Found this forum while searching handmade medieval crossbows. I'd like to try my hand at one but have some questions. The first one being if it would be possible to make a crossbow prod from a piece of burned out plate. I always see people take barstock or some kind of steel and then form it to the shape but what if I drafted in CAD the shape and then had someone waterjet or even flame cut the shape out? It would be plain A36 steel say 1/2-3/4 inch thickness and I'd make the prod 1/4" thick ...
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