"The world's in a rough place." "Come on, it's not that bad." "Primitive tech guy is preparing for war." "Damn..."

@JasonDBike

Жыл бұрын

He's gonna attack them fake Asian primitive channels!

@jadpsa

Жыл бұрын

@@JasonDBike yeah

@TeacherinTraining39

Жыл бұрын

@@JasonDBike lol, They attacked first. He is simply defending his territory. With a trebuchet. Nothing out of the ordinary. Happens every day.

@TeacherinTraining39

Жыл бұрын

I do hope he doesn't accidentally hit the Shadlands. I don't want to see the two of them go to war.

@PotionsMaster666

Жыл бұрын

I feel like this dialogue is from a movie or something... 🥲

I thought I'd make a trebuchet for some variety. Some points on the design, The basket hits the ground on purpose because it would slip off if allowed to swing due to the weak attachment method. This rough and ready design was already getting the range required for this clearing so I didn't bother making a stronger attachment point. In future maybe, I'll drill holes in the throwing arm to attach the basket and pivot point for a more sturdy design. This design is easily built and the viewer should be able to replicate it without trouble. (Also, the animal on the left of the screen at 7:29 is a scrub turkey for those who asked). Thanks.

@tangledlizard6392

Жыл бұрын

If you don't mind me asking do you do anything with hand tools machinery I know a lot of this wouldn't be possible with tools like the braiding and whatnot but still

@danbance5799

Жыл бұрын

I gotta be honest, this is a plot twist I didn't see coming.

@bomen330

Жыл бұрын

Impressive. Good content 👍

@sirtwigg1479

Жыл бұрын

What's next, a Siege tower? Ballista?

@raymonroe1983

Жыл бұрын

Still my favorite channel on YT. I'm just glad to see you back and making videos again.

John has also a great sense of humour. "a tax dodging village" lol

Honestly, if there's one guy we need to send on a time capsule back to the stone age, it would be this guy. He'd advance humanity's technology by atleast 2000 years.

@aguaaqua6343

Жыл бұрын

"Time traveler what was your profession back then before you came to our time?" "I just did wilderness DIY videos on KZread"

@ex3529

Жыл бұрын

him and japanese guy who makes knives out of literally anything

@fluttzkrieg4392

Жыл бұрын

Senku Ishigami

@Gooberwo39

Жыл бұрын

I want some flying cars baby

@KingZealotTactics

Жыл бұрын

Where do you think he gets his knowledge from? you can send him back but without the internet he has only so much knowledge he can impart with. Regardless i respect the guy.

Well, it looks like he finally changed tactics and is now going for a military victory. This is incredibly impressive!

@vuboy122288

Жыл бұрын

Cultural and tech victories are overrated

@dmurray2978

Жыл бұрын

Achieved more already than subsaharans did in 10000 years

@yorokobi9498

Жыл бұрын

Next video he's going for diplomatic victory: *Primitive Technology: British Parliament*

@Driga_

Жыл бұрын

Early game domination

@AngelaMerici12

Жыл бұрын

@@yorokobi9498 😆🤣

how did he go from: "weaving sandals" and "planting sweet potatoes" to "extracting iron out of the earth to make a knife" and "medieval siege machines". thank you for being so incredible Sir.Plant edit: i'd say im surprised at the amount of likes, but tbh my comment was kinda fire

@HypnoKraken

Жыл бұрын

The natural progress of man

@pixellight1699

Жыл бұрын

he needs to go fight all the fakers out there

@ilajoie3

Жыл бұрын

He's planning to wage war against the modern world

@kameljoe21

Жыл бұрын

@@pixellight1699 Some of those "fakers" have far better content than he does. He ran off to do some tv show thing or what ever and has been gone for quite a while and a lot fo people have moved on. Heck I unsubbed from him and just happen to see his video a day or 2 later.

@MAGAMAN

Жыл бұрын

@@kameljoe21 Those verified fakers are all gay.

I see that panic at 8:09 when that rock gets remotely close to hitting the camera. Lol! Pretty awesome stuff my dude! I wonder if building the tripods taller would help some. For the scale I think this does amazing. Imagine setting this up with a tribe of 30 warriors. The amount of counter weight you could add would increase the range by a lot, with a taller tripod.

@Gabriel-gabriel

Жыл бұрын

oh,yes,same!!

@eclipsebeats9473

Жыл бұрын

Hahah and then in the next shot he's moved the camera

@soggypotato

Жыл бұрын

I'm a bit tired now after work... I genuinely flinched when the rock flew past, made me wake up a bit lol

@vsydeneyimtv4063

Жыл бұрын

😅😅😅 evet

@ddd3240

Жыл бұрын

Pretty impressive. Built one as a teenager. Neighbors called the law. Used a bowling ball for ammunition. A lot of fun!!!

Anybody else cheered when he successfully cleared the Barbarian Encampment? I'd like to see how much gold he earned from that.

@ralphm4132

Жыл бұрын

Oh lots, but right now another settlement needs his help!

@pwh1981

Жыл бұрын

If he took the Honor policy tree, he's even getting culture from the destruction of his enemies.

@adivtayudhatama3926

Жыл бұрын

@@pwh1981 and, if he chose to be Germans, than the Furor Teutonicus ability will allow him to persuade the barbarians to fight for him :)

@aidendormain2160

Жыл бұрын

Just look out for gandhi

@TheLordOfBeans

9 ай бұрын

that mf got that 3 star seige

This man only recently reached Iron Age and now he's constructing high medieval machinery...

