tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14256401819302979402024-02-19T13:26:37.899+00:00Peters CrossbowMy First Attempt<br> At BuildingPeter Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383275330781610051noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425640181930297940.post-25156068268617344862012-03-07T20:24:00.000+00:002012-03-07T20:24:09.435+00:00Assembling the Crossbox<div><p>I thought it was time to put all the pieces together.<br />
Still a few finishing touches to complete.<br />
1. The Butt Plate (8 to 10 layers of pigs leather).<br />
2. The Prods plastic and metal seating protectors.<br />
3. Make the Sight.<br />
4. Anything else I can think of doing!</p><br />
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But this time their was lots and lots of heat and hammering.<br />
The Steel was a post from an old childs stair gate.<br />
One blowtorch was not enough to get the required heat into<br />
the metal. But with two it was a lot faster.<br />
My anvil is an old lump hammer and my main hammer is an<br />
old lump hammer.<br />
Three hours of beating the crap out of it and bending it in a vice, and I was very chuffed with result.</p><br />
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It was so easy to do, up until I had to drill it. I killed my 3mm and nearly killed my 4mm drill bits.<br />
Ah well I will have to buy some more!<br />
The Sight rail which is dovetailed was straight forward, except<br />
It took an age to recess the underside to hide the bolt spring body, I used a 5" grinder with a 1mm disc to remove the material.<br />
It does not look pretty but its all hidden under the rail.<br />
The Dryfire is a straight forward, gravity pin, which does the job.<br />
I was very pleased with the results.</p><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhX58wTwNHWjeKmUd96s-tQKuzgkmUsGih29phh1JCZNlcvF2tdrxTnqJWD5v_Ln5OV2we38btssjRU7FMc33Xpu8U3S_pWOt7O-ianIgsWXGGpc_1FFOYyAYoPZgMJQCxfO730bG2rQ/' /><br />
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3 coats of walnut stain applied with wire wool, to give the depth of color I was after.<br />
Another light sand with 600.<br />
Then 2 coats of clear epoxy, cut 50/50 with a solvent.<br />
Another light sand. Then to finish, Briwax.<br />
Has given the smooth satin look I was after.</p><p>Once again, thanks to jasonwemp (youtube), For his stock design.</p><br />
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Took me a hell of a time to get the front of the prod slot<br />
in the right place.<br />
More soon</p><br />
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fashioned 2 x 5mm thick end plates.<br />
More to follow</p><br />
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Not overly pretty but, it does the job.<br />
The rope runs very smoothly through the hooks, when I get<br />
the prod, I may even video the first cocking.</p><br />
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So decided to try and make a simple cocking rope.<br />
Two handles (Not started yet) and two hooks one of which is just about complete.<br />
It took me about 20 mins to cut all the pieces to a rough shape,<br />
out of 12mm aluminium flat bar and another hour with a file to<br />
shape the first hook.<br />
I'm not attempting to make a pulley version as I think a piece of<br />
tent guy rope or para cord, fully waxed should run smoothly<br />
through the aluminium hook. If not, I will have at least learned<br />
a few more aluminium shaping techneques. And have two new hooks<br />
for the wife to hang her pictures on.....</p><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXDmL-nd6_Cf7tB4GW9WsxF5NtNbIhEyQ5nQTZ-G7NT0k0gLkKTEV0meo3MBw2L2XIriZeAWGWYNOBu77bZZ15AMOWYQpFZICTdT6gbgrB6YLiaFAT6vamifQe5ckoUgHErcI_QKo6aY/' /><br />
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Well two actually. Because the natural colour of the wood<br />
is too yellow for me.<br />
So the two pictures below are one in direct sunlight and one in shade.<br />
Colours are Left to Right<br />
Walnut, natural with water added to bring out colour, and English Light Oak.<br />
The camera does not do the colours justice, as the grain really stands<br />
out with the two stained sections.<br />
I do prefer the Walnut as I have always liked that wood.<br />
But also I have a few sheets of Walnut Burr Vaneer, with an amazing<br />
grain pattern, which I might add a little to the project.</p><br />
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Both of which ar 1mtr long. (One piece would have done).<br />
They fit like a glove. I decided to shape a little arrow head in end of each side.<br />
I also bought single slot wood screws to fix the rails in place, which i will do tomorrow.<br />
The rails will eventually be bedded in epoxy and screwed in place after the wood has its finish.<br />
The 175lbs prod I have ordered from merlin archery has a brace length of 4"<br />
and a power stroke of 12" giving me a 16" prod to nut, rail length.<br />
When the prod arrives I will shorten the stock and reshape the prod end of it.<br />
What is next is research in attaching the prod.<br />
I want to make it so it can be removed quickly and easily. Yet it has to look smooth with no nuts or bolts sticking out!</p><br />
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Beating the crap out of metal is so therapeutic.<br />
But I didn't do too much beating today.<br />
One large lump hammer as a anvil base, and one 50mm core<br />
