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A simple homemade crossbow designed for sports or amateur shooting. There are many types of this small arms, drawings and diagrams. Based on them, you can make a simple crossbow-type model or a unique sample. The first task is to deal with the device of the crossbow and choose the optimal manufacturing scheme.
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General description of the design
This type of weapon is designed to fire short arrows or bolts. Its advantages are compactness, noiselessness, relative ease of manufacture. The latter is the main driving factor in making crossbows with your own hands. To do this, you do not need a set of professional tools - it is enough to have basic tools for woodworking and metalworking.
But before you make a crossbow with your own hands, you need to study its design:
- Bed. All mechanisms and components are installed on it. It is made of hardwood, you can use a multi-layer base. The shape is as close as possible to the gun, provides ease of holding and loading.
- Shoulders are necessary for pulling the bowstring. It is possible to make a crossbow from a spring, but due to the strong tension force, it will be inconvenient. In addition, its power will be higher than allowed. Shoulders are made of spring steel or ordered ready-made for a specific power indicator. An alternative is to make a spring crossbow.
- Cross for attaching the shoulder. It is made of wood or steel, there is a mechanism for quick dismantling of tension plates.
- The trigger for a crossbow fixes the bowstring, and after pressing the trigger releases it. It is recommended to consider a safety mechanism.
- Tensioner. It is necessary to bring the device into working condition. The mini crossbow is not equipped with a similar mechanism due to the weak pulling power.
Drawing overview
At the first stage, a manufacturing scheme is developed. It is not recommended to take factory models as a basis, as they are characterized by a complex design, which increases the complexity of the process. Drawings of crossbows can differ significantly from each other, so it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the most popular designs.
classic model
For its manufacture will require a minimum of parts and components. Crossbow drawings can be developed independently, but it is better to take an existing scheme. Composite components - a bed, an arrow guide, a shoulder module, a bowstring retainer with a trigger mechanism.
You can make a crossbow out of wood according to the following scheme.
- Bed making. It is recommended to make a full-fledged butt. For amateur models, you can limit yourself to a simple rectangular base. Wood needs to be taken as hard as possible, but with the possibility of its processing.
- Choice of shoulder block material. You need spring steel, or its equivalent. It is important that at maximum tension it does not experience critical loads. The maximum length of one shoulder is up to 50 cm. To control the degree of tension, a block crossbow can be made.
- Trigger mechanism. The most complex module in the design. For manufacturing, you will need to follow the drawing exactly; the finished block is tested for fixing the bowstring.
- Tension method - manual or mechanical. If you need a crossbow for hunting, it is recommended to make a lever mechanism for quick loading.
For beginners, it is recommended to choose simple crossbow drawings. In the future, you can upgrade the finished design or make a new model.
spring
This is the best option if you need to hunt in the water (again, we remember that hunting with a crossbow is also prohibited in the Russian Federation). Springs are used instead of the classic shoulder block. They are located on the side parts of the bed, thereby reducing the dimensions of the structure. Underwater spring crossbow has a number of advantages - ease of manufacture, reliability, the ability to adjust the tension. The disadvantage is the short range of the arrow.
Features of the manufacture of a speargun for spearfishing:
- Springs are recommended to be placed in steel tubes. This will reduce the risk of clogging, reduce the likelihood of injury.
- The minimum number of wooden components if the model will be used for spearfishing.
- A lever block is required to cock the mechanism. If the spring is tight enough, it is problematic to do this with a pin.
The advantage of this design is that you can make it yourself from improvised materials. A detailed description is not needed for this, since it is often necessary to adapt the drawing to the available components.
Materials and tools
Making a crossbow at home begins with an analysis of the available materials. Most of the parts can be made by yourself, but it is recommended to buy the critical components or order from the master - the shoulder block and the trigger mechanism.
Manufacturing stages.
- According to the template, a bed is cut out, the necessary modules are formed on it - a place for inserting a trigger mechanism, a groove for an arrow.
- Manufacturing of shoulder module or spring mechanism. It is important to correctly calculate the load. Installation on the finished bed.
- Fastening the trigger mechanism, checking the correct hooking of the bowstring.
In the photo, the design may look simple. But for its independent production will require a lot of time and effort. This is especially true for block structures.
Additionally, you can make arrows for a crossbow. As a basis, you can use hardwood, duralumin or textolite tubes. To install a replacement tip, you will need to make a thread on the end of the arrow. The length depends on the characteristics of the crossbow. It is recommended to use natural plumage.
Hello, I am Alexander, the mastermind behind the blog.
In terms of career and free time, I connected my life with the forest. How else, when you live in Karelia! In this blog, I am responsible for the hunting, hiking and equipment sections. Welcome to my world!
