A friend of mine has made them from scrap wood and used rocks for weight.
The thing was pretty fun, we were using it to launch clay pigeons, theoretically it could launch flaming gasoline filled tennis balls 200-250m, or so I’m told.
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programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Is it that expensive? The cost in wood can’t be higher than $1000. The counterweight can be using concrete and some steel for reinforcement if you want to get fancy, that would be most of the cost.
It will take a lot of time to build. You could contact a vlogger or something to make a video where you launch it and split the revenue if you want.
Ariselas@piefed.ca 3 days ago
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Since Tom Scott has already done the trebuchet, you may want to build a catapult instead
gdog05@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sure. Just waste your resources on an inferior siege weapon.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
I only have money to build a battering ram in the shape of a direwolf. 😔
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 3 days ago
Zink@programming.dev 3 days ago
This probably isn’t common for a lemmy linux nerd, but I have spent a few grand on lumber over the past two years for various projects.
I bet one could build a properly superior hobby-sized siege engine for a total budget of $1000!