How to make a stronger Crossbow

 by thingygoboom
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This instructable explains the 'basics' of making yourself a home-made crossbow. Feel free to expirement and comment!
 
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Step 1: Materials

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For this crossbow, you need some rubber bands, a clothespin, a ton of pospicle sitcks, some skewers or straight, small peices of wood and a peice of wood about 45 cm X 10 cm X 2 cm. It doesnt really matter exactly. As tools you need a saw and some wood glue.
maddman says: Dec 21, 2010. 4:55 PM
this would be considered a toy, correct? i will demonstrate to you the great power of madd. i will create a instructable for something much more how should i say ? Effective. none the less , this is generally amusing to a child , good day sir.
zazarul says: Oct 15, 2010. 6:17 AM
hye....if you use a guitar string.....its srong than any wire or rubber
-Cody- says: May 27, 2010. 7:59 PM
Oh, and btw, email me for my design, i also know how to make bows, arrows, catapolts, but they r my designs and not yet perfected. Email4cody@yahoo.com
afridave in reply to -Cody-Oct 12, 2010. 3:37 AM
try using one or two or maybe even 3 camping bed legs for a bow. i tried with one as i only have one, and it was quite powerful but not powerful enough but the bed leg does not loose its shape or springliness. i could not get the bed leg to stop twisting in the stock. but two or 3 strapped together may give a flatter surface to fasten to the stock, but it may be very difficult to load.
-Cody- says: May 27, 2010. 7:50 PM
Sorry, but i think i will stick to my design, it will easily kill things, but hard to relode.
twodogs says: Aug 5, 2009. 1:39 AM
how far I mean does it shoot
twodogs says: Aug 5, 2009. 1:38 AM
how does it shoot
anarki121 says: Jan 12, 2008. 12:28 PM
u dont hunt birds with a cross bow <_>
sppppy says: Mar 13, 2009. 9:40 PM
you should use bamboo cane instead of loli sticks for the bow
Aklash, The hunchback says: Jan 25, 2009. 2:16 PM
kudos on the bolt. simple idea, ive been using dowels and garden stakes as arrows for a long time but i never came up w/ using paper fletching before. good idea
david s 91 says: Jan 12, 2009. 10:25 AM
lame
Jaycub in reply to david s 91Jan 12, 2009. 9:19 PM
The bow par could be a lot better.
david s 91 in reply to JaycubJan 13, 2009. 9:47 AM
to steady the aim try to make a stock from something in my experience a 2 by 4 cut into the general shape of a stock then smoothed out works pretty well.
kaos863 says: Dec 28, 2008. 12:54 PM
can it kill a rabbit?
matthewthemad says: May 13, 2007. 4:08 AM
Very nice idea, i tried making one with a coat hanger as a bow and rubber bands for a string. What kind of string did you use for yours?
thoraxe in reply to matthewthemadFeb 24, 2008. 12:47 PM
Coat Hanger and rubber bands wont work. Elastic bands belong to slingshots, not bows. Also, the Coat hanger metal tends to stay bent.
TheMadScientist in reply to matthewthemadJun 11, 2007. 10:15 PM
want realism? go back to the early times and use sinew!
Jobar007 in reply to TheMadScientistDec 3, 2007. 6:17 PM
What would be better is linen cord. Much stronger, lighter and it won't stretch over time.
TheMadScientist in reply to Jobar007Dec 28, 2007. 4:47 AM
yeah, but what fun is it if you don't get to yank the feet off of the dead corpses of birds!?!
hg341 in reply to TheMadScientistNov 20, 2007. 5:43 PM
no we but need it that real
jakesllama says: Dec 4, 2007. 3:57 PM
dang how do you put your pics up?
jakesllama says: Dec 4, 2007. 3:56 PM
this is him
jakesllama says: Dec 4, 2007. 3:54 PM
smart i didn't think of a row of lolly pop sticks i used a coil of elastic bands and carved the cross bow by hand for stronger uses
receiver545 says: Nov 2, 2007. 1:28 PM
hey you should use chop sticks and duct tape fins as a arrow the chop sticks are alrready sharp and want break or dull and duct tape fins want fall off of tear up!!
Darkknight512 says: Aug 17, 2007. 9:18 AM
Looks disturbingly like mine, but mine is neater, http://www.instructables.com/id/EW3CWSIT9VEYF7ISOE/
paulm says: Jun 23, 2007. 5:27 PM
check out mine, and also, use a nylon string
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