Catapult😁

[Rammjäger]

I made this catapult as a gift to our granddaughter in England. So that she has a memory of her grandfather

 

[hoser]

Oh, very cool indeed. That looks like fun to tinker with. Well done.

 

[Rammjäger]

Oh, very cool indeed. That looks like fun to tinker with. Well done.

Thank you hoser

 

[Kentucky]

Very creative, I went with a trebuchet for my grandkids. It will throw a golf ball about 50 feet. My son asked if I could scale it up to throw bowling balls.

 

[Dangerranger60]

I made this catapult as a gift to our granddaughter in England. So that she has a memory of her grandfather

My kind of Grandpa! Just wait for her first Science Fair! DR

 

[Cupajo]

Another kind of catapult is called a "slingshot". There are many in use for target shooting, small game hunting and just plain fun shooting at tin cans, etc.! I've heard about match shooting with all sorts of slingshots, but have never participated. They can be made using a huge variety of designs and I am sorry I don't have any pics to share.

CJ

 

[airbornebob]

Kewl Beans!! Next will be a crossbow!

 

[Rammjäger]

My kind of Grandpa! Just wait for her first Science Fair! DR

Thanks Dangerranger60 ! I did them when I was a kid
in the 1960s.
Later I did them for my son.
Now I did it for my grand daughter

 

[Rammjäger]

Kewl Beans!! Next will be a crossbow!

 

[Rammjäger]

Kewl Beans!! Next will be a crossbow!

I don't want her to demolish the haus and get me in trouble
with my daughter ha ha ha

 

[Rammjäger]

Very creative, I went with a trebuchet for my grandkids. It will throw a golf ball about 50 feet. My son asked if I could scale it up to throw bowling balls.

Thanks.You are very creative as well ! - I made sponge balls for throwing
with this thing. Otherways it could become dangerours. This catapult is
very powerful

 

[stetam]

I don't want her to demolish the haus and get me in trouble
with my daughter ha ha ha

As a grandpa that's your job correct?

 

[GroundSweeper]

Very cool. Spring steel at the front?

 

[Rammjäger]

Very cool. Spring steel at the front?

Yes, I used both sides of a saw blade