Sinew have you seen????

[stultus]

Would anybody happen to know where I could find a large enough quantity of sinew to make a 1:1 scale ballista? Of course, the relevant following question is: I am insane for wanting to go to that length? :?:

[First_Legionary]

It really depends on what you want. I know where you can buy artificial sinew, but when my friends made a small scale Ballista we used actual sinew and made it usuable from an animal.

http://www.nextag.com/artificial-sinew/search-html You can buy artificial there.

http://www.sparrowcreek.com/Sinew.htm That will show you how to make it and aquire real sinew.

[aitor iriarte]

The problem with sinew is not so much how to obtain it but how to make enough lentgth of thick rope from it... :?
Jamie, wht do you mean with the word 'ballista'? Arrow shooter, stone shooter, wooden fram, metallic frame, euthytone, palintone...? 8)

Aitor

[First_Legionary]

You make a good point, the thing was a pain in the neck, even for a smaller scale ballista. And as I stated before, it really depends on what you are going for.

[Matt Lukes]

The biggest issue with the idea Jamie is that as much sinew as you'd need for even a Scorpio would be VERY expensive. I tried to work it out once and came up with a cost of nearly $1000 and I'm not even sure I had allowed for enough sinew rope. And of course supply could be a problem is that you'd need many, many hundreds of pieces...

Matt