Use code alpha at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: incogni.com/alpha P.s, to clarify my yapping about speargun rubber vs flat bands; Flat bands have higher speed potential than speargun rubber, but lose more energy to heat than speargun rubber does. This leads me to believe the best of both worlds for a rubber powered crossbows is a speargun rubber/mechanical advantage combo. An alternative would be loading up a mechanical advantage system with flat bands, but personally I think it'd be hideous and would wear out much quicker than speargun rubber. Then again, this is all speculation so I basically just wasted your time having you read this haha. Sorry.
Is it possible for you to make a ratcheting draw mechanism like you did with the ballista? Maybe one thats integrated into the stock with folding handles so you don't have all anymore protrusions than it already has.
Both are "SLINGSHOTS" in how they function. A CROSSBOW used a BENDING METAL SHAFT (versus a bow's wooden shaft) and SOLID STRING. If you are using any "stretchy" string/rope/tube/etc, it's a slingshot, regardless of what "shape" you make it.
Eli my brother, I've been a sub for the better part of ten years now. I've almost never commented, or nothing serious at least. This to say, I think you should consider wearing safety glasses while firing this beastie. I know you're a grown ass man and can make your own decisions, but seeing 3 feet of cord, elastic, and tackle, pulled to tension, aiming directly at your eyeballs, I worry that kids like myself, 10 years ago, will attempt to recreate this design and fail spectacularly, even dangerously. Idk man, much love, you were/are a big role model to me, yada yada, god bless
Eli now: "No more crossbow videos.' Eli later: "Wellas, I know this looks like a crossbow, but it's actually a...projectile acceleration device. Very advanced technology. Cutting edge. I got it from area 51 when I escaped, actually." *Insert editing that emphasizes Eli's head along with some generic alien sound effects*
Eli, I found your channel on a school night in 2016. I was only about 12 or 13 and at the time I was very interested in blacksmithing as a creative outlet. Throughout the years and your ups and downs, seeing you now in your own garage toying with your little creations like santa with his elves makes me happy that the passage of time has been kind to you. I'm 20 now and you're one of the only channels I still watch, like an old friend. Keep making crossbows.
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Turn that grip 90° and you could put a small shield on the other side of your arm attached at the same points of the brace and grip. Shield-bow, all the d&d nerds would love it
Been here since you used fishing line to precariously "combine" a plank of wood with razor blades and call it a Leiomano or some such. Seeing you transform from some scrappy nerd into a grown man with a family and a job he can love has been inspiring. Happy for you brother. Straight up. You went from firing stuff at plywood in probably your dad's garage to buying actual targets and firing at them in probably your own yard.
Yo, amateur archer over here, a good form technique that will make your arrow fly more accurately left to right, is that you don't want to throw your hand out from your face. Especially when you end up moving the draw length back properly, if you keep your hand anchored to your cheek, it will fly less weird. Love your work Eli.
Love "the art of blacksmithing" in the background. Brilliant book by a brilliant man. As a member of the Alex Bealer Blacksmithing Association you are welcome in my shop of your ever down in GA. God bless and guide you man.
Just wanted to say Ive been watching your videos since you were making zombie killing gear and Ive always enjoyed watching the process you go through to make everything. And yes your build quality has improved a lot, keep up the good work!
6:45 That kick out you’re describing could also be due to how you’re nocking the arrow. You’re nocking it and then twisting it into the whisker biscuit. Which adds twist in the string that wants to correct itself as the arrow comes off. Which can kick it out sideways. If you nock the arrow more in line with the flight path by feeding it through the biscuit first you might eliminate that issue.
You should do a hunt with one of these (sling bow, sling crossbow, or crossbow). I’m a big fan of hunting with my slingshots and blowguns that I make. Very rewarding. Plus free meat, plus hunting videos usually get views like crazy.
Hey Eli, sounds like you need to build an apocalyptic rubber tire pauldron, and a matching hand crossbow using rubber bands that fires rubber balls wrapped in rubbers.
I always make sure to watch all the ads and sponsored segments on your channel for you. Always loved your channel, you made me a really creative person growing up and it shaped who i am. Keep it up ❤
So proud to see you, overcoming your SmallPoc to be the ultimate DIY medieval weapon craft UA-camr from Northern Illinois. I think we would happily watch you do anything and we are here for you, brother. Best wishes for a merry Christmas to you and yours.
