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Sept 6, 2009: Trebuchet
Not the huge medieval machine that throws boulders and cows at the castle.
One of them would cost a fortune, take forever to build, and would attract the cops/Homeland Security to your door before you had it half built.
No, here we have a trebuchet that you can build for free and it's easy to hide.
As a matter of fact, you might be able to get paid to build it.
| The Office Supply Trebuchet - This is a great little trebuchet that was built by a web visitor (Brandon N.). He made it completely out of office supplies and it fires honey roasted peanuts about 20 feet! Nice work here. He has also included a parts list in case you want to make one! Get the pencils and the rubber bands and have some fun! |
SPUCK Sunday Sep 6 06:04 AM
My EYE!!! MY EYE!!!
Griff Sunday Sep 6 11:12 AM
What, no video?
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Sep 6 11:52 AM
We're waiting for you to build it, and youtube the demo. 
skysidhe Sunday Sep 6 11:57 AM
I've seen one of those on the 'Little People' show.
That's kinda cool someone made it from pencils.
Cloud Sunday Sep 6 12:10 PM
but . . . honey roasted peanuts as ammo? there's just something wrong with that
newtimer Sunday Sep 6 12:45 PM
I cannot help but notice that there are no social events marked on his calendar. And he fires peanuts at co-workers with his homemade catapult.
Think those 2 sentences are related?
toranokaze Sunday Sep 6 01:07 PM
No it couldn't possibility be
glatt Sunday Sep 6 06:01 PM
it will have a greater range if he fashions some sort of wheels. Maybe the bottoms from coffee cups, or CD-Rs that didn't burn properly. They need to rock back and forth as the sling lets go for maximum distance.
wolf Sunday Sep 6 06:04 PM
Oh, I wish we had pencils at work.
Well, we do, but we only give the crazy people minigolf pencils.
Really.
Like they can't stab my eye out with a three inch pencil.
TheMercenary Monday Sep 7 09:03 AM
I wonder if it can breech the office partitions?
Griff Monday Sep 7 09:21 AM
Well, with the right payload...
TheMercenary Monday Sep 7 09:26 AM
I was thinking more along the lines of the ones I have seen on TV where they built full scale models. You would have to put it on a platform to breech the partition and hit the guy a few booths over. Sounds like fun. Launch a few peanuts and start a war in the office. It would at least provided job security for the janitor.
Undertoad Monday Sep 7 09:28 AM
The projectiles should be on fire for maximum effect.
capnhowdy Monday Sep 7 10:01 AM
Spitballs, I say. Spitballs. That way you could more accurately judge the accuracy of the weapon.
TheMercenary Monday Sep 7 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
The projectiles should be on fire for maximum effect.
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Griff Monday Sep 7 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
The projectiles should be on fire for maximum effect.
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
Heh. All I could think of was lighter fluid soaked peanuts and a cubical, three away, on fire.
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wolf Monday Sep 7 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Griff
That would meet the things you have at the office criteria unlike say nitroglycerin.
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Although I suppose you could put someone's eye out.
SPUCK Tuesday Sep 8 06:04 AM
You guys have it all wrong.
For the proper effect/scale you should be launching dead mice or shrews...
Graylen Thursday Sep 10 12:38 PM
Hey guys! Been checkin' out the Cellar for awhile now.. really enjoyin' it! Anyway.. on too trebuche's!! Here's a cool game if you don't have the time to make one but want to play with one anyway, haha!!
http://armorgames.com/play/3614/crush-the-castle
Enjoy!
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