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The Office supplies trebuchet

Step 6The trigger

The trigger
A little hard to describe. Just look at the picture. The bump on the left is to pull. The loop on the right is there to catch the little hook on the arm.

EDIT: See the adjustment I made to the firing mechanism in the final step. It works so much better.
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2 comments
May 4, 2010. 9:42 PMprosay says:
must we even use a trigger our fingers work better
Jun 2, 2006. 10:51 AMManax says:
I found it useful to bend the "hooking" part perpendicular to the length of the trigger. Unclear to me if that was what was intended or not.

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