The Office supplies trebuchet

Step 11 Mounting the axle

This is a little bit fiddly but poke the hook ends of the axle through the eyelets in the supports, then bend the hooks down with the pliers.

After that, tape between the legs to make an A-frame and then from there to the sides of the base to prevent side to side motion

Comments

[Redmonkey17]

P.S. it makes it much more stable.

[Redmonkey17]

Instead of taping the two a-frame posts together, add an ex-paperclip support to make a tripod