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Snap-Tight Trebuchet

No Glue! Maximum Fun!


Here's a snap-together trebuchet kit that's perfect for office warfare or household floor-wars! With our precision made kits, you can assemble your own trebuchet in mere minutes and start flinging missiles at your unsuspecting victims. Huzzah!

These little beauties stand about one foot tall in the ready-to-fire position (see photos), and will throw the included wooden missiles anywhere from 20 to 45 feet, depending on how much counterweight you use. We've put a lot of effort into the design, with interlocking pieces and tolerances that are *just* right, so that the pieces snap together snugly -- and you don't have to wait for glue to dry.

Precision cut by computer controlled machinery from top-quality 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood -- the best available. The extremely precise cutting process guarantees that all parts fit, and fit right, with no glue required. And not only does it go together easily, but this kit is designed to perform awesomely too. This kit was personally designed by professional trebuchet engineer Ron Toms.

The Trebuchet Kit comes with everything you need to get started slinging! All the computer-cut, snap-together wooden pieces, axles, a trigger, sling and pouch, and four wooden missiles! Assembly time: Only ten minutes or less.

Stand-up Targets: This item also comes with two knock-down targets. These mini castles are made of 1/4" Baltic birch plywood, and also snap together, just like the trebuchets. No glue required!

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The prefessionally engineered gussets and joinery insure that this is one of the sturdiest low-cost trebuchet kits in the world.

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The large sturdy bucket can hold more than enough counterweight. Just fill it up with loose change, a bar of soap, or anything that you have on hand and see how it performs. With somewhere between three and or four dollars' worth of pennies, we shot the wooden missile over 30 feet!

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Precision dove-tail joints and alignment barackets make assembly a snap!

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Simply snip the tabs that hold the parts to the panels using ordinary household scissors, then trim the nubs and any fuzzies with scissors too. It only takes a couple of minutes and no sanding necessary!

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The finished model stands over a foot tall (more than 30 cm).

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Each kit includes two castles for you to breach in medieval floor-wars siege battles. How many shots will it take you?

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An historically accurate V-shaped trough keeps your missiles centered and prevents them from rolling around, making your shots more predictable, repeatable and accurate.

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You get everything you see here. One complete trebuchet kit including precision cut parts, sling and pouch, axles, working trigger with lanyard, four missiles and two knock-down targets for range practice.

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Interesting Notes

Some Trebuchet History:

From the 13th century writing: "Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi"

In June and July of 1191, Richard the Lionheart (the Duke of Normandy) laid siege to the city of Acre as part of the medieval Crusades.

The Duke concentrated on constructing siege machines and placing trebuchets [petrariae - literally, stone hurler] in suitable places. He arranged for these to shoot continually day and night. He had one excellent one which he called "Bad Neighbor" [Malvoisine]. Its continual bombardment partly destroyed the main city wall and shattered the Cursed Tower. On one side the Templars' trebuchet wreaked impressive devastation, while the Hospitallers trebuchet also never ceased hurling, to the terror of the Turks.

Besides these, there was a trebuchet that had been constructed at general expense, which they called "God's Stone-Thrower". A priest, a man of great probity, always stood next to it preaching and collecting money for its continual repair and for hiring people to gather the stones for its ammunition. This machine at last demolished the wall next to the Cursed Tower for around two perches' Length [11 yards or 10 meters].

The count of Flanders had had a choice trebuchet, which King Richard had after his death, as well as another trebuchet which was not so good. These two constantly bombarded the tower next to a gate which the Turks frequently used, until the tower was half-demolished. Besides these, King Richard had two new ones made with remarkable workmanship and material which would hit the intended target no matter how far off it was. . . . He also had two mangonels [traction trebuchets] prepared. One of these was so swift and violent that its shots reached the inner streets of the city meat market.

King Richard's trebuchets hurled constantly by day and night. It can be firmly stated that one of them killed twelve men with a single stone. That stone was sent for Saladin to see, with messengers who said that the diabolical king of England had brought from Messina, a city he had captured, sea flint and the smoothest stones to punish the Saracens. Nothing could withstand their blows; everything was crushed or reduced to dust.