@kambar1647

Жыл бұрын

well, he got through 200-millenia-long Stone and Iron Ages in like, what, 7 years? which means he'll get gunpowder in a month and make a computer out of wood and stone in a week, then pow pow kaboom the singularity is here, so when Elon Musk finally reaches Mars he'll discover a little Australian colony there

@Yannic1996

Жыл бұрын

He's gonna reach Mars before Elon and Nasa

@billypitts6368

Жыл бұрын

Hell he went from stone age right to the iron age. He and survival Lilly would make a great pair.

@eriknewman7889

Жыл бұрын

Bro he's in the Castle Age now

@robertnett9793

Жыл бұрын

@@kambar1647 Oh yeah. Now I have this image in my head, one glass dome on the surface of mars, and within a lot of stone age huts, furnaces, firepits. Surrounded by some very hostile looking trebuchets, ready to kick out any competitior in a very literal way...

I love the fact that he called his targets "Barbarian encampment", "Tax-dodging village" and "Neighboring kingdom". Just little details that add flavor when you least expect it. Awesome stuff.

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

That’s cute. It’s good to play, most people don’t know how to do that or have fun on their own anymore.

@tryhardweeb2107

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he just use a nuke in the primitive world

@nomisunrider6472

Жыл бұрын

It’s cause he’s too nice for “Copycat channels that use excavators and construction crews”

@MonsPubis7

Жыл бұрын

I had to turn on captions to be able to see that lmaoo

@garrysekelli6776

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully he doesnt discover gunpowder. Or perhaps hopefully. Could destroy the deep state the Bill and melinda Gates foundation and the bohemian grove.

Great to see him building the superior siege weapon

@claytonfs

Жыл бұрын

John Plant is the superior siege weapon

"a tax dodging village".... I died

@GarGlingT

Ай бұрын

He invents feudal on his land haha.

No shouts of excitement when hitting the target, just silent admiration of your work. Perfection

@billcunha

Жыл бұрын

I came here to comment this. I'm shocked about that. If I've done something like that I will scream like a crazy shit kasudihaiuhd

@hacooray525

Жыл бұрын

Oh no he absolutely scream and laugh off screen. Simply didn't because it's the channel's brand lol

@GiraffeFeatures

Жыл бұрын

Target? I think you mean tax dodgers and barbarians.

@luismafnas

Жыл бұрын

I screamed. Nobody heard me?

@hanselmanryanjames

Жыл бұрын

I can think of maybe one time he even looked into the camera during a video. A spoken word on film? That would be like hearing God speak, human eardrums would immediately burst, heads would explode.

When I was in elementary school, my best friend was obsessed with building trebuchets and we spent many hours in yards and woods building them out of anything we could find. This took me back to those times and it was wonderful to watch.

@birdstraw7690

Жыл бұрын

yes i remember building a trebuchet with my friend in middle school, felt so good to complete it and see it fire

@optimx314

Жыл бұрын

what kinda life you got

@ImpossibleRussian

Жыл бұрын

I was also obsessed with them as a kid I remember a few years ago I was driving past a local high school and the woodworking or engineering class must have built one about 8 feet tall. It was great to pull over and watch it fire.

@theplague9736

Жыл бұрын

Medieval children

@Hawk7886

Жыл бұрын

@@optimx314 sounds like a good one

This honestly looks so much fun. I remember making bow and arrows out of this very specific "bendy" stick that grew in the woods around where i lived. We would also make rubber band guns and use close pins as a trigger and use the metal hinge inside the close pin to add weight to the rubber band bullets. Those things could shoot 40 feet with some velocity if you had the thick rubber bands weaved together.

@ApXucBuH

Жыл бұрын

maybe cloTH pins?

@ThrawnFett123

5 ай бұрын

There's an interesting anthropological theory that many early Human innovations come from children playing. Basically, the tools and knowledge of the day were passed on, but the creativity of children given the older tools to "break" would lead to the better tools for the next children to "break" again. This woven cane will roll forever! Leads to "if I make it from stone I have a wheel..." etc

what I love about this channel is that he shows us everything. no cuts or materials appearing out of nowhere. it is all his own work and dedication

@annehaight9963

Ай бұрын

This guy invented the genre, and remains the only honest (and silent) one I've seen.

8:07 - "Oh shit I should move that camera!"

@TexasGreed

Жыл бұрын

He's going to get his rock back.

@FG-tu4fq

Жыл бұрын

Eyy

@wintersfreund

Жыл бұрын

Hiting the camera would have been the end of the Channel 😱

@Rev_Erser

6 ай бұрын

​@@TexasGreedhe did an awkward little sidestep

Perfect! Exactly what stranded me would need to subdue wild castles roaming the island. Thank you for another amazing video, sir!

@ondrejpodrouzek874

Жыл бұрын

Iron knife, trebuchet and you are good to go, storming castles left and right!

@cloudlounger6903

Жыл бұрын

Wax poetic somewhere else, cityslicker

@DoctorBallsStrikesAgain

Жыл бұрын

Here before top comment

@jamesremington8056

Жыл бұрын

Good for keeping raiding parties at a distance.

@g-rated3514

Жыл бұрын

That was the plot to Monty Python and the Holy Grail right? Teaching us to be weary of those roaming French castles?

