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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed!  Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:45 am |
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:22 pm |
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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! 
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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! |
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. 
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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.
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:37 pm |
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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. 
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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!  
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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?
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:32 pm |
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 That's just crazy. Extremely cool but crazy! 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?
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:44 pm |
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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! 
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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? ?
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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!
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Post subject: Secret Project unleashed! Posted: 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 !
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Happy Trebucheting Down Under ! 