Just returned from a trip to t'frozen north, Tynemouth to be exact. Went to
Durham, Beamish (brilliant), Alnwick & Warkworth Castle. At the latter I
bought a working scale model of a trebuchet!
Haven't built it yet, but it will be around 200mm high when finished.
Always been fascinated by trebuchets and the plan is to scale up this model
so I can build one around 1.2m high.
So, is scaling parts up as simple as it seems? For example, one piece in
the kit is 240mm long, if I multiply x 10 it would be 2400mm long - about
right. The cross section is 20mm x 12mm, so that would end up as 200mm x
120mm - hefty timber.
Does it work like that?
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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk