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Secret Project unleashed!
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Author:  Tas [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:45 am ]
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So after all the hammering, sawing and drilling- what the heck has been going on in Tas's garage?

Catapult construction! :p
Well an Onager to be exact, but a small scale seige engine nonetheless to throw dead animals over the fence before I send in the kids to carry the house next door.

Actually, I had to build 2. ?The first one I had seriously underestimated how much power was in one of these things and it collapsed badly (without injury)


The next one is vastly stronger and well over-engineered probably. ?All is need now is a trigger and sling and I'll be ready to do some hurling!



This beast is 2.5ft long by 1 ft wide, made from 2 x 4 and uses harded steel bolts to take the significant strain of the torsion skein (shown unwound here).



Enginseers be jealous!  :L
Author:  vanvlak [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:22 pm ]
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Quote (Tas @ 26 2004 Jan.,09:45)
Enginseers be jealous! ?:L

Jealous? Who? Oh, enginseers? Nah....
(sez he stumbling over dropped jaw and slipping over drool whilst going snot green).
:o  :o  :o
So - into WHFB in a big way, eh? Got a copy of the new Bretonnian rulebook, then?
Author:  Tas [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:40 pm ]
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Quote (vanvlak @ 26 2004 Jan.,20:22)
So - into WHFB in a big way, eh? Got a copy of the new Bretonnian rulebook, then?

No...not at all actually.

I became rather taken with the rebuilt versions at various castles around Europe during my travels there in the last few years and thought why not build one myself?

I have never been a particularly handy workshop type of guy and this was about at my limit of craft skills (with woodworking tools that is).  It took a good two days of labour (and many trips to the hardware store to get more stuff!)  but I feel rather happy with the result- can't wait to get it finished! :cool:
Author:  vanvlak [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:05 pm ]
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Quote (Tas @ 26 2004 Jan.,11:40)
Quote (vanvlak @ 26 2004 Jan.,20:22)
So - into WHFB in a big way, eh? Got a copy of the new Bretonnian rulebook, then?

No...not at all actually.

I became rather taken with the rebuilt versions at various castles around Europe during my travels there in the last few years and thought why not build one myself?

I have never been a particularly handy workshop type of guy and this was about at my limit of craft skills (with woodworking tools that is). ?It took a good two days of labour (and many trips to the hardware store to get more stuff!) ?but I feel rather happy with the result- can't wait to get it finished! :cool:

Including the one at Loch Ness?
It looks solid enough - any thoughts for the sling material? Oh, and mind your face when you fire the contraption - I've an idea the sling can behave a bit erratically. :o
Author:  CyberShadow [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:30 pm ]
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We await pictures and movies of the thing in full action shortly, as well as an idea of how far it can hurl!

Great work. I always wanted to have a go at a Trebuchet, but I doubt that I ever will.
Author:  Jimbo [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:37 pm ]
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...you have waaayyy too much time on your hands...

:D :D :D

Now you just need to build a bolt thrower, a mangonel and a cannon!
Author:  vanvlak [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:51 pm ]
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Quote (Jimbo @ 26 2004 Jan.,12:37)
Now you just need to build a bolt thrower, a mangonel and a cannon!

....and then, a Titan. :p
Author:  vanvlak [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:56 pm ]
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Oh, and Tas, be careful - there's this guy in the states with something on weapons of mass destruction - don't want him invading you after seeing your pics, with just one year remaining to complete my online course based there! He might even try to shut down Epicomms!  :oo  :(
Author:  iblisdrax [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:43 pm ]
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Are you going to go upscale next?  Build one that can fling Volkswagons like the ones I've seen on the Discovery channel?   :p


my 2cents,

iblisdrax
Author:  Warmaster Nice [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:32 pm ]
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:D That's just crazy. Extremely cool but crazy! :D  Gotta start working on that nuclear bomb one of these days...
*goes of to dig up that uranium he left somewhere*

What exactly are you planning to do with that thing?

Cheers!
Author:  Legion 4 [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:44 pm ]
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Wow !!!  :o  Although I would have preferred a Holodeck, that is pretty impressive, Tas !!!  Very cool !  I'm envious of those of you who have been to Europe and seen all the castles, ruins, etc.  However, I did see some when I was deployed to (then) West Germany, while in the Army. I would love to see more.  And don't worry about that WMD stuff, you can always hide it in Syria or Lebanon !  :laugh:  And I don't think Trebuchet are considered WMD ! :laugh:   But Really, a great job and quite imaginative !  You never cease to amaze me ! :;):  Happy Trebucheting Down Under ! :laugh:
Author:  Tas [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:34 pm ]
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Thnaks for the kind words gentlmen- I am rather proud of my mad creation!  I used up a lot of domestic brownie points to be in the garage lots this week !

What I need now is to have it conscecrated by the Tech-Priest adepts and blessed with holy oils....

>Including the one at Loch Ness?

Indeed that one at Urquart Castle is a beauty, though there are many examples around (like at Caerphilly and Dover).

The Trebuchet at Urquart Castle (usually) uses a counterweight to hurl its payload and is designed to fling large objects medium distances.

This one is a torsion catapult (called an Onager by the Romans) which is optimised for medium payloads over longer distances with more accuracy.

>I'm envious of those of you who have been to Europe and seen all the castles, ruins, etc.  However, I did see some when I was deployed to (then) West Germany, while in the Army

L4- my wife informs me that I dragged her and the kids to 47 different castles in the 2 years we lived there.  Then there were a few she wasnt there for!  Some of those castles in Bavaria are stunning though.  The best IMHO are the castles of Edward I in Northern Wales.  They are unbelieveable!  

I am doing a short Adult education course on Medieval castle construction, which got me to thinking on building seige-engines

>We await pictures and movies of the thing in full action shortly, as well as an idea of how far it can hurl!

Indeed Sir- it shall be so!

>....and then, a Titan.

LMAO! :laugh:
Author:  Tas [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:56 pm ]
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Quote (iblisdrax @ 26 2004 Jan.,22:43)
Are you going to go upscale next? ?Build one that can fling Volkswagons like the ones I've seen on the Discovery channel? ? :p


my 2cents,

iblisdrax

Those guys ARE crazy!

There is a comp each year (inevitably in the USA) called "Punkin Chunkin" where people build full size seige engines of all types and have to hurl 8lb mpumkins accross a field.

The record holder has an impressive official distance of 4434.28 feet!

You can see the madness here:

http://www.punkinchunkin.com/

If they had one in Oz, I just know I'd have to be in it! :D
Author:  primarch [ Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:59 pm ]
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Hi!

What are you going to use it for.....?

I'd suggest speaking with the leaders of GWAUS and warning them that if epic A is sold and supported in OZ you'll mount them on it and catapult them into oblivion.... :;):

Primarch
Author:  Legion 4 [ Tue Jan 27, 2004 6:41 am ]
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Sounds Great, Tas !  Women just don't appreciate that kind of stuff ... go figure !  ???  I've got to get back to Europe !     :o
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