Been a boring day here in rural Illinois, not a whole lot going on. About 50 degrees out, been raining all day. Started drafting up plans for building a medium scale trebuchet today, it's gonna cost about $20 total, not counting dowel rods, paracord, and whatever the hell I'm making the sling out of. Looking forward to starting work on that in the next few days. Other than that, I've been looking into Diplomacy. Looks like a pretty fun time.
Maybe he meant Hubski's font? :P
Awesome. When you say "medium scale" what dimensions are we talking about? Also, what do you plan to sling? I'd love to see a video when you're done.Started drafting up plans for building a medium scale trebuchet today, it's gonna cost about $20 total, not counting dowel rods, paracord, and whatever the hell I'm making the sling out of.
3 foot tall, approximately. Was going to be six foot tall, but I decided that it'd be either ridiculously, unmovably heavy if I made it out of oak or prohibitively expensive if I made it out of mahogany. I have no idea what I'm slinging, but the possibilities are endless. And no promises on a video, but I'll probably do a video. Assuming it actually works.
mk, I seem to recall that you've built a trebuchet before. Any advice? Edit: like humanodon, I second the idea of videoing it. Also, resist the urge of slinging a snail in to space it seems like a good idea at first, but if unsuccessful the guilt is nearly unbearable.
Yeah, I'll try to dig up some photos. The pivot point was about 9' tall. Don't use old jeans for the sling, beefswitch. We got about three tosses before ours ripped.