Patrick et al, Are you sure it's a cannon this guy from Toole is using or is he using a siege engine like a mangonel or trebuchet to hurl his balls? (I know what you're all saying...'This is a family show!') Look at this guy's website(s): http://www.trebuchet.com/ http://www.mangonel.com/ I first heard of this fellow (Ron Toms) during an interview on NPR. One of his first catapults was designed to throw people into a river. Now there's a worthy project! Dave On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 08:56 PM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:

As a sort of side note to the bowling ball from aircraft thread, history channel is running a show on siege machines, cannon and big air guns all which hurl large, heavy objects (including pianos) great distances. It'll run again at midnight.

Also, I've now heard from a guy in Tooele with a cannon that shoots bowling balls. He'd like to demo it for all interested this coming Saturday afternoon. Anyone interested?

Patrick

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