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    Crossbow Construction 1999

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    Jerico Lausin
    The document describes the construction of a homemade crossbow over four parts. In part one, birch wood is used for the stock. Part two details the prod, or bow, which was first made of plastic but now uses cut sections of an old ski bonded with bolts. Its draw weight is around 43kg. Part three explains how a catch and resilient hook are used to make the prod removable and securely fastened to the stock. Part four presents a simple two-piece steel release mechanism and hopes the pictures show how it works.

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    Crossbow Construction 1999

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    The document describes the construction of a homemade crossbow over four parts. In part one, birch wood is used for the stock. Part two details the prod, or bow, which was first made of plastic but now uses cut sections of an old ski bonded with bolts. Its draw weight is around 43kg. Part three explains how a catch and resilient hook are used to make the prod removable and securely fastened to the stock. Part four presents a simple two-piece steel release mechanism and hopes the pictures show how it works.

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    The document describes the construction of a homemade crossbow over four parts. In part one, birch wood is used for the stock. Part two details the prod, or bow, which was first made of plastic but now uses cut sections of an old ski bonded with bolts. Its draw weight is around 43kg. Part three explains how a catch and resilient hook are used to make the prod removable and securely fastened to the stock. Part four presents a simple two-piece steel release mechanism and hopes the pictures show how it works.

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    722 views5 pages

    Crossbow Construction 1999

    Uploaded by

    Jerico Lausin
    The document describes the construction of a homemade crossbow over four parts. In part one, birch wood is used for the stock. Part two details the prod, or bow, which was first made of plastic but now uses cut sections of an old ski bonded with bolts. Its draw weight is around 43kg. Part three explains how a catch and resilient hook are used to make the prod removable and securely fastened to the stock. Part four presents a simple two-piece steel release mechanism and hopes the pictures show how it works.

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    CROSSBOW CONSTRUCTION Part One - Basic Dimentions.

    Material used for stock is the birch.

    Part Two - The Prod.


    Well, not much to say about it. The best matereal is the fiberglass, but I have not found a suitable piece of it. So, the first bow was made from some unknown plastic, found in the garage. It was 65 cm long and has about 37 kg draw weight. All was OK for some weeks, but then it got a terrible string follow. My current prod is made the next way: I took an old slalom ski, sawed back part of it, then cut it lengthwise. Thus I got limbs and mounted them on central section with long bolts. So I got a prod wich is longer than normal, but it works well , and does not have any string follow. It's draw weight is about 43 kg. Alternatively commercially produced prods can be purchased from several manufactures at a
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    fraction of the cost of finished crossbows.One such supplier is: Alchem Incorporated, 314 East 195th St. Euclid, Ohio 44119 (216) 313-8674 alchem@en.com

    Part Three - Bow Irons and assembling.


    Of course, I wanted to make a prod removable. So, I took a catch from old-fashioned ski binding and used a resilient hook When the catch is locked on the hook, the hook folds and clasps the prod to the stock. Notches on the stock and on the prod fit into each other and the prod is reliably fastened into place. Here is the general scheme of what it looks like

    And here is a more detailed drawing

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    Part Four - release mechanism.


    I made a simple mechanism, containing only two steel details, including a spring.

    I hope pictures show, how it works.

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    Here are release mechanism dimentions

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