![]() ![]() I lot of people are building this Trebuchet and I get a lot of email about it. Let's start with the building instructions. Okay! This is everything you need to make this table top Medieval Siege Weapon. The sheet of wood shown is important for strength and it is about one quarter inch thick but thinner would be ok. You can cut strips of wood if you need to. You can be very flexible with this and use almost anything similar. ![]() 1 square piece of flat wood about 5-6 inchesĪbout the wood: The wood I used is about one inch by one half inch thick.Special Note: You will also need a metal bar for the cross piece. I used a chinese healing ball for my trebuchet but you can use items found around the house like batteries taped together, penny rolls taped together, a lump of heavy clay or even a rock. 1 sheet of cardpaper -similar to cereal box (shown under the paints)Ībout the miscellaneous materials: The counterweight is very important and you should find something as heavy as possible.Heavy object (three different ones are shown on the far left) only 1 needed.Miscellaneous items needed to Make the Trebuchet The sandpaper shown is attached to a block this makes sanding small parts easy and you should always sand every piece of wood you cut so there are no splinters. The metal file shown in the center of the picture is recommended any time you work with metal - you should always file down cut metal so there are no sharp edges. Here are some tips: Needle nose pliers are best for manipulating small parts but if you don't have any then any other type of pliers will be fine. Most of these tools are just recommended and you can vary the tools depending on what types of materials you use for this project. The Little Dragon Trebuchet - This Trebuchet Build Plan will take you about two hours to complete. Here is a quicktime movie of this Trebuchet firing off Trebuchet Movie ![]() It is adjustable in several ways and you can build it to launch projectiles even further. Without any tweaking or modifications this trebuchet launches a clay ball thirty feet. Building this catapult-like weapon is easy and you can do it in a couple of hours. It is a siege engine that wreaked havoc in the middle ages and you can make this small 12 inch table top version with materials from around the house. Here are plans and pictures on how to build this medieval trebuchet. My name is Will and if you have questionsĬontribute projects or ideas you can contact me How to Build a Trebuchet Trebuchet and siege engine documentaries. ![]()
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