Sketches/Pictures and Measurement of Crossbow Trigger

TheAzn · Post by **TheAzn** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:32 am

Hey guys. I have several questions to ask. I am talking about Han Dynasty Crossbow Triggers BTW
1.Do any of you have pictures of the trigger mechanism and its measurements?

2.Do you have pictures and measurements of the individual parts of the mechanism?

Thank you

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:08 am

I can do that without much difficulty; but Han mechanisms were all different sizes. And the sizes were not related to actual use but to the prevailing official regulations about how much bronze (in weight) was allowed to be placed in burials. So they range from tiny to enormous - mostly related to the rank of the person buried.

TheAzn · Post by **TheAzn** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:09 am

Thanks for helping me, Stephen. I am interested in a trigger that is most likely to handle 350 lbs of draw-weight.

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:21 am

Ok. But I think you got us confused with your other post: we got the idea that you were looking for a conventional bow that drew 350 pounds.

If you want to follow the Han model, don't go the hornbow route. You make a bamboo leaf spring instead. (See this pic.)

S

TheAzn · Post by **TheAzn** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:37 pm

thanks for the pictures, Stephen.

Do you have the pictures and measurements of the triggers ready yet?

TheAzn · Post by **TheAzn** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:49 am

Stephen, if you were waiting all these while, I must apologize. Based on the present situation, it seems like I cannot finish building this crossbow.
I might, but there is no guarantee.

My dad and I have gotten into a huge fight. He is saying something along the line of:
"You may be good in school, but I will not tolerate you wasting your time on non-academic subjects "

I admit, Stephen, that I took too much of a long time to build this thing.
I am very disappointed right now, so can you please cheer me up?

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:26 am

TheAzn wrote: I am very disappointed right now, so can you please cheer me up?

Answered elsewhere.