Carpenter Oak and Woodland have become known as experts in reconstructions of historical timber structures and working machinery, not least of which in the area of war machines.
Two builds shown here are a Ballista (a Roman catapult) constructed for a BBC production ‘Building the Impossible’, and an attempt to build a large scale crossbow from original drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci filmed in ‘Leonardo’s Dream Machines’ Watch a video of the ballista being built.
Most recently, we have built the worlds largest trebuchet, a construction of a mediaeval catapult device. This working model, which fires twice daily during the summer season is now a major tourist attraction at Warwick Castle.
The reconstruction of a ballista for BBC’s Building the ImpossibleThe huge crossbow featured in Leonardo’s Dream MachinesThe worlds biggest trebuchet at Warwick Castle
