Woodworking: How to make a Trebuchet

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  • čas přidán 16. 08. 2019
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    The Inventables X-carve sure opens the door to making your designs come to life. In this video, I use Fusion360 to design a trebuchet and then I export the Gcode to Easel to cut out the pieces on my X-carve. Don't have a CNC? No problem! I show you how you can make one using ordinary tools as well. With the trebuchets together, I created a fun yard game using them to knock down castle targets made from stacked up pop cans. If you'd like to build this for yourself, you'll find step-by-step plans with printable templates available on my website. Thanks for watching!
    Want the Fusion360 design file or the Easel Gcode? I have them available here: tinyurl.com/y67cgr9c
    Interested in getting an X-carve for yourself? Check out the links below for more information and to custom configure one for your shop!
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Komentáře • 280

  • @AGlimpseInside
    @AGlimpseInside Před 4 lety +47

    Really great mixture of automated tools versus hand/power tools. You never fail to impress my brother. I mean honestly who builds two trebuchets To play what looks to be a makeshift a game of corn hole in the backyard. I’ll tell you who, Drew is Who. And it’s awesome

  • @lisaalbrecht7900
    @lisaalbrecht7900 Před 4 lety +52

    I always appreciate it when you not only show how to do something with the CNC, but also with traditional tools. Great video!

  • @johnsobj
    @johnsobj Před 4 lety +17

    I REALLY enjoy the “just because it drives some of you nuts” comment. Well done! 😆🤣
    Nicely done on trebuchet too.

  • @CitizenKate
    @CitizenKate Před 11 měsíci +1

    "... but, I didn't necessarily want this thing to throw the tennis ball into the neighboring county." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @andrewmaurus4061
    @andrewmaurus4061 Před 4 lety +29

    Your narrating is hilarious...... Love the project too!!!! Keep them videos coming!!!! I love watching ur videos.....

  • @mikecurtin9831
    @mikecurtin9831 Před 4 lety +3

    As shown in your first outtake, the cnc will do EXACTLY what you tell it to do. If you accidentally tell it to destroy itself, it'll merrily go about doing that. Thanks much for the information and the humor. Thumbs up to crush a troll.

  • @---Michael---
    @---Michael--- Před 3 lety +2

    The village I life in has this tradition of lighting a pile of wood on fire by launching literal fireballs at it using a trebuchet
    It throws over 1 1/2 football fields and multiple trees
    Really epic stuff

  • @jarredbeacraft5287
    @jarredbeacraft5287 Před 4 lety +2

    Awesome that you take the time to show us both ways to built the project

  • @TheTaylorwailer
    @TheTaylorwailer Před 2 lety +1

    Loved that shifty-eyed look just before you tested it inside your shop. xD

  • @PPMOCRG
    @PPMOCRG Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent!

  • @LanceMcElmurry
    @LanceMcElmurry Před 4 lety +1

    Nice and fun project and I am sure your children loved it not to mention they are now the invey of all their friends. Cool dad!

  • @SawdustmakerLori
    @SawdustmakerLori Před 4 lety +1

    I don't have any kids around but know it would be a huge hit for those who do. I enjoyed watching the video just to listen to your great sense of humor! Also loved your ingenious way to make round dowels without a lathe!

  • @tomsdreamshopworx
    @tomsdreamshopworx Před 4 lety +1

    Fun stuff!

  • @colinpuff
    @colinpuff Před 2 lety +2

    This is hilarious and beautiful. Cheers you amazing engineer! Luckiest children ever

  • @jennieanddavis
    @jennieanddavis Před 4 lety +2

    Great project! Looks super fun! My favorite part was seeing you deform those lead weights - very satisfying to see it slip into the box1

    • @FishersShop
      @FishersShop  Před 4 lety

      Yeah, it was awesome especially since I was totally exhausted at that time. haha

  • @kellyhoward8530
    @kellyhoward8530 Před 4 lety +3

    This is amazing, simple as that. Definitely going to be picking up these plans to make them for my kids. Thank you for doing this with the jigsaw too, as there's no way I'll be investing in an x-carve any time soon and I can't wait to get in the shop and get these made!