drill bit as an anvil round, and one extra lump hammer just for fun. Out of shot is a plumbers blow torch.<br />
I must admit that the blowtorch heated the 5mm aluminium to <br />
a point where I could easily bend it with pliers.<br />
Only a little hammering neaded (boo hoo).<br />
A bit of filing a lot of sanding and a bit of drilling later.<br />
The trigger guard was ready to install.<br />
Chiselling some meterial from the stock to fit the guard.<br />
Two drill holes in the wood, and OMG no bloody screws.<br />
Used two drywall screws as a temparary measure.<br />
I will replace them after a visit to B & Q<br />
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The design is same-old, same-old, but for its position.<br />
If you look closely, you can see that the dry-fire falls into the trigger mechanism, <br />
giving it support at the base of the latch as well as at the top.</p><p>Even though the two screws holding top rail in place are very large<br />
and strong, I was concerned about the force of the string hitting the<br />
dry-fire latch and dislodging the top rail.<br />
This has been overcome with the latch been almost vertical and supported from the top and bottom.<br />
The top rail will also double as a sight support and a connection point<br />
for the bolt retaining spring.<br />
I added a piece of timber to the rear of the trigger to support the  dry-fire device. If you look closely at the photos you will see<br />
two 2" dowels, running through it, into the stock.</p><br />
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I've done a fare amount of work on my crossbow today, but most of it has been done in my head.<br />
I started the inital layout of the dry-fire mechanism, which is going well. Its a top mounted dry-fire, made from aluminium.<br />
I concidered a bottom rail mounted dry-fire, but gravity is working for me on a top mounted version. In my opinion though, an aluminium string catcher, (essentially what a dry-fire is) Is more of an anti-go-off-half-cocked device, rather than a dry-fire device.<br />
The dry-fire device should be a secondary safety-catch, which would stop you pulling the trigger, unless a bolt is present. (Only my opinion).</p><p>There is a few things you must realise about me. That is I have NEVER fired or even held a crossbow before. All my small amount of knowledge has come from the net with hours upon hours of reading.<br />
Many many moons ago I served my time as an apprentice cabinat maker, so wood is no stranger to me.<br />
Engineering and design has always been a passion of mine, and working with my hands is a pleasure for me.<br />
So any points I make here is through my experiance building this crossbow.</p><p>With the exception of the Prod / Limb, I intend to build everything I need / wish to have for this crossbow.<br />
Which includes the Bolts (I will buy the shafts), Quiver, Case, Red/Green-dot Sight, Laser Boresighter, String (I will buy one for reference),   </p><p>I do like Jasonwemp's idea of adding a switch on the stock for the Red dot sight. But I thought I might try and take it a step further, and add a capacitive touch circuit to the aluminium trigger. So the second your finger touches the trigger the red dot sight will turn on. (More of a gadget than a necessity, but might be fun).</p><p>I have made some mistakes within this build, but its all a learning curve to me.<br />
When the build is complete I will go over all the mistakes in detail and how to overcome or even, not make them.</p></div>Peter Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383275330781610051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425640181930297940.post-79101692479731582012-02-24T17:56:00.000+00:002012-02-24T17:56:23.421+00:00Trigger Fitted and More Shaping Done.<div><p>It took me another 2 hours with a chisel to dig out enough<br />
material, so the trigger mechanism fitted smoothly and snugly.<br />
With advise from the Arbalist Guild, I will leave most of the stock untouched, and square.<br />
Which will help in fitting the limb.<br />
But with a little work in the right places, the stock is starting to<br />
obtain that smooth curvaceous feel, I was looking for.</p><br />
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Had to use a bit of 3 x 2 instead.<br />
Mark out the stock and chisel the crap out of it.<br />
Thank God, my chisel is sharp!<br />
Two and a half hours later. Still not finished.<br />
Time to call it a night, I will continue tomorrow.</p><br />
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But all is ok.<br />
The stock still has plenty of material left either side of the trigger.<br />
More tomorrow.<br />
Cheers<br />
PeterPeter Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383275330781610051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425640181930297940.post-29372239742533473152012-02-21T19:15:00.000+00:002012-02-21T19:15:56.701+00:00Thumb Hole and Shaping<div><div><p>I removed the 10mm from the other side of the stock/butt.<br />
Drilled out the thumb hole and started a rough shaping of the stock. Haven't done too much tonight, as I'm too knackered after work today.<br />
Once the butt has a basic shape, I have to fit the trigger mechanism.<br />
I know more wood will have to be removed around the thumb hole.<br />
As the design of my trigger, requires me to use my thumb for the safety catch.</p><br />
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The colour difference on top of the stock in the next picture is due to me giving it a quick rub with 400 grit paper. It really brings out the grain. <br />