This is how every video starts … he looks behind him finds a stick then after some amazing beautiful construction he has the coolest things imaginable and I can’t believe how much effort he puts in!

"What the heck happened to your camera?? It's completely shattered!" "I.... accidentally shot it with a trebuchet."

The genuine OG of primitive tech who doesn't have a hidden crew and modern machinery off camera. This is a gem of a channel

@sirmounted8499

Жыл бұрын

of all those channels this is the only one worth watching

@gerrittt9724

Жыл бұрын

This channel is the oldest one. All those channel copied him.

@MakerOnTheMove

Жыл бұрын

I genuinely forget that there is a whole genre of channels spawned off of this one. This is the only on I care about.

@deeds793

Жыл бұрын

did see a chicken pop in screen then quickly exit. just sayin.

@dmsnff

Жыл бұрын

@@deeds793 it's not a chicken but a wild bush turkey / brushturkey

I never thought a man in the woods knocking down boards with a homemade trebuchet would be so satisfying but here we are.

@ctoacu6188

Жыл бұрын

It's him, NASCAR man.

@bartholomewdan

Жыл бұрын

If he's in the middle of a forest does it really count as "homemade"?

@efethecaptain6

Жыл бұрын

"home..." are you sure about that

@lifewuzonceezr

Жыл бұрын

I cheered

@skibur848

Жыл бұрын

no those aren’t just boards, it’s a tax dodging village and a barbarian encampment 🙄

"Tax dodging Village" 😂😂😂

He has now reached Imperial age!

This man is climbing the ranks of technology quite effectively and quickly. This makes my childhood brain tickle because I wanted to make cool stuff like this with stuff I found near my house.

@robertnett9793

Жыл бұрын

Hm... next on the list would be metalurgy and blackpowder - according to Civilisation at least. However he skipped a lot of stuff like masonery - which would have allowed for city walls, as well as 'Burial Ritual' for the temple and the early religion and culture boost...

@lasergamer-xj4um

Жыл бұрын

@@robertnett9793 which civilization game lol

@robertnett9793

Жыл бұрын

@@lasergamer-xj4um OH. That's a rough question.... obviously one of them who already have culture / religion, I guess :D

@lasergamer-xj4um

Жыл бұрын

@@robertnett9793 ok lol xd

@GaylordBonnafous

Жыл бұрын

I can't see any situation where it would be useful, though (unlike the shelters, oven, basket, axe, etc.).

The hunting trebuchet is truly one of histories most forgotten iconic methods of survival. The sabertoothed rhinoceros truly had no idea what hit it.

@kristofferv

Жыл бұрын

yeah considering it was blind it was very hard for it to see the humans spending 2 weeks building a trebuche 8 meters from it and since it was deaf it couldnt hear the 400 shots before it was hit! :D

@noob19087

Жыл бұрын

@@kristofferv Well, you throw one shot, see where it lands, then put some bait there and when the prey comes over you shoot again. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

@DIALQGUE

Жыл бұрын

@@noob19087 I think even take a repeating shot with the same stone still yield different result trajectories. Maybe need some improvement, like spiky bullet or shoot multiple of them at the same time. And for precision, just shoot it at a herd of animal, a wild zebra may feed a whole tribe for one meal.

@noob19087

Жыл бұрын

@@DIALQGUE Absolutely the shots will wary, but ancient humans were probably experts with the trebuchet.

@KaiserRuiz

Жыл бұрын

@@DIALQGUE Exactly one big rock into a herd of animals, and your good to go accuracy went by 60%

"Bet you can't hit that encampment with a rock!" "Hold my spear..!"

This man is one of the few legit primitive channels

8:36 subtitles "tax dodging village" Lmao Great way to show the uses of a trebuchet.

Seeing you go from doing something productive every episode to making a trebuchet and playing actually had me smile.

@preppen78

Жыл бұрын

yea, those tax evaders had it coming

@luisrenteria3890

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean playing? He's preparing for war

@dantegaland9337

Жыл бұрын

step 1: make knife step 2: impose taxes step 3: ??? step 4: Trebuchet.

@d34dsYnt4x

Жыл бұрын

This is productive.

@Arrkail

Жыл бұрын

@@luisrenteria3890 he is threatning china to not invade taiwan

Imagine you're just chilling at home. Suddenly you hear some racket, and it's him, assembling his trebuchet. Pain. It's over.

The only youtube channel that's left from the good ol'days of youtube please never stop and never change

You can tell in all his videos that hes enjoying himself however this one you can tell that hes really having a ton of fun. I also appreciate "Barbarian Encampment" and "Tax dodging village". Keep up the great work!

@parisabnk5137

Жыл бұрын

👍

@BrunoMaricFromZagreb

Жыл бұрын

Should we be concerned?

@damnschit2792

Жыл бұрын

You can see the thought process... Nah, that didn't to shit to the kingdom walls *scratch scratch* Need more weight... Haha, take that puny gods!

This guy is transcending through medieval eras monthly.... Amazing skills, thanks for sharing mate

@babysealsareyummy

Жыл бұрын

Next Month: "I make a nuclear reactor out of clay and reeds"

@FlyingPigMD

Жыл бұрын

@@babysealsareyummy the month after: I make AI using stones and water.

@Iknowtoomuchable

Жыл бұрын

@@FlyingPigMD "I achieve orbit with sticks and cane."