  • @akashvegada5863
    @akashvegada5863 Před 4 lety +6

    I have watched all of your videos. Love your sense of humour and narration. Keep going man ❤

  • @paulwood4769
    @paulwood4769 Před 4 lety +1

    Brilliant

  • @Aardrijk1
    @Aardrijk1 Před 4 lety +1

    What a fun project!! Thank you for sharing!

  • @been6644
    @been6644 Před 4 lety +3

    I like how sometimes with his projects that use more complex tool he does a second one with simple tools for other people

  • @timothywamsher4960
    @timothywamsher4960 Před 4 lety +1

    Trebuchet=best anti zombie weapon in the war against the undead 😜👌

  • @BruceAUlrich
    @BruceAUlrich Před 4 lety +2

    Glad you could get some plywood from your neighbor, even if they were unaware. Ha ha. Too cool that you were able to find those big lead weights! This project turned out so cool, Drew! And making a yard game out of it just tops it off.

  • @fedor4655
    @fedor4655 Před 4 lety +1

    Hey I am doing a high school project and you helped us immensely! Thanks!

  • @mcgriffith2727
    @mcgriffith2727 Před 4 lety +3

    Love your work, love your narration, love your jokes. Also your channel is the only woodworking channel my wife will put up with me watching... not sure if its your superior siege engines or just you....

  • @Heatsauce70506
    @Heatsauce70506 Před 4 lety +1

    That looks great and a lot of fun....I would love to try this. thanx

  • @mrjukeboxparty4563
    @mrjukeboxparty4563 Před 4 lety +2

    Your videos are always a delight

  • @sylvestresanchez4848
    @sylvestresanchez4848 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you

  • @bigassasin21
    @bigassasin21 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome project! My kids will love it! Litterally right after watching your video I went and purchased the plans!

  • @the250mikec
    @the250mikec Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome.

  • @chuckholton4666
    @chuckholton4666 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome! Love all your videos and can’t wait for the next one!

  • @LTDWoodworks
    @LTDWoodworks Před 4 lety +1

    Yes! Great video 👍 I have always wanted to build a small one like this for my boy as well. Guess I need to get to it! Thanks for sharing!👍

  • @NomadMakes
    @NomadMakes Před 4 lety +1

    What a super fun project!

  • @alimaleki217
    @alimaleki217 Před 4 lety +1

    Great project and even better sense of humor!

  • @ecaff9515
    @ecaff9515 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent video and process
    Thank you for sharing

  • @awesomearizona-dino
    @awesomearizona-dino Před 4 lety +1

    Something different and fun aannnnnnnnd always great humor. Dont miss this one.

  • @TM-zp1jh
    @TM-zp1jh Před 4 lety +5

    You seem like a really good dad. Thanks for the videos. Also, it looks like you built a tennis ball launcher for that dog. Once it's loaded up, all you have to do is teach it how pull that string.

  • @KevinReinartz
    @KevinReinartz Před 4 lety +1

    Looks like a great game, might have to see about making a set!

  • @tomstewart9176
    @tomstewart9176 Před 4 lety +1

    Looks awesome! Makes me want an Xcarve more and more.....

  • @justinbrandon8511
    @justinbrandon8511 Před 4 lety +2

    Great video! Loved the flat head screw! 😂😂

  • @AndysHolzkiste
    @AndysHolzkiste Před 4 lety +1

    Another wonderful woodwork and a great inspiration for me and my projects. Many greetings from Andy

  • @paulwaldrop
    @paulwaldrop Před 4 lety +1

    Sweet. I have always loved the trebuchet.

  • @gto2000five
    @gto2000five Před 4 lety +1

    COOLEST. PROJECT. EVER. And fricken hilarious!!! Well done!

  • @davidendsor219
    @davidendsor219 Před 3 lety +1

    I've seen a few of your videos now, and its the little details that i would never have thought of, ie in this video using your jigsaw to nibble away the square holes is just a great tip.... thanks and keep up the good work...

