http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/ Discussion of traditional target archery Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:43:04 GMT Brad Boda d'Aylward http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26876 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26876 North/Central Pennsylvania Brad Subject: Re: [SCA-Archery] Decent, cheap bow ... used bows. I am in Atenveldt/Arizona Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:33:19 GMT Omelan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26875 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26875 ... Thanks for the heads-up Jon, look foward to reading it. Omelan eBay sniper Happy Hunting!!! Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:59:20 GMT James W. Pratt, Jr. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26874 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26874 By light I would mean less than 200 lb. But that is not using wooden dowel rod material, but using a round sawn from a thick board and the notch cut from the Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:30:22 GMT John edgerton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26873 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26873 Thanks, I would love to see some pictures. Jon ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:35:27 GMT James W http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26872 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26872 I would stay away from steel roller nut and go with the plastic rod which you can either source locally or from alcheminc.com If you want to go the horn Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:47:39 GMT Drew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26871 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26871 The crossbow that i am building will have a 150# draw weight prod on it. I'll be mainly using the crossbow for hunting. As for the horn, I'd love to try it, Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:42:46 GMT Drew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26870 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26870 The roller nut is part of the trigger on a crossbow. Andreas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:10:05 GMT Carolus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26869 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26869 I took two 1/4" plates and cut notches into them which I rounded to be string friendly. I then turned a piece of 1-1/4" aluminum rod into an hourglass shape Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:06:19 GMT i_griffen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26868 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26868 It is possible if you was to take your wooden/delrin nut to a machinest he/she could make you one out of Steel or T6 Iain Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:38:44 GMT John edgerton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26867 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26867 Carolus I would like to learn more about your "fabricated aluminum skeleton roller nut". Jon Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:55:06 GMT Carolus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26866 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26866 I have used Mycrta as a replacement for ivory. I have used solid metal nuts and found them too heavy for good performance. For my combat crossbow I used a Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:14:47 GMT James W http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26865 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26865 If for a crossbow, horn would be more period appropriate. The Delrin that is available on Alcheminc.com is intended to substitute for horn. You will still have Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:04:15 GMT George Bottorf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26864 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26864 Greetings. Look up Alchem. They have a plastic roller nut, but not steel. I have seen brass and steel ones offered before. Can't remember exactly where. Google Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:08:50 GMT Fritz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26863 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26863 When Mark Hendershott put fingers to keys it was 11/17/09 2:22 PM... ... Y'can make one quick and simple as above, you can even do it with a hacksaw, chisels, Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:58:49 GMT Steven Chang http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26862 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Archery/message/26862 Are you talking about this thing for the ILF limbs? http://www.tradtecharchery.com/Details.aspx?itemNo=3880095 or Are you talking about a roller nut for a