• @[email protected]
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    511 months ago

    TIL full sized trebuchets are 1ft tall, who knew a seige weapon of such majesty came in such a small package.

    • @FireTowerOPM
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      311 months ago

      Good eye, I missed the instructions about the 1/2 in axle, and assumed it was ft not in.

      At least you can just scale it up.

    • Treczoks
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      311 months ago

      Well, you can always scale up. The unity in the plans can be inches, but also feet, or, if you prefer metric, meter. You might even reduce some width and thickness values, but I’d recommend to replace some parts (e.g. axles) with metal.

      Keep in mind that neighbors might object if you build a house-high medieval siege weapon in your back yard, especially if there are other houses around…