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Offline Del the cat

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Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« on: October 06, 2018, 02:29:23 pm »
Finally got it all together :)
video here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcI_GfUmB1A&t=38s
Haven't measured the speed yet, it was just one nervy test shot.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2018, 08:09:53 pm »
Pretty cool, Del. From what I can see it looks pretty quick.
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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2018, 11:32:11 pm »
I'd say that bolt is moving right smartly!
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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2018, 05:03:41 am »
Just plucked up courage and shot it through the chrono'
255 fps  ;D
It needs some minor improvement to the limb mountings as they are tending to twist up at the tips slightly due to all the taper being up from the lower edge.
All in all it's pretty good :)
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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2018, 07:24:05 am »
Pretty impressive Del. Thanks for sharing. Always love your videos.
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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2018, 05:26:33 am »
Pretty impressive, nice job Del. :)
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2018, 06:01:52 am »
Very cool... looks like ya really put some time into that rig, great job.
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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2018, 09:28:46 am »
Cheers guys, it's still a work in progress, but hopefully, being glass it won't drop speed and poundage like the previous boo/wood prods did :(
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2018, 06:26:31 pm »
Wowzers.  :o 255 is pretty unbelievable. Did the wooden ones they made back in the dark ages shoot that fast?
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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2018, 07:06:16 am »
Quote from: upstatenybowyer on October 09, 2018, 06:26:31 pm
Wowzers.  :o 255 is pretty unbelievable. Did the wooden ones they made back in the dark ages shoot that fast?
I don't think they shot that fast, but the big steel prods could throw a very heavy heavy projectile.
One big windlass crossbow with a draw weight of over half a tone was shot over a quarter mile by Sir Ralph Payne Galwey, so they must have been pretty quick.
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Del's glass/maple crossbow prod gets a test shot
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2018, 11:50:15 am »
Thats very impressive,lots of engineering in that.would be fun to play with.
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