  • @pedalman4595
    @pedalman4595 Před 4 lety +1

    GREAT WORK AND AS ALWAYS COMENTARY AND BLOOPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @AndysHolzkiste
    @AndysHolzkiste Před 4 lety +1

    again a wonderful wooden work and a wonderful inspiration for me and all the handicraft of friends. Greetings from Andy from Germany

  • @MilmoWood
    @MilmoWood Před 4 lety +1

    What a good idea. Many local 13th century castles so would suit me well lol.
    Thanks again for the inspiration

  • @sixtofive
    @sixtofive Před 4 lety +1

    What a cool project!

  • @jcmakes5977
    @jcmakes5977 Před 4 lety +1

    Very cool project! Well done! Makes me want to build a few too

  • @kingnothing8520
    @kingnothing8520 Před 4 lety +1

    That’s just too cool. Well done.

  • @EthanCarterDesigns
    @EthanCarterDesigns Před 4 lety +2

    So much fun and so cool, Drew! Also, what a great makeshift drill lathe!

  • @richardparker3150
    @richardparker3150 Před 4 lety +1

    really nice work. Love the toys for you and your son. Cool move.

  • @leemcgann6470
    @leemcgann6470 Před 4 lety

    I had a blast with mine

  • @hebierob
    @hebierob Před 4 lety +1

    And you crack me up...! Awesome talent!

  • @FixitFingers
    @FixitFingers Před 4 lety +1

    Great side-by-side build and a novel project to be sure. Just had my first play on a HUGE X-carve at the local Makers-Space and can see a world of possibility there.

  • @drewstallard6131
    @drewstallard6131 Před 4 lety +2

    That's freaking awesome, Drew! Think I'm going to make this one for the fall family get togethers.

  • @tekviper9
    @tekviper9 Před 4 lety +1

    Once again thank you for showing both ways to make this project as I am not a fan of CnC I personally dont like computers in my woodshop. Thank you for sharing.

  • @scottadams2624
    @scottadams2624 Před 4 lety +1

    Great job!!

  • @clydedecker765
    @clydedecker765 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice work getting the pouch to release in a predictable snag free motion. The hard part of any trebuchet is that sling release. Kudos.

  • @josephb1911
    @josephb1911 Před 4 lety +1

    Some times I dream your my dad. Keep up the good work dad.

  • @BlackDogWoodwork
    @BlackDogWoodwork Před 4 lety +1

    Now this is a cool project. Like that you built two, and one with power tools, and one with the X-Carve. I made a minnie version a while back ago, and it was great fun to build, and play with. Thanks for sharing your great projects.

  • @kaceesavage
    @kaceesavage Před 4 lety +1

    This is awesome!!!

  • @The42Joker
    @The42Joker Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome project! And I NEVER get tired of your humor (and the outtakes are gold 🤣).
    If you ever get tired of knocking down the walls, swap out the tennis ball for a beanbag, and cornhole boards!

  • @charleslittle458
    @charleslittle458 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome video I've always wanted medieval yard darts

  • @gordybishop2375
    @gordybishop2375 Před 4 lety +1

    Mini pumpkin chunkin

  • @pemtax557
    @pemtax557 Před 4 lety +1

    Wonderful video!! Your a good Dad ...

  • @michaelt7191991
    @michaelt7191991 Před 4 lety +1

    I love this channel! Your such an awesome person and builder

  • @mr_jake.y8348
    @mr_jake.y8348 Před 4 lety +1

    Love your show keep up the good work.

  • @barryroberts6470
    @barryroberts6470 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video and build Drew, looks like you had some fun making it and playing with the kids in the garden, oh and don't forget your ammo pincher ha ha ha.
    Barry (ENG)

  • @SteveC38
    @SteveC38 Před 4 lety +1

    What a great build! I really do love your videos👍

  • @kubdude
    @kubdude Před 4 lety +1

    That is Awesome!!

  • @kenneththomas3558
    @kenneththomas3558 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks great build and video

  • @SmartLifeEnthusiast
    @SmartLifeEnthusiast Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome lights on your drill!

  • @Raycefan
    @Raycefan Před 4 lety +1

    I found a new favorite woodworking channel

  • @brentstyle
    @brentstyle Před 4 lety +1

    A have no kids, no garden and no tennisball and i still love your video's :)

  • @marB84
    @marB84 Před 4 lety +1

    That. Is. Awesome!

