Crossbow plan

 

 

the cross bow will be consisted of mostly 2 parts them being the body of the crossbow and the bow part, with some small parts such as the trigger.

The body

the body will be made by using a 2 by 4 (like a wooden beam). the beam will then be measured and put through a band saw get the correct shape (which is around 75cm by 3cm by 8.5cm). before sanding down using the circular sander to smoothen the and have a smoother grip. if there is more time use a handheld sander to sand down the entire thing to make sure all of it is smooth and you wont get a splinter.

 

The bow

the bow will be a piece of bamboo that will be around 108cm long. it would be simple but would require the use of the small round saw I think to cut the corners on the ends of it to make the rope stay.

 

The trigger

the trigger would simply be a piece of metal or something hard on the latch so when the rope is pulled back and the rope is on the wood all we need to do it to flick the metal up and would release the string.

 

Connecting the body and the bow

this would be slightly tricky, however it can be done by cutting a square out of the body and putting the bamboo inside the square before filling up the square with wood and glue to hold it in place.

 

day 1 planning

make the plan

day 2 making

make the body

day 3 making

put bamboo onto the body

day 4 make groove and attach sting and trigger.