Floating Arm Trebuchet

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  1. Posts : 9
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    Thanks boobhah. It is at Floating Arm Trebuchet Plans Download

    There are 4 pages that detail the construction and also a google sketchup download right under the graphic of the trebuchet so people can get the dimensions. After we finish checking out other people's stuff we were thinking about making another set of plans where the center wheel is closer to the drop as we are finding that the design seems to be moving towards brutal drops by moving the center wheel closer to the top and using shorter arms.

    My son did the design and built most of it. I was just there to offer advice for construction and to make sure he still had all his fingers after using the tablesaw and router.
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       #12

    boohbah said:
    unfortunately lordbob is no longer with us , he suffered a fatal blow to the temple from a golf ball.



    That was spot on. Thanks boohbah for that....
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    SpunkyMonkey said:
    Thanks boobhah. It is at Floating Arm Trebuchet Plans Download

    There are 4 pages that detail the construction and also a google sketchup download right under the graphic of the trebuchet so people can get the dimensions. After we finish checking out other people's stuff we were thinking about making another set of plans where the center wheel is closer to the drop as we are finding that the design seems to be moving towards brutal drops by moving the center wheel closer to the top and using shorter arms.

    My son did the design and built most of it. I was just there to offer advice for construction and to make sure he still had all his fingers after using the tablesaw and router.
    nice job on the construction ,looks good, needs a video of it in action.
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       #14

    Thanks for the positive comments! We do have a video. We originally posted on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVk3ASn7nWU but got a lot of questions so I set it up a site as a subdomain on my Welcome to HowToPool.com's home site, but it is about billiard table restoration / repair so not the greatest name for the trebuchet stuff. There is a link on the trebuchet site to the youtube video as well.

    My apologies about the shakey vid, but it was super windy that day and I suck at filming.
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       #15

    no worries, iv'e embedded it for you.

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  6. Posts : 9
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       #16

    You Rock! And again... apologies for my lack of camera skills. When we fire the pool ball and the golf ball I plan on using a tripod.
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       #18

    Don't forget the jock cups! You definitely don't want to forget the jock cups...
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       #19

    Hardhat and cup will probably be crucial if we fire off the pool ball. We need to test in a larger location next time.
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       #20

    I think forgot about this forum is a more accurate description of my life atm, but I have been hellishly busy.

    I built that thing like 3 years ago and have since moved (it's residing in my parents garage atm), so I have no pictures of it.

    It was rather small and unexciting anyways, and I never did get the wheels fixed correctly on it (never found a good axel).

    Sorry about that, but good luck with your site. One of these days I might have to actually build a good one and launch flaming pumpkins with it.
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