@ghstrys472

Жыл бұрын

@@Iknowtoomuchable 4 months after: "I land in Mars using ash wood cement and fire blower"

@montyv3909

Жыл бұрын

Can you guys please do a primitive fishing collaboration video 🙏

Imagine stumbling across his setup; "Oh, cool, a little hut, with a garden and... is that a fucking trebuchet"

Imagine a hundred competent Bronze Age men surrounding your village fort each making a slightly larger one twice this size…

There are 2 main variables in a trebuchet that need to work together. The projectile should be releasing precisely when the weight needs to be at the bottom of its arc. The basket is bottoming, so it's difficult to tell when it would reach the bottom, but I think raising the trebuchet up to give the basket more room to swing, and/or shortening the length of the rope in order to release it sooner would give the trebuchet far more range.

@franmartinez3317

Жыл бұрын

digging a trench under the basket might work

@Krescentwolf

Жыл бұрын

He could also try simply shortening the length of cane holding the counter-weight basket to the rest of the frame. That should go a ways in keeping the basket from bottoming out.

@carlosvargasbatman

Жыл бұрын

This guy sieges.

@rehepeks

Жыл бұрын

Not sure it would hold up. The entire weight of the basket would be sliding the joint between the crossbar and arm of trebuchet. With this setup where the basket is stopped by ground it stresses that part a lot less.

@thalanoth

Жыл бұрын

looks like the issue of bottoming the basket is on purpose; it can't withstand the whiplash forces normally, it'd tear itself apart after a few uses.

It's often overlooked just how necessary the trebuchet is in Australia especially in response to drop bears. With the bush craft trebuchet we're able to drop the drop bears before they get the drop on us. Nicely done mate, stay safe.

@pashaputrasupriatna4596

Жыл бұрын

I cant get enough of australians talking about drop bears 🤣

@MrPicklesAndTea

Жыл бұрын

It's important considering how guns have been, time and time again, proven ineffective at dealing with Australian wild life.

@StuSaville

Жыл бұрын

It was bloody useless in the war against the Emu's though...

@Oldtanktapper

Жыл бұрын

The main problem with the trebuchet is the reload time. A shot that misses or only injures the target will prove almost certainly fatal to the operator. A pissed off drop bear can clear over 10 metres in a single bound.

@WhereWhatHuh

Жыл бұрын

How well do they work against chupacabra?

Glad to see you back. I was worried there for a bit.

"A Barbarian encampment" 🤣 🤣 🤣

My dude’s literally progressing through ages by himself. Keep up the amazing work!!

@TheYangkuza

Жыл бұрын

he's preparing for war against the other primitive channels lmao

@Tondadrd

Жыл бұрын

And he will show us what's next when he surpasses homo sapiens sapiens current technology ;)

@martiddy

Жыл бұрын

@@TheYangkuza No other primitive channel can beat this one, this is the OG channel that started all of it (or at least the first one that makes it famous in KZread)

@TheYangkuza

Жыл бұрын

@@martiddy yes sir you are correct! Can't wait for him to make more iron tools

@SoulmongerV2

Жыл бұрын

And yet he doesn't seem to age at all!

It's amazing how even when he goes to the trouble of getting multiple angles on a shot, he still makes sure none of the cameras are visible to each other to not break the immersion.

@lptomtom

Жыл бұрын

I think that's because he only has one camera

@avokka

Жыл бұрын

@@lptomtom makes it more impressive, I've been trying to make videos with one camera and multiple angles, to make it as consistent as he does is extremely difficult. Love this man

@MovieJunkieOfficial

Жыл бұрын

The camera setup and keeping track alone must soak up so much time. It’s really as impressive as what he does.

@Stigstigster

Жыл бұрын

@@MovieJunkieOfficial His production values and sticking to his format is very impressive. No messing around detectable, consistent, and quite simply such a pleasure to watch and listen to the sounds of nature and primitive man instead of music and talking and sound effects. I feel like I'm in the jungle for a few minutes every video and it's beautiful. I have learned so much from watching silent dude.

7:50 primitive bowling.

this is how PT entertains himself while in the woods. looks Dangerous but fun at the same time

This is incredibly impressive. Also, huge thanks for extensive tests and the funny captions. "Tax dodging village" had me rolling. That said, I'd be scared shitless for my camera at some of those tests shots

@json_bourne3812

Жыл бұрын

Those "village" captions definitely gave a good laugh 😂😂😂

@BeardedFrog

Жыл бұрын

One of those shots was definitely a hair off from hitting the camera. You see the rock go right by it.

@o0hbomb0o

Жыл бұрын

You can see him start to run to check on the camera once or twice in clips where the camera is behind the target. Definitely a couple of "Oh crap!" moments in his mind.

@Call_Upon_YAH

Жыл бұрын

Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him! Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better! Have a blessed day, everyone! ❤

@Call_Upon_YAH

Жыл бұрын

Your worries (yes, anxiety), depression, suicidal thoughts, EVERYTHING will melt away and be NO MORE when you lean on God and put your trust in him! When I have physical pain, I literally pray and the Lord quells it, that I am healed! Know that there is power in the name Jesus Christ! His name casts out demons and heals! People are bothered by his name. The world hates the truth and wants to continue living sinfully! God's children are set apart (holy) and righteous.

I don't know how to express the utter boyish joy i experienced while watching how you fire that trebuchet. Just smiled like a little kid the whole video.

