Barry's Trebuchet

I have seen a lot of trebuchets and built quite a few including a ten footer that slings rocks quite a distance. And without a doubt this trebuchet is one of the most beautiful I have seen. It was built by Barry and my thanks go to him for sharing this with us and sending me the pics! Well, Barry is a carpenter and he applied his skills to this project with remarkable results. He has some great advice for us on treb building and how he made this one. Here is what he has to say:

Inspired by your site, I took on the challenge of building a trebuchet! I am a Canadian Carpenter posted here in Afghanistan. The body is made of purple heart, while the tower and arm are of oak. The wheels are of a local wood found here in Afghanistan, I'm unsure of it name. The counter weight is made of 3" steel stock, I epoxied Purple heart to make it look like a barrel of sorts. As I don't have access to an accurate scale I estimate the weight to be about 4kg. I added a feature of an adjustable finger, this saves me from bending the finger to adjust the angle. as this is my first attempt at building a trebuchet, I relied on the works of Donald B. Siano, "Trebuchet Mechanics". I'm proud to say the trebuchet is constructed using very little metal. All joints are glue and dowel. Now to answer the big question, Does it work? Absolutely! I made wooden "Heads" from 1" dowel stock and am able to fire them at unsuspecting Electricians over 50' away. I'm sure once I am home and have access to an accurate scale I can give more detail about weights and ranges. For now, Electricians and Plumbers must duck!

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