing).

start with tennis balls, a missfired rock is enough to kill sometimes, and starters have little control over release.

once you get the hang of it it's a real blast.

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Re: Hello from Boise, Idaho
Reply #2 - Oct 4^th, 2010 at 2:30pm

throwNUP wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2010 at 5:10pm:

Yes we are home to the Boise State Broncos and the Blue Turf! Glad to be a Boise State Fan!

I'm building my first Trebuchet with my boys and think it will be a great father son project.
My boys are 13, 12, 10, and 8.

Any tips for a first timer?

Thanks!

We specialize in human powered trebuchets Wink

, but one of our members (HurlinThom) does punkin chunkin. See what he has to say on trebuchets in the "Other Primitive Weapons" section.

Pikåru wrote on Nov 19^th, 2013 at 6:59pm:

Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all.
~Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily avialable, they will create their own problems.~

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