At the brick and tile hut...
Re-cycling timber from the demolished thatched workshop
Cutting 6 pieces of timber to 2 m lengths
Cutting cane for lashings
Splitting cane so it's easier to lash with
Lashing 3 poles together at one end
Splaying out poles to form a tripod
Setting up another tripod next to the first
Cutting rough joint into the middle of a 1m long log
Cutting a joint 60 cm from one end of a 2m log
Lashing logs together at joints to form a cross
Placing cross onto tripods
Swinging action displayed
Cutting cane for basket weaving
Heat bending cane for basket ribs
Assembling ribs thusly
Weaving cane over and under ribs (note there is an odd number of ribs, even numbers cause doubling up)
Bending the ends of the ribs down and hammering them back into the basket for strength and neatness
Finished basket (about 60cm tall 60 cm wide)
Weaving cane through basket to attach to throwing arm
Lashing a small crossbar to the end of the arm to stop the basket sliding off
Attaching basket to arm
Tying basket to arm
Testing arm and basket
Bark fiber tree
Dead branch from tree
Soak in water
Softened bark strips off branch
Stripping inner bark into thin pieces
Braiding a thick rope from fiber
Tying knots to form pouch
Threading thinner cordage through the twists of the larger rope to weave a pouch
Finished sling (2.6m from end to end)
Lashing crossbar between back legs of trebuchet and attaching a toggle
A cord to hold and release toggle
Demonstrating the toggle release principle
Attaching a release pin for the sling
Bending pin forward with a wedge for better sling release angle
Tying on one end of sling
A loop in the other end slips over pin
Adding rocks to basket for counter weight
Setting the trebuchet
Loading the projectile into the pouch and looping the sling over the pin
Fire!
Adding weight to increase range
It's going the length of the clearing (about 20 m)
Setting up target
A Barbarian encampment
Target destroyed!
A Tax dodging village
Target Destroyed!
A Neighboring Kingdom
Target Destroyed!
Trebuchet