In article <[email protected]>, Bruno
Beam <[email protected]> wrote:
> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>
> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
Try here for a start:
http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Ermine/gctrebs.html
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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:36:58 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Bruno Beam wrote:
>
>> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>>
>> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
>
>Here's my little one:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/treb.html
that's what y'all call little????
these are sub-atomic, then!
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/trebs.htm
Roy Smith wrote:
>> go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
>> with a trebuchet. Or a D9.
>>
>> JP
>
> What's a D9?
Big ass bulldozer I think.
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Bruno Beam wrote:
> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>
> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
Here's my little one:
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/treb.html
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/
mac davis wrote:
>>
>>http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/treb.html
>
> that's what y'all call little????
Yup. The real ones can throw Volkswagens. :)
> these are sub-atomic, then!
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/trebs.htm
Also less crappy looking than mine, but mine wins for having the most unique
counterweight I've seen someone use on one of these things.
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mac davis wrote:
> and note that the counterweight should be about 16 times as heavy as
> the projectile..
I guess my arm is too thick, or too short, or something then. It runs on
roller bearings, so friction has practically nothing to do with it. A
baseball weighs, what, about 5 oz. I think. My counterweight is about 65
pounds. So I've got about 208 times the projectile for weight. It ought
to throw the thing further than a piddly 100' it seems like.
Too much energy directed into up, and not enough forward maybe. Could be.
I did have a little whoopsie. I guess the statute of limitiations is up.
We were throwing rotten apples at the gigantic concrete wall near my house.
Splat, splat, splat, whooooosh. Oops. Threw one right over that 20' wall
and onto the highway on the other side. <whistle, look at feet, run like
hell> If anybody asks, kids, I was just over here yelling at you for
throwing apples at the wall. I had nothing to do with this. :)
No glass, no horn, no crunch, no harm, no foul, but we put the treb away and
that was the last time we played with it. There's no longer any place to
shoot the stupid thing since all that stuff went up, and I sure don't want
to get somebody killed. <sigh>
--
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http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
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On 11 Dec 2004 22:47:07 -0800, [email protected]
(Bruno Beam) wrote:
>An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>
>Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
start here:
http://www.iinet.net.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html
On 14 Dec 2004 09:21:15 -0800, "jtpr" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"He was a quiet man..."
quiet at work. does his work, goes home. what more could the company
want?
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:04:51 -0500, Roy Smith <[email protected]> vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/engineer_vehicles/bulldozers/D9_D10.html
>What's a D9?
---
Only worry about the things you can control.
Then you have stuff all to worry about!
Bulldozer....Caterpillar brand, to be more specific.
"Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Jim Northey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Bruno Beam" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> >message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>> >>
>> >> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
>>
>> Go big.
>>
>> Were I rich, pissed, and reasonably well assured I wouldn't actually
>> go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
>> with a trebuchet. Or a D9.
>>
>> JP
>
> What's a D9?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/06/05/bulldozer.rampage/
Lu Powell wrote:
> Bulldozer....Caterpillar brand, to be more specific.
>
> "Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Jim Northey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Bruno Beam" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>message
>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>>An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>>>>>
>>>>>Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
>>>
>>>Go big.
>>>
>>>Were I rich, pissed, and reasonably well assured I wouldn't actually
>>>go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
>>>with a trebuchet. Or a D9.
>>>
>>>JP
>>
>>What's a D9?
>
>
>
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:38:12 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
> mac davis wrote:
>
>
>>>
>>>http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/treb.html
>>
>> that's what y'all call little????
>
> Yup. The real ones can throw Volkswagens. :)
>
>> these are sub-atomic, then!
>> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/trebs.htm
>
http://www.trebuchet.com
Buy one of their Desktop models, then simply scale up the size,
remembering that strenth varies as the square of linear dimension but
weight by the cube.
"Jim Northey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Bruno Beam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>>
>> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
Go big.
Were I rich, pissed, and reasonably well assured I wouldn't actually
go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
with a trebuchet. Or a D9.
JP
On 14 Dec 2004 09:21:15 -0800, "jtpr" <[email protected]> vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email
Referring to what people who "knew" him say about some guy who
suddenly blows away 20 people in some restaurant or whatever? <G>
>"He was a quiet man..."
---
Only worry about the things you can control.
Then you have stuff all to worry about!
Start here: http://www.ripcord.ws/
Read everything and follow the links. More about trebuchets than you
ever thought there was to know.
On 11 Dec 2004 22:47:07 -0800, [email protected]
(Bruno Beam) wrote:
>An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>
>Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
-- jc
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If e-mailing me, please use jc631 at optonline dot net
Jay Pique wrote:
> "Jim Northey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Bruno Beam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>>>
>>> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
>
> Go big.
>
> Were I rich, pissed, and reasonably well assured I wouldn't actually
> go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
> with a trebuchet. Or a D9.
You're thinking too small. Make it _really_ big and hurl his house into the
next county.
Or use the treb to hurl the D9 onto his house.
Bombarding him with old Buicks could be fun though.
> JP
--
--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
mac davis wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:36:58 -0500, Silvan
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Bruno Beam wrote:
>>
>>> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>>>
>>> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
>>
>>Here's my little one:
>>
>>http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/treb.html
>
> that's what y'all call little????
>
> these are sub-atomic, then!