@jeremyanimatespoorly9573

Жыл бұрын

Thought for sure we were gonna get an excited “Yeah!” Out of him

I can't survive an emergency situation in the wild without my trebuchet.

Very cool. Have wanted to make one for ages! Interesting how the work. So simple. So powerful

This trebuchet is likely more primitive than the first trebuchet.... cool!

@DarkestVampire92

Жыл бұрын

Honestly between this and a "real" trebuchet, the only difference is that a real one is bigger and made of stronger core wood rather than branches, with iron supports holding it together to deal with the forces. Apart from that-The ammunition, the weight, even the firing mechanisim is the same as a bigger trebuchet. Though its less than ideal that his bottoms out, the basket should swing freely to let the arm rotate all the way up.

@witchdoctor6502

Жыл бұрын

@@DarkestVampire92 in couple of months when he gathers enough iron bacteria he will probably build a proper one :D

@Voron_Aggrav

Жыл бұрын

​@@DarkestVampire92 I'd imagine there'd been Trebuchets before the medieval ones you mentioned, though I could imagine due to the limitations of construction materials it'd been more of a novelty with other siege engines being easier and more practical,

@ntluck1592

Жыл бұрын

This actually utilizes a more advanced technology in the form of the counter weight. The first trebuchets relied on traction and were quite limited. So this is a modern yet primitive trebuchet

@FlowPlusNRG

Жыл бұрын

@@witchdoctor6502 good one. Love your comment 😆

A couple of tips from my experiences with trebuchets: If you shortened up your basket a bit and let it swing past its lowest point, you'd get a lot more range. Most of your velocity occurs when the weight is swinging through, not while it's initially falling. Most of that kinetic energy is lost when it lands on the ground. Lashing some bracing logs in between your tripod legs (and a few extending in front and behind the trebuchet) will help with any tipping risks, as well as reducing energy losses. Aiming can be accomplished by changing the angle of the sling right or left while it's on the ground.

@kevinwells9751

Жыл бұрын

I was coming to the comments to say the same thing about the basket being too low. The sling releases surprisingly late in the swing, so the longer you can keep the momentum the better. It would probably also help with aiming since the follow through would be more consistent if it didn't thump into the ground

@jobney

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if he could just dig out the ground beneath the basket?

@tcp3059

Жыл бұрын

@@jobney Wouldn't really help. Would be much better off with the counterweight closer to the throwing arm.

@astranix0198

Жыл бұрын

He said in a reply in another comment that he needs the ground as shock absorber to the swinging counterweight, else the whole structure will fold on itself.

@tcp3059

Жыл бұрын

@@astranix0198 That makes sense, I suppose

7:30 squirrel is like, "welp, i'll move along"

8:34 LOL i love how in the subtitles he calls it a "tax dodging village"

I love this guy. The original primitive survival builder!

@lordfarquaad380

Жыл бұрын

@Eric Erickson i used to watch his videos when i was a kid. i remember the video where he caught shrimp (i think) with some kind of trap and when he grew yams in a farm/garden.

@dmurray2978

Жыл бұрын

Already surpassed the tech of subsaharan Africa!

@karljordan9115

Жыл бұрын

@@lordfarquaad380 If you were a kid when he did that your still a kid now haha

@TheLonelyBrit

Жыл бұрын

@@karljordan9115 That video was 5 years ago, that's a lot of time to grow up in.

@intractablemaskvpmGy

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Doesn't post for over a year and gains 5 million new subs in the meantime. I'm glad he's back to work

Now this is the kind of survival skills i've been looking for

@zephobear

Жыл бұрын

Only way to retake Jerusalem

@KeepOnRecord

Жыл бұрын

you sound like a guy who'd build the trebuchet before the shelter 😁

@TheTrooper1878

Жыл бұрын

@@zephobear Fun fact: During on of the sieges of Jerusalem, the Romans chopped down all of the trees in a 17 km radius around the city in order to build siege weapons.

@crabbyboi9127

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTrooper1878 17 km?!?!

@TheTrooper1878

Жыл бұрын

@@crabbyboi9127 Well that's what I remember reading in a book I had. I'll find it and fact check, but I'm pretty sure that's the number. If I'm wrong I'll edit it.

5,000 years later: Building a car out of hardened snarf juice.

There is something special about watching a grown up man playing with a catapult

I have to say that the fact that the trebuchet could be launched tens of times without repair is incredible. Did you have to repair it at some point or did it just function this well?

@KainYusanagi

Жыл бұрын

It bottoming out was both a positive and negative for it.

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

If built right you barely ever have to repair accept for the normal wear and tear after a long time. I made one of these myself in high school.

@SSingh-nr8qz

Жыл бұрын

@@kishascape Same here but made it for fun from plans I found online from ancient designs. Also I had to pay for some window damage to a neighbour's house.

@PaffDaddyTR

Жыл бұрын

@@kishascape Probably with real rope and not selfmade one.

@Soulfly415

Жыл бұрын

Why? Are you expecting him to answer you? Hahaha!

"A barbarian encampment." That got a laugh out of me; didn't expect it from you. Thanks for the video. Amazing as always.

@jaredmichaud1160

Жыл бұрын

This man took out an entire Kingdom in a single shot! Couldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes!