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The center of the butt was removed. Just a rasp needed to<br />
clean it up.<br />
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Its now time to remove some of the thickness from the butt.<br />
With a hand saw, half an hour later, 10mm came of the first side. <br />
The other side will be done after work tomorrow.<br />
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Used bench drill and lots of holes a chisel and a rasp.</p>
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Don't have a machine for this, so a hand saw and a set<br />
of rasps, is what i'm using.<br />
The tongue and groove joint is very strong and worked well.<br />
The Opepe is a very hard wood and going is slow, but very enjoyable.<br />
More to follow.<br />
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Got the router out and started the tongue and groove joint.<br />
Life is so much easier with a router.<br />
More pictures to follow after the glue dries!!!!!!<br />
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I wanted to rip it down to 4 x 2 inch. But unfortunately I don't have a bed saw. So the hand saw came out.<br />
I marked out the timber, brushed the cobwebs off the saw and set to work.<br />
I forget how hard it is to cut a good quality timber.<br />
2 coffees and 2 hours later the rip was done. Not perfect but close enough. A quick clean up with a plane and I was a happy chappy.<br />
The timber was not wide enough to accommodate the full design (Thanks to Jay <a href="http://jasonwemp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Jasons blog </a> for the design template). So I'm using the excess from the end of the piece to make up the difference. I'm lucky enough to have had a good quality router bought for me, by my father-in-law for Christmas, a year or so ago.<br />
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So attaching the 2 excess pieces with a tight fitting tongue and groove joint, should not be a problem.<br />
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I would have liked to have done the joints and glued up the piece tonight, but I've had a glass of sherry and using a router on an expensive piece of timber, while not 100% on the ball. is not a good idea.<br />
More updates tomorrow night.<br />
Peter.........<br />
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Hope you like it.<br />
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Comment Please.<br />
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Next for the stock.Peter Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383275330781610051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425640181930297940.post-24964979986180934892012-02-14T11:14:00.002+00:002012-02-15T00:05:47.446+00:00The Story So Far<b>A quick stills video of the work so far</b><br><br><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-WoBvbv-_-k" width="420"></iframe><br><br />
Sorry for the musicPeter Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383275330781610051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425640181930297940.post-69965606533566682022012-02-14T08:16:00.001+00:002012-02-14T08:16:18.089+00:00Springs<div><p>I did find a good selection of springs in an old VCR.</p>
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After the initial cuts and drilling was done. All was left was the shaping with the set of files I have in my shed. <br />
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(Tip 1.) <br />
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I found the work was much easier with unclogged files. <br />
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So keep cleaning them with a wire brush. <br />
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Infact I spent about the same amount of time clean the files as I did using them. But it was well worth it.<br />
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(Tip 2.) <br />
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The drill press. <br />
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After using a center punch to mark a hole to drill, I clamped the piece into the drill press. Unfortunatly, it was not in the perfect position, but the drill bit still found the punch hole. <br />
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On completing the drilling of the piece the hole was not straight.  <br />
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The best solution was to center punch the hole but don't clamp the piece into the drill press. Allowing the drill to center the piece for you.<br />
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As it stands I have a working trigger mechanism. <br />
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My safety catch design is different to must, as it must be held down by the thumb in the fire position, to be able to pull the trigger.  Releasing the safety catch will automatically re-engage it. <br />
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Basically the safety catch is always ON, unless you hold it off.<br />
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Finger is above the safety catch<br />
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Sliding down the safety catch<br />
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Excuse the rubber band.<br />
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I said I was in need of some springs!<br />
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