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/trebs.htm
As trebs go they aren't very big. See the world champion pumpkin hurler for
example <http://www.yankeesiege.com>--hurls pumpkins over a quarter mile.
Hurls Buicks lesser distances.
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:48:15 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
more weight is usually better, but the distance will stop at a certain
weight no matter how much you add..
arm size, length and balance are critical, as I recall, haven't built
one in a few years and mine were LOW tech for sale purposes... no
screws, glue, metal, etc... all wood except for the bit of string &
cloth..*g*
I seem recall that the best balance point is having the pivot "20% to
25%" behind the front of nose of the beam.. I think we used to figure
that the distance from the pivot to the hook was 4 times the distance
from pivot to nose, or something like that..
>mac davis wrote:
>
>> and note that the counterweight should be about 16 times as heavy as
>> the projectile..
>
>I guess my arm is too thick, or too short, or something then. It runs on
>roller bearings, so friction has practically nothing to do with it. A
>baseball weighs, what, about 5 oz. I think. My counterweight is about 65
>pounds. So I've got about 208 times the projectile for weight. It ought
>to throw the thing further than a piddly 100' it seems like.
>
>Too much energy directed into up, and not enough forward maybe. Could be.
>I did have a little whoopsie. I guess the statute of limitiations is up.
>We were throwing rotten apples at the gigantic concrete wall near my house.
>Splat, splat, splat, whooooosh. Oops. Threw one right over that 20' wall
>and onto the highway on the other side. <whistle, look at feet, run like
>hell> If anybody asks, kids, I was just over here yelling at you for
>throwing apples at the wall. I had nothing to do with this. :)
>
>No glass, no horn, no crunch, no harm, no foul, but we put the treb away and
>that was the last time we played with it. There's no longer any place to
>shoot the stupid thing since all that stuff went up, and I sure don't want
>to get somebody killed. <sigh>
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:09:59 -0500, Roy Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>Lazarus Long <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I work with a guy (who shall remain anonymous) that had quite enough
>> from one of his neighbors. Something about too much noise from a
>> guitar or somesuch. A garage band situation.
>
>Was the neighbor's name Joe?
I don't know. I was told the story one day at work about a year or so
ago. My coworker seldom opens up about his personal life. This was
one interesting thing that he related to me. I would never have
thought such a quiet man would have such a confrontation.
"Bruno Beam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
>
> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
Try the archives, about 5 years back.
Jim
Lazarus Long <[email protected]> wrote:
> I work with a guy (who shall remain anonymous) that had quite enough
> from one of his neighbors. Something about too much noise from a
> guitar or somesuch. A garage band situation.
Was the neighbor's name Joe?
In article <[email protected]>,
Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Jim Northey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Bruno Beam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> An enemy lord insulted my kingom and that means WAR.
> >>
> >> Now I need trebuchets to destroy his castle.How can I build them ?
>
> Go big.
>
> Were I rich, pissed, and reasonably well assured I wouldn't actually
> go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
> with a trebuchet. Or a D9.
>
> JP
What's a D9?
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:26:57 GMT, "U-CDK_CHARLES\\Charles" <"Charles
Krug"@aol.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:38:12 -0500, Silvan
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> mac davis wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>>http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/treb.html
>>>
>>> that's what y'all call little????
>>
>> Yup. The real ones can throw Volkswagens. :)
>>
>>> these are sub-atomic, then!
>>> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/trebs.htm
>>
>
>http://www.trebuchet.com
>
>Buy one of their Desktop models, then simply scale up the size,
>remembering that strenth varies as the square of linear dimension but
>weight by the cube.
and note that the counterweight should be about 16 times as heavy as
the projectile..
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 08:50:40 -0600, Lazarus Long
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:11:18 -0500, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>
>>Go big.
>>
>>Were I rich, pissed, and reasonably well assured I wouldn't actually
>>go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
>>with a trebuchet
>>
>>JP
>
>Doesn't everyone have an asshole for a neighbor?
>
<snip>
yep.. I have a guy across the street and down a few houses that uses
his truck for a home stereo, I think...
If he's home, it's in the driveway with the windows down, blasting
(c)rap music full volume through what sound like stock speakers..
I can have the radio and DC going and be on the lathe, and I hear it
the minute he gets home...
If he didn't have such cute kids, I'd have to arrange an accident...
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:11:31 GMT, Icepick <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
>jtpr wrote:
>
>>"He was a quiet man..."
>>
>
>with a bumper sticker that read " Driver only carries $20 worth of
>ammunition .... and an UZI "
>
>>
>>
no, I'm not driving erratically, I'm reloading..
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:11:18 -0500, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Go big.
>
>Were I rich, pissed, and reasonably well assured I wouldn't actually
>go to jail for it, I'd consider destroying my asshole neighbors house
>with a trebuchet
>
>JP
Doesn't everyone have an asshole for a neighbor?
I work with a guy (who shall remain anonymous) that had quite enough
from one of his neighbors. Something about too much noise from a
guitar or somesuch. A garage band situation. So one day he went over
there to order him to stop it and threw the guys garage door up so
hard it went off the track in the back. I guess to each other, each
is an asshole neighbor.
Old Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:04:51 -0500, Roy Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>What's a D9?
>http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/engineer_vehicles/bulldozers/D9_D10.html
Yep - that's about what I'm talking about.
I love the stories the old-timers tell about pancaking some guy's car
because he insisted on parking in "his" spot....which was,
unfortunately, very much "in the way".
JP