@themacdaddy9

Жыл бұрын

“A tax dodging village” 🤣

tax evading village lmao. I always love the captions, they add much needed details without disturbing the relaxing, soothing calmness of zero speech. Just labour, no talk. Love it!

these captions got way too funny when he was describing the targets he used

Thank you for being the only REAL Primitive Technology channel on KZread. Knowing that all the time and experience you have, you teach and learn all at the same time. Its very refreshing and why I will always be a Subscriber. Compare to the fake channels.

@jakobshanks3510

Жыл бұрын

This is how he will deal with the imposters.

@ender4555

Жыл бұрын

Honestly this is the only one i think is worth watching.

@TotilaTheGoth

Жыл бұрын

There is "Primitive Skills" as well. That one also seems legit.

@edl4114

Жыл бұрын

I thought Cyprien was legit. It was very obvious Cyprien was using tools in his videos

@mihael64

Жыл бұрын

@@ender4555 Yeah, because he's the most high quality one

Probably the only real "primitive technology" channel out there

@Habib12312

Жыл бұрын

he is the original. the rest are copies and fakes. well, most of them

@realSethMeyers

Жыл бұрын

@@Habib12312 name one other real one

@greekoutcast

Жыл бұрын

@@realSethMeyers chad zuber

@robertneilson2780

Жыл бұрын

@@realSethMeyers to my knowledge Primitive skills is also real

@abutigerwong3392

Жыл бұрын

@@greekoutcast 😅Chad Zuber buy 90% of its gear and food from stores.

the original primitive technology survival and will forever be as it should be

My dude just casually weaving a sick ass basket for his catapult . This dudes skills are endless

Thank you for this!!! I wanted to lay siege to a cavemen village for like months, this is perfect.

@MisterDutch93

Жыл бұрын

How do you lay siege to a cave? 🤔

@porkchoplerbrek1702

Жыл бұрын

@@MisterDutch93 to bust down the wall and drag them out

@LordOfMetal666

Жыл бұрын

@@MisterDutch93 I said village, but to siege a cave you just don't let anyone get out and cut their supply lines. Eventually they will starve and surrender... Or die. Read The Art Of War my guy.

@patatequiroule

Жыл бұрын

You wrap your stone with burning straws, resin or homemade pitch (basically resin and coal), then aim for the cave. The smoke will do the rest. If you're more into eliminating something in a cave, then use a closed piece of pottery with lime (like the one he made to mix mortar) and voilà, primitive chemical warfare.

@MisterDutch93

Жыл бұрын

@@LordOfMetal666 Cavemen live in caves, otherwise they wouldn't be cavemen. That was the joke.

My favorite thing about this video is how it goes from awesome ingenuity and design work.....to just a dude playing with a toy he made over and over. Another great video

I appreciate how much work that went into that. Awesome video.

Wanna see this guy on one of those survivor shows. Everyone will be focused on sustaining food while this guy will be busting their houses down with siege machines and raiding them with iron weapons and bows. Honestly, if you can make iron you can make steel or at least a medieval version of it using the carbon from animal bones so he’d be busting them down using a steel sword.

No music, no talking, no plot, no drama, just quality content. Thank you for this!

@wieb83zd

Жыл бұрын

And the technical explanation in the captions is like reading a science journal with live demonstration. Main point of this episode: all technology can be used for creation or destruction 🤓

@retohaner5328

Жыл бұрын

There was a plot to this video, those damn villagers refused to pay their taxes!

@user-mw9rs8zk3n

Жыл бұрын

not a single phones in sight, just people surviving in the forest

'A tax dodging village' killed me 🤣 another AMAZING video from you!! Keep up the incredible work!

@Damaniel3

Жыл бұрын

If I owed him taxes and he pulled out the trebuchet, I'd definitely pay up.

@mrmarmolerox

Жыл бұрын

like a tribute dodging village

"a barbarian encampment", "a tax dodging village" LOL

Australian gigachad has reached Imperial age and now builds himself a trebuchet.

We are literally watching real Age of Empires in front of our eyes. Magnificent job John!

@looksirdroids9134

Жыл бұрын

He's even dressed like a villager.

@Igor369

Жыл бұрын

OP australian civ gets trebuchet in the dark age.

@TexasGreed

Жыл бұрын

@@Igor369 pretty sure there is a civ in the new one that gives you dark age ram.

@MrMuscleTroll

Жыл бұрын

@@Igor369 hahahahha

@jskratnyarlathotep8411

Жыл бұрын

no one can make a trebuchet without having 200 gold and a stone castle

Don't know how well it would do as a video but I'd love to see more primitive textile technology.. Vertical loom, more advanced fibre processing maybe from some experimental materials / plants, paper making. Rope, fishing line.. (Bulrush or Cumbungi root etc) Also processing clay for higher quality pottery. Definitely more farming too, if you're around the camp enough for it.

@dongarnelos3775

Жыл бұрын

I think making paper could also be a nice project

@hauddubius3706

Жыл бұрын

That would be great, would also love the idea of also making clothing from whatever fibres can be produced using the loom where he is, and perhaps primitive sources of dyes that could be used to make different-coloured clothing or other textiles?

@Xalantor

Жыл бұрын

He already did make a primitive loom Edit: found it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l61qmtePhdjfptY.html

@Anomalous-Plant

Жыл бұрын

@@Xalantor Very rough horizontal loom :) only for rug. No tension weights

@frenchys_prospecting

Жыл бұрын

I think it would do incredibly well, personally. I love his videos of weaving, tile/pot making. Truly primitive technology

“A tax dodging village” lmao

All of a sudden, Robinson feels like invading a castle of foes. Good video and nice hand crafting.

