Trebuchet

This is my first serious attempt at building a medieval siege engine. It's small, but it will throw a grape about 45 or 50 feet with a 2 pound counterweight.

Pictures In these three pictures, you can see the basic construction of my trebuchet. The frame is made from 1" x 2" lumber and the arm is made from 1 1/4" x 1/4" trim. The counterbalance is 2 pounds of lead from the fishing department. These three shots show the trebuchet in action. Amazing how I caught it right after release in all three

Video This video shows several launches. All three videos are the same except for quality and file size. 34 kbps RealVideo, 160 kb 80 kbps RealVideo, 364 kb MPEG, best quality 2Mb   Back to Dave's Gallery Aokay.com Home