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Old 09-05-2009, 11:25 PM   #1
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Sept 6, 2009: Trebuchet

Not the huge medieval machine that throws boulders and cows at the castle.
One of them would cost a fortune, take forever to build, and would attract the cops/Homeland Security to your door before you had it half built.

No, here we have a trebuchet that you can build for free and it's easy to hide.
As a matter of fact, you might be able to get paid to build it.



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The Office Supply Trebuchet - This is a great little trebuchet that was built by a web visitor (Brandon N.). He made it completely out of office supplies and it fires honey roasted peanuts about 20 feet! Nice work here. He has also included a parts list in case you want to make one! Get the pencils and the rubber bands and have some fun!
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Old 09-06-2009, 05:04 AM   #2
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Old 09-06-2009, 10:12 AM   #3
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What, no video?
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Old 09-06-2009, 10:52 AM   #4
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We're waiting for you to build it, and youtube the demo.
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Old 09-06-2009, 10:57 AM   #5
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I've seen one of those on the 'Little People' show.

That's kinda cool someone made it from pencils.
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Old 09-06-2009, 11:10 AM   #6
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but . . . honey roasted peanuts as ammo? there's just something wrong with that
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Old 09-06-2009, 11:45 AM   #7
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I cannot help but notice that there are no social events marked on his calendar. And he fires peanuts at co-workers with his homemade catapult.

Think those 2 sentences are related?
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Old 09-06-2009, 12:07 PM   #8
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No it couldn't possibility be
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Old 09-06-2009, 05:01 PM   #9
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it will have a greater range if he fashions some sort of wheels. Maybe the bottoms from coffee cups, or CD-Rs that didn't burn properly. They need to rock back and forth as the sling lets go for maximum distance.
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Old 09-06-2009, 05:04 PM   #10
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Oh, I wish we had pencils at work.

Well, we do, but we only give the crazy people minigolf pencils.

Really.

Like they can't stab my eye out with a three inch pencil.
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Old 09-07-2009, 08:03 AM   #11
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I wonder if it can breech the office partitions?
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Old 09-07-2009, 08:21 AM   #12
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Well, with the right payload...
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Old 09-07-2009, 08:26 AM   #13
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I was thinking more along the lines of the ones I have seen on TV where they built full scale models. You would have to put it on a platform to breech the partition and hit the guy a few booths over. Sounds like fun. Launch a few peanuts and start a war in the office. It would at least provided job security for the janitor.
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Old 09-07-2009, 08:28 AM   #14
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The projectiles should be on fire for maximum effect.
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Old 09-07-2009, 09:09 AM   #15
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The projectiles should be on fire for maximum effect.
Heh. All I could think of was lighter fluid soaked peanuts and a cubical, three away, on fire.
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