Next on Primitive Technology: SPQR Phalanx, Centurion gladius, legionnaire javelin

@TheShadowSythe

Жыл бұрын

Primitive Technology: ICMB

@ScottyShaw

Жыл бұрын

After that... Primitive Technology: Death Star

@LKLM138

Жыл бұрын

Pilum it was called.

@poolhall9632

Жыл бұрын

No that’s “historia civilis” on KZread. Check it out!

@ChielVL

Жыл бұрын

Next on Primitive Technology: How to build a wooden m1 Abrams tank with ceramic APFSDS shells fired from a slingshot ;)

"Primitive Technology: Entire working society. (just a weekend project)." In all seriousness, this is amazing. As a construction worker I'd be honoured to build anything with this guy!

@EthanLamoreauxth3t3chninja

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, all of his videos take multiple months to make, he definitely doesn't get these done in a weekend

7:29 poor squirrel running for it's life. :D

the man who deserves immortality, this channel right here

Mate, this is absolutely unreal. Cannot tell you how much I enjoy your videos. Target destroyed!

@Jesse__H

Жыл бұрын

Oh hey it's Clickspring! I eagerly await your next Antikythera Mechanism video!!!

@td8648

Жыл бұрын

Those villagers will think twice about dodging taxes now!

@tenns

Жыл бұрын

you and him both chris

@rojirrim7298

Жыл бұрын

The crossover we need

@MrPinguinzz

Жыл бұрын

We say the same to your videos too :)

Overjoyed to see you back to making videos! The calm surroundings and lack of vocals with just the sounds of nature make each video that much more serene.

@PuckLokin

Жыл бұрын

Did you know he puts dialogue in the subtitles? Primarily to explain what he's doing.

@pd4165

Жыл бұрын

Yeah - watching with subtitles is strangely different (I do both).

@Cragsand

Жыл бұрын

@@PuckLokin I do! It's awesome!

8:05. the moment he starts to worry his rock is about to hit his camera

Absolutely fun to watch you destroying these targets while reading the captions. Thank you.

Incase you're wondering, turn on CC on his videos for explainations since he doesn't talk. I found this out recently. 😂 had to go rewatch all his stuff at that point. Alot of his stuff takes a lot of calories to make, but if u had a team of people and this knowledge, it could be done easily.

@daviedood2503

Жыл бұрын

1 man would take a very long time, bc u have to take time out to hunt to eat and drink water so u can live tomorrow.

@nekrataali

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention the time of actually sitting down and doing the small things. You could spend hours just making a simple rope or scrounging up the materials needed. Some of his videos where he makes a bunch of bricks took days before he even started building anything with them.

@PsionicDude

Жыл бұрын

Wait, WHAT?!?

@Voron_Aggrav

Жыл бұрын

​@@nekrataali there'd be more than double the progress if he'd had someone to work with on things, division of labour has always been our strongest ability to get things done, now that said you'd also need to be able to work together else nothing gets done at all

@ragnkja

Жыл бұрын

Another reason to turn in CC: his humour.

Such a cool project. You gotta respect the engineers of medieval times to come up with stuff like this.

@ProWajxxx

Жыл бұрын

I know right! I get fascinated every time I visit a city that was built in medieval times. All those buildings, bridges, roads, that are incredibly complex, yet no computer or power tools were used. Just pure human force.. That's truly respectable.

@rinalds637

Жыл бұрын

There's a reason the stonemasons guild was so rich.

@chrism4841

Жыл бұрын

My favourite historical war story is about King Edward the 1st constructing the biggest trebuchet ever built nicknamed the Warwolf which took over 3 months for use during a siege of Stirling Castle in the Scottish wars of independence. It could apparently throw 300lb rocks over 600 feet and it stood between 300-400 feet tall. The Scottish soldiers tried to surrender before it was finished but King Edward declined their offer obviously wanting to test out his new trebuchet.

@GodsOwnPrototype

Жыл бұрын

@@chrism4841 Hammer of the Scots. Top tier English King

Barbarians: "Did you hear something?" Good fun though

I love the sound it makes when it fires! The creaking followed by the little whip at the end. Exactly what you'd expect it to sound like. Great video.

This is awesome. The fact that it simply works isn't as impressive to me, as it's a proven technology and physics does what physics does. But the fact that it seemingly held up through many shots without issues (I assume) is very cool and shows real engineering skill. I would love to see a bigger version.

@SafetyLucas

Жыл бұрын

First it's a bigger trebuchet, then a few videos later it's Primitive Technology: Apache Attack Helicopter

@SuperAWaC

Жыл бұрын

the reason it holds up so well is the basket hits the ground, so the basket really isn't bottoming out and swinging its full weight on the frame

@HazyHerbivore

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperAWaC it's also not the frame that's the problem but the torque exerted on the beam. That arm will snap in half before the frame breaks, assuming any joints holding the arm don't go first

@Stigstigster

Жыл бұрын

I agree and whilst it's a very cool device as it is, constructed the way it is, the concept can be scaled up a fair bit in size with more people and more time, showing how these things were done is such fascinating watching. Living archaeology at its finest on this channel. The fellow is amazing to watch at work. One of the best channels on KZread without any doubt. Peaceful too (ironic me saying that when he just made a weapon!).

