Things to do with your spare time
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11/15/07 11:56 PM
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This is what I plan to do when I retire... http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wVADKznOhYI love his ingenious way of fastening the cable to the car...
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Re: Things to do with your spare time
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11/17/07 10:59 PM
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OMG! Now that's VERY cool! Not quite something I myself would aspire to, though..
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Re: Things to do with your spare time
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11/29/07 02:31 AM
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I take it the youtube video is of a trbuchet? I can't see the videos, no high speed. Trebuchets are awesome!
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Re: Things to do with your spare time
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11/29/07 03:24 AM
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Hi, Dave - Ya, it's a retired, rich English guy with a lot of property and time to play. He built this 20 story trebechet with which he hucks flaming pianos and one small compact car. He shoots a hole in the windshield with his rifle in order to get the cable attached. He is still not impressed with it, though....he wants to build one massive enough to throw a double decker bus! My new hero.
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Re: Things to do with your spare time
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11/30/07 03:50 AM
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Sounds like Hew Kennedy. Dave
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Re: Things to do with your spare time
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12/09/07 05:40 AM
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Here is the begining of a tabletop trebuchet I built a couple of days ago. I need to make a better throwing arm and a sling. Also it will have a movable counterweight. I will use it to test the effects different counterweights, sling lengths, and throwing arm ratios have on the flight path before I start engineering the full size one. Dave
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Re: Things to do with your spare time
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12/10/07 03:48 PM
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Dave, that's a very cool thing to do with your spare time. Do you have any resources to build such a weapon? And do you have someplace in mind that you plan to siege? If I agree with your target I could participate
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Re: Things to do with your spare time
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12/11/07 02:08 AM
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I will be starting a logging job this winter, if I can find all the parts to my new, erector set skidder. There is a ton of really good oak on this job. Oak is cheap right now, especially stumpage. I also have access to a Wood Mizer. I hope to have timbers to start working this spring. I am still tying to get plans, however. I will be posting updates periodically at the Forestry Forum.
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