Homemade Paper Medieval Style Crossbow

Homemade Paper Medieval Style Crossbow. The only items that I have used to make this are: Paper, Cardboard,Tape and Screws. Took me nearly about a month to make. Take a look at the pictures to get a rough idea on how I made the crossbow.

1.Made 9 rolls of paper and stuck them together in the form of three layers (1 layer = 3 rolls).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4PzoCVkSc&feature=channel&list=UL

2. Cut two pieces of cardboard in the shape of the stock and glued them together and stuck pieces of newspaper on the sides. then I made two such pieces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVKxlbtH_w&feature=channel&list=UL

3. Glued the rolls to one piece of the cardboard stock and added few layers of card board in the front.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVKxlbtH_w&feature=channel&list=UL

4. Made the nut. Made it such that there is an opening in the middle so that the bolt/arrow can fit through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVKxlbtH_w&feature=channel&list=UL

5. Made the tickler/trigger by sticking 64 layers (6 sets of 8 layers) together in the shape of the trigger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVKxlbtH_w&feature=channel&list=UL

6. Made holes in the cardboard for the trigger an nut. Used sticks to hold trigger and nut. Added layers of cardboard for spacing between the 2 pieces of the stock and between the trigger and nut and the stock. Used a spring to add tension to the trigger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVKxlbtH_w&feature=channel&list=UL

7. Covered all the sides with 10 layers of paper (except the top railing part). Top railing part was covered with 1 layer of paper. The sticks could not tolerate the pressure from the rubber bands and hence broke. So I used screws instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VZjapkMSY&feature=relmfu

8. The 'sight block' (1st image) was made by sticking layers and layers of cardboard together until it had the desired thickness. Then a slot was made over the sight block in order to hold the arrow holder.
    The 'arrow holder' consists of a rectangular piece of 16 layers of paper with a curved/bent strip of  16 layers of paper. This bent strip holds the bolt/arrow down. The arrow holder can be fit on to the sight block by pushing it through the slot made over the sight block.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VZjapkMSY&feature=relmfu

9. The rails were made by sticking two strips of cardboard side-by-side over the railing part.These strips were then covered with one layer of paper. The bolt/arrow can slide smoothly over the railing and can fit through the gap made in the nut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VZjapkMSY&feature=relmfu

10. The stock is finished

11. To know how the prod was made, watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7wCFSrbTzM&feature=channel&list=UL

12.All pieces are painted

The Homemade Paper Medieval Style Crossbow

The crossbow consists of three rubber bands per side and is quite strong. It can shoot straight up to a range of 15 feet. When the weapon was just made it was quite accurate.but now it can only hit an area within a radius of about 6-8 inches. I also have to say that this is the first weapon that I have built which has a curvy shape. This crossbow is called a Medieval Style Crossbow because it resembles the crossbows used in the medieval times. Except that my crossbow is made out of paper and is powered by rubber bands.

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