Getting Medieval

Part 1: Trebuchet!

310 days ago by ThreeJs | 4 comments »

This is a repeat from the project I listed previously, but I thought I would take this time to start a series, since I plan on making other siege weapons. This project is close to 4 years old. I made it with the scrap oak, I had left from the little table I posted a project about last week. It is a fun little trebuchet, put together with pegs, and the throwing arm on a threaded rod. The picture below shows it with a 2.5lbs weight, but at times I have had up to 7.5lbs on it. With 21R...

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