Mechanical Artillery 101: Yes, You Can Be a Siege Engineer
Maker Faire Bay Area 2026
September 25th-27th
Presentation
Engineering
Learn how to design and build your own siege engine. Starting with a survey of machines through history, and then a bunch of practical tips gathered over 2 decades of building catapults in a wide variety styles and sizes
Schedule
Fri
25
Coke & Mentos Stage
12:45 pm
Sat
26
Coke & Mentos Stage
12:45 pm
Sun
27
Coke & Mentos Stage
11:30 am
Jeff Del Papa
Maker, metalworker, founder of the first US team to appear on Junkyard Wars/Scrapheap Challenge. Builder of catapults. Teacher of children. Racer of kinetic sculpture.
Categories: Engineering
