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This time I will discuss about KETAPEL
Do you know what the catapult is? Or have you ever made catapult toys for children, even for your own use?
The catapult is a gravel or small stone tool. Using branched, rubber (rubber band), and palm leaf pads, the catapult is usually used to dispel destructive animals, such as banish squirrels, bats and banish the birds in the fields.
Slingshot / slingshot is synonymous with children's toys whereas catapults were originally used for hunting, even used for warfare in Roman times. Generally catapults are made of tree or wooden branches made like the letter 'Y', but now catapults are made with various models and materials which are varied as iron and aluminum;
A catapult consists of three components, namely hilt, rubber and pedestal, Slapper handle is made of branched wood, but there is also of unbranched wood, the second component is spring rubber, the simplest rubber spring made of rubber bands are strung in such a way, slingshot made of solid cloth or rubber, this pad is useful for placing stone or gravel to throw, The three components catapult work synergistically so that it can catapult objects well ....
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