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Of course, everyone has wanted to build a Trebuchet. A classic book about the experience is Jim Paul's CATAPULT: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon (https://www.
by drallison 7y ago
Of course, everyone has wanted to build a Trebuchet. A classic book about the experience is Jim Paul's CATAPULT: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon (https://www.amazon.com/Catapult-Harry-Build-Siege-Weapon/dp/0394585070 https://www.amazon.com/Catapult-Harry-Build-Siege-Weapon/dp/...).
- roel_v 7y agoI built a trebuchet once when I was 10 or 12. It was about as high as I was tall at the time, and it was on a platform with 6 wheels. I shot some of the neighbors' prunes into a meadow next to our house, and then when I went for a massive load of IIRC pebbles, shot myself straight in the face. I wobbled home, had a headache for 3 days, then tore the thing down. Not sure what my point is - maybe 'careful what you wish for'?
- drallison 7y agoJim and Harry's Trebuchet was built in part at the Exploratorium and was tested in the Marin Headlands. They were not allowed to chuck rocks into the ocean so they marked all of the rocks used for their tests with the tag "This is not a rock", a paean to surrealist Rene Magritte.