A History of the Onager in Pictures - Page 7

The First of Many Upgrades

The next year I bought a used home made trailer and mounted the Onager on it. I also made a new arm-catch mechanism, and I made the frame a bit wider. I found that I needed to use a winch to cock the arm back.

I made my own release mechanism based on a design which is a cross between a release shown in Ralph Payne Gallwey's "The Book of the Crossbow" and a gate latch. It worked just fine. The sling was made out of thick leather and attached with nylon rope.

Here we are at Punkin Chunkin 1996. This time we finished third with a respectable chunk of 398 feet.

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