Took a little break from making slings this past weekend and crafted up this working desktop trebuchet. It's six inches tall and made entirely of leftover chopsticks. The trebuchet originally had a hardwood counterweight but it wasn't heavy enough to throw the cork stones I whittled out for ammo so I temporarily lashed on a couple of lead fishing weights. It will launch these little stones about 20 - 23 feet. I figure for scale, that's pretty far. I used hemp string to make the net pouch. It sits on my desk at work. All the guys think it's cool, the women just don't see the point.

I think I'll make a ballista next but first, more Chinese takeout!

Wage war against the eigth floor!! A siege tower would be sweet!

That's cool!

I made once a very crude onager of about 15 cm length. You will be astonished how much power you can get with torsion bundles even from very small models.

Brilliant!