Medieval Castles Information

Welcome to the Medieval Castles Information Blog. I will be posting various information about my research into medieval castles including medieval castle floor plans, building medieval castles (models), and life in a medieval castle. You are invited to visit my website All About Medieval Castles & Medieval Siege Weapons for more information.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Wheels Added to Mini Medieval Catapult


Just a quick update here to let you know I finished adding the wheels to the mini medieval catapult.

You might remember I bought a wooden toy train engine that came with 6 wheels. I removed 4 of the wheels from the train engine and used them for the catapult.

The 4 toothpicks worked great for the axles. Like I said yesterday, I simply shaved the end of each toothpick at an angle so 2 toothpicks could be joined together to form 1 axle.

The next update will be to add the catapult arm or to add the supports to the "stop block" (the part the catapult arm hits when fired).

I will let you know when I have completed the next update right here in this blog.

Garfield Benjamin
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