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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Homemade slingshot crossbow Dec 16^th, 2012 at 12:35pm I made this today, not very strong but it works. In the future I hope to make a stronger one. It's a design I made myself. My first plan was to make a real crossbow but I failed, so I used rubbertubing and this is alot easier. It's not really a crossbow, more a slingshot crossbow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfyHL8-wF8c
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1636 Colorado USA Gender:	Re: Homemade cross/slingbow Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2012 at 12:40pm Awesome!
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Homemade slingshot crossbow Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2012 at 1:21pm very neat what's the purpose of the string ?
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Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2012 at 1:26pm

Curious Aardvark wrote on Dec 16^th, 2012 at 1:21pm:

very neat

what's the purpose of the string ?

Well, it holds the ''bow'' against the frame and it also holds the rubber tubing in place.
I could just tie or glue the bow to the frame, but I like it this way more. It looks alot cooler and this way I can (dis)assemble the slingshot bow very easy.

I'll see if I can get a pic of what I mean, it's kinda hard to explain.

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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: Homemade slingshot crossbow Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2012 at 1:37pm Here is how the rubber tubing is kept in place. This way when the string is pulled back the rubber tubing is pushed tightly against the 'bow'. I came up with it myself.
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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Homemade slingshot crossbow Reply #5 - Dec 17^th, 2012 at 10:16pm That is a neat solution, it hold the bow securely but still lets you break it down to transport it.
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Homemade slingshot crossbow Reply #6 - Dec 26^th, 2014 at 3:42am Here is mine: It shoots 20mm lead balls weighting about 45 grams. Max range is about 250-300m It brakes 1" pine planks at 10-20 m, sometimes it just leaves big half sphere deep dents in it. You can hear the balls hissing through the air as they fly
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Homemade slingshot crossbow Reply #7 - Dec 26^th, 2014 at 3:44am Made from a crutch,metal pieces. Dokamid rollers turned on a lathe. It was designed with a magazine, but didn't built that..
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