@somerando7191

Жыл бұрын

It's still pretty impressive that it works though, counterweight trebuchets are from the 12th century. Even scaled down, building one with neolithic materials (maybe even paleolithic) is pretty cool.

I found that these videos are even more entertaining with Age of Empires 2 soundtrack playing in the background.

I'm glad that you are showing not only when it hits but misses as well

The real primitive technology... No faking, no use of modern tools and machine Just a man in nature using whatever he can get his hands on to make tools weapons and shelter ... Gotta love this

Seems like the counterweight’s full potential energy doesn’t get transferred to the proyectile since the basket touches ground before the sling completes its arch. A frame that elevates the mechanism a couple feet higher would prevent that from happening and make the energy transfer more optimal. Great build and video anyhow!

@Autipsy

Жыл бұрын

Could also just dig some space where the basket is hitting so it can swing freely

@Redbeardblondie

Жыл бұрын

He could easily dig a trench below the basket

@nhpkm1

Жыл бұрын

I think it might be on purpose as you want to make sure that the projectile detaches while it still has upward momentum

@rehepeks

Жыл бұрын

Might brake the joint between trebuchet arm and the crossbar it is attached to. In his setup the most of the force is applied when the arm is resting on top of the bar but if the basket would not be stopped by the ground then there would be a strong force trying to slide the arm on the crossbar when basket reaches lowest position.

@stevenleighton1947

Жыл бұрын

@@rehepeks you have got it! I imagine that it is impossible to make a hinge point flexible enough with the materials he is using. We shall have to wait until he enters the Iron Age ;-)

" *A Tax dodging village* " Very Clever Words 8:34 Turn on captions

8:36 lmao at the caption. A tax dodging village 🤣

I really like that everything you do demonstrates scientific and engineering principles which are still essential today, even in high-tech machinery. There are all sorts of lessons in your videos, from 'bush craft' to metallurgy to kinetics... as well as the relaxing qualities of just watching and enjoying.

Holy shit, this guy’s going through it all. He’ll probably be able to make a primitive carriage to carry more supplies, maybe make paper, and possibly expand on the iron making to create an axe (I think he said he was originally planning to do that but the iron was too brittle for something that large) This is like one of my favorite types of Anthropologists, the type who don’t just talk about it but actively try it out to see how exactly it felt to do, how long it took, to know personally. Who research what techniques were used, think “alright, let’s see what I can do with the surrounding area and see if I can use that specific technique.” Its so cool!!!

@rotoblade5550

Жыл бұрын

Next video he's gonna build a ballistic missile xD

@Stigstigster

Жыл бұрын

@@rotoblade5550 There's easily 10,000 videos between this trebuchet and a ballistic missile but he'll get there.

@carlbrown8966

Жыл бұрын

There is an archeologist site in Greenland where Vikings made a long house and built a forge to do that same kind of iron extraction. They assume to repair the long boats and move on after staying there for several months. So interesting. People were so much tougher and resourceful then.

@thedevilffs

Жыл бұрын

If you like the types that dive into the past I recommend watching Clicksprings "Machining The Antikythera Mechanism". Quite the awesome journey. Not finished it yet due to him being pulled into writing a research paper about how the mechanism must actually have been built.

@Stigstigster

Жыл бұрын

@@thedevilffs That sounds amazing. I look forward to watching that. Thanks for the interesting recommendation here.

By making this crude trebuchet you officialy enterd early medieval era! CONGRATULATIONS!!

I am impressed, with logs and stones you engineered a whole mechanichal device that works...... I am even more impressed that this whole process, is easier than smelting a single iron bar 😲

This seems like one of the less "primitive" technologies we've seen, but certainly one of the most fun! I always love seeing the braiding method for bark fibers, that more than anything seems incredibly worth knowing if you were lost in the wilderness for a long time.

@Caseyuptobat

Жыл бұрын

This was stone age viable. I think that's why, even though we have no evidence whatsoever to suggest neolithic humans actually built trebuchets, it counts as primitive because they very well had all the technology necessary to have done so.

@MasterCrander

Жыл бұрын

@@Caseyuptobat And even shepards and such nearly 5 thousand years ago carried slings; which was more or less the design for this pouch. Plus I wouldn't call something whose function is to throw rocks real good anything other than primitive hahaha

@mirko241

Жыл бұрын

@@MasterCrander Warwolf would like to have a word with you

@technomusicaddicted

Жыл бұрын

@@MasterCrander If you think about it Artillery is also just throwing rocks really well. Humans honestly never went beyond throwing bigger and tougher rocks faster and more accurately. We tied rocks to sticks to throw, then made stronger arms to throw rocks harder. Then found out big booms throw rocks even better. We'll be throwing asteroids around if we ever get that far. Newton truly is the deadliest son of a bitch in space.

@robertnett9793

Жыл бұрын

@@Caseyuptobat Hm... as you said, we have no evidence for this. Nor do we have much details about stone-age warfare. But from what we know, it was mostly raids on neighboring tribes. Also things like city walls weren't a thing back then. And you have to consider, that it takes quite a lot of time to set up this trebuchet. Time in which your target can grab their slings, bows and spears to stop you building your trebuchet by skewering your people... Trebuchets are siege weapons and we have no evidence of any sieges before there were fortified cities.