  • @cliff5240
    @cliff5240 Před 4 lety +1

    Your videos are the best, great work mixed with humor

  • @johnwilliamson7081
    @johnwilliamson7081 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome

  • @swkohn1279
    @swkohn1279 Před 4 lety +17

    This has true potential to cause chaos in snow

  • @gcarson19
    @gcarson19 Před 4 lety +1

    Trebuchets are great! I helped my son make one for 8th grade science class. It launched a golf ball out of one parking lot into another, hit the
    principal’s car and set off the car alarm! 1st place!

  • @johnkennedyswenja
    @johnkennedyswenja Před 4 lety +1

    Lucky kids, love your humor, great build.

  • @bennlaplante1796
    @bennlaplante1796 Před 4 lety

    protip!! if you turn the opening thingy on the can cans and turn them around beackwards it will keep what ever you put in them to weight them down in the can

  • @craigmaddison8254
    @craigmaddison8254 Před 4 lety +1

    Brilliant, wish I had one, endless possibilities, not enough room in our tiny British gardens though.

  • @Sludgepump
    @Sludgepump Před 4 lety +1

    That looks like a total blast! What a great idea. Would be worth building a 2x4 brick castle and attacking it together.

  • @surlysnakes9139
    @surlysnakes9139 Před 4 lety +1

    I've been watching your vids for awhile..this one won a subscription!

  • @retireddriver16
    @retireddriver16 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice 👍

  • @bombjack78
    @bombjack78 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice idea for the kids to play with. Ps love the out takes

  • @thelmabirt7626
    @thelmabirt7626 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome! You should let the elementary school borrow it for Renaissance Day! Thank you for the Outtakes, NICE to know I'm not the only one it takes more than once to get right.

  • @MrJohnnyboyrebel
    @MrJohnnyboyrebel Před 3 lety +1

    I got to a certain point in the video, and was about to order an X-Carve, but then you went and spoiled it by showing how to cut the pieces by hand. Drats, foiled again. I think my grandkids would love to have a trebuchet shootout in our backyard!

  • @alecmagill5337
    @alecmagill5337 Před 4 lety +1

    I love this guy. I think we share the same view on life.

  • @007Narsil007
    @007Narsil007 Před 4 lety +7

    Man, if I only hadn't wasted all that money ten years ago on LASIK at the Ophthalmologist's, like a chump!

  • @bclarkca9113
    @bclarkca9113 Před 4 lety +3

    “I’m not sure he was planning to remodel his bathroom, but I needed the plywood.” And with that, I need a new keyboard! hahaha

  • @squirlboy250
    @squirlboy250 Před 4 lety +1

    your bloopers are gold lol

  • @DarinBeard
    @DarinBeard Před 4 lety

    That's fancy. I built one a while back that is way less refined. Nice job.

  • @mikelilly7667
    @mikelilly7667 Před 4 lety +1

    Fully expected to see a flaming tennis ball launched. Love your videos

  • @-ZIO
    @-ZIO Před 4 lety +1

    Good fun :)

  • @nomad0griffin
    @nomad0griffin Před 4 lety +1

    Great project and and what a way to make something that with supervision your kids could help make alsoand that the kids don't have to be in front of the video games all the time to have fun keep up the good work

  • @ianthomas3653
    @ianthomas3653 Před 4 lety +1

    Ok so i'm sold. I have been wanting to make something like this for years. I think after watching this i may have to make a few as....yard games... yeah thats why I'm making them yard games.

  • @reginalawson8008
    @reginalawson8008 Před 4 lety +1

    Cool kid fun project, fresh air and a good time. Let us know how the eggs go, crappy screws and all! LOL Thanks for sharing! :)

  • @vgullotta
    @vgullotta Před 4 lety +41

    Adapt for water balloons, make 8 more of them, get 10 kids and setup a Trebuchet dodge ball water balloon battle for the neighborhood kids!!! You'll need 10 kids so they have enough strength to safely carry you into the sunset on their shoulders as they declare you their king of backyard fun!

    • @derschwartzadder
      @derschwartzadder Před rokem

      Not convinced a water balloon would survive the acceleration of the launch. ...

  • @dazswoodworking5654
    @dazswoodworking5654 Před 4 lety +1

    The X Carve really is something