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Buddy of mine at MIT sent me this, and now I'm going to have to build one. Tabletop Trebuchet Kit and World Championship Punkin Chunkin I'm starting to feel like I went into the wrong line of work... J
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Buddy of mine at MIT sent me this, and now I'm going to have to build one. Tabletop Trebuchet Kit and World Championship Punkin Chunkin I'm starting to feel like I went into the wrong line of work... J
Jamie Hale wrote: World Championship Punkin Chunkin :omg: :laugh: :rolleyes: that is the most amazing display of high-tech irrelevance I have EVER seen. I mean some of those launchers must cost a good few thousand dollars! They come with full on mobile pumpkin launching trailers, multi pumpkin loaders etc. I like the one which is just some sticks propping up a big tube, a pumpkin at the bottom and a stick of dynamite underneath it, hehe. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
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Jamie Hale wrote: World Championship Punkin Chunkin :omg: :laugh: :rolleyes: that is the most amazing display of high-tech irrelevance I have EVER seen. I mean some of those launchers must cost a good few thousand dollars! They come with full on mobile pumpkin launching trailers, multi pumpkin loaders etc. I like the one which is just some sticks propping up a big tube, a pumpkin at the bottom and a stick of dynamite underneath it, hehe. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
I like the one that's just a big friggin canon mounted in the back of a school bus. :omg: But, I'm going home in an hour or so to drag out my lego. Gonna build me a trebuchet - a mock-up really. The full-scale timber version will have to wait until next week. :laugh: J
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Buddy of mine at MIT sent me this, and now I'm going to have to build one. Tabletop Trebuchet Kit and World Championship Punkin Chunkin I'm starting to feel like I went into the wrong line of work... J
We're rather low tech out here in the desert. And pumpkins don't grow here. But the kids have great fun building potato mortars. A piece of 3" ABS DWV pipe with a cap on one end, and a spud rammed home on the other, and in between a couple of squirts of starter fluid and it's time to knock down some walls. "Would you mind holding this while I light it?"
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Buddy of mine at MIT sent me this, and now I'm going to have to build one. Tabletop Trebuchet Kit and World Championship Punkin Chunkin I'm starting to feel like I went into the wrong line of work... J
ROFL! :laugh: Actually (having the slightly unusual past that I do!) I used to know someone who built full size siege machines for medieval re-enactment. In fact his first go at it was a Trebuchet. It's great for flinging cabbages at the opposition (especially if you have castle walls between you...;))...there's a very satisfying thud when a falling cabbage connects with a steel helmet! Of course, siege machines being fairly immobile beasts the crews have been known to switch allegances if the tide turns during a fight (or someone offers them enough beer or money...) :rolleyes: Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
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