15:03 Using joules is actually a very effective method of determining muzzle energy! If you're projectile produces anywhere close to 250 joules, that's around the energy of a 380acp handgun round. Very effective!
For keeping the arrow in the whisker biscuit - longer arrows. It'll make the arrow slightly heavier, but once you upgrade the rubbers, you'll be able to hunt with that thing.
Wasnt he gonna create a prototype crossbow to then base the new ballista off that?. Idk if he’s going to finish the ballista since no more crossbow vids apparently
6:06 hey Eli, something stood out to me. When you go to draw the bow, your body position lowers your arm and you get that kick out , what if you modified the arms of the Bow to be a steeper than 180° to offset you natural body position??
The cool thing about a rigid frame like this is, you COULD in theory put the locking & trigger mechanism into a detachable stock. This way it would work like a crossbow with the stock attached, allowing you to let it sit loaded for a while if you were hunting from a blind for instance - and WITHOUT the stock attached, you could use it like a slingbow for faster loading and firing. You could even make the frame more adjustable by nesting the square tubing within one another and some heavy-duty cotter pins to lock them (kinda like the arms on a weightlifting bench). That way if you ever want to tweak it by changing out the pulleys or the rubber loops, you can do that without having to build the whole frame from scratch every time. I think your channel is one of the longest I've EVER been continuously subscribed to at almost 10yrs now, and it's been awesome to see you going from building the same kind of random stuff I got in trouble for breaking from my dad's shop, to having over a million subs and being married making a full-on living at it. Keep up the incredible work man, you're really an inspiration.
Honestly man, you've come along way with welding, blending, and design. Both the slingbow and crossbow looking NICE!. IDK if you could do a deeper "Y" for the handle, so you can still bend the elbow while having a longer draw, instead of the double reinforced elbow-nook you have now. Or a whole 22 degree-ish tilt to everything from the back to tip off the baseplate, so that when you draw it's more inline? But also mark that I am drunk and have no experience making slingbows.
I like it. I may have used trig to lengthen your string base tho. If you attach the ends of the string to the 'stock' you will lengthen the pull slightly. Good job! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been a subscriber since the beginning haven’t been on the internet much the past few years but I love logging into UA-cam and seeing you pop up keep it up man
Joules are a level playing field for comparing the energy in a projectile so they are more valuable than a projectile speed like "feet per second" because a heavy steel crossbow can't shoot as fast as a long bow, but that doesn't mean that the bolt carries less destructive power to the target. Also if the bow speed is low you can increase the bolt weight to better utilise the stored energy up to a point. What point? The point at which the joules stops increasing.
I'm here for as many crossbows as you want to make. I like seeing you get really into one thing, and iteratively improve your design until you end up with something unique and effective.
Watching Eli after all these years feels like watching a good friend rave about his passions and hobbies and I love every minute of it, keep it up friend ❤
The onething that I would try to improve now.. Is making it LIGHTER. If you could build the frame out of something smaller than that thick square tube.. It would lighten it up and make it easier to carry and really make it look slick. These things slap though.. very cool project
That's super cool man, pretty sure if I tried building a crossbow like that here in Australia I would either get put on a police watch list or break all my teeth XD
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P.s, to clarify my yapping about speargun rubber vs flat bands;
Flat bands have higher speed potential than speargun rubber, but lose more energy to heat than speargun rubber does. This leads me to believe the best of both worlds for a rubber powered crossbows is a speargun rubber/mechanical advantage combo. An alternative would be loading up a mechanical advantage system with flat bands, but personally I think it'd be hideous and would wear out much quicker than speargun rubber. Then again, this is all speculation so I basically just wasted your time having you read this haha. Sorry.
You could post a rock skipping video and I'd watch it
@@Prisoner_jeff same, honestly
Is it possible for you to make a ratcheting draw mechanism like you did with the ballista? Maybe one thats integrated into the stock with folding handles so you don't have all anymore protrusions than it already has.
Both are "SLINGSHOTS" in how they function. A CROSSBOW used a BENDING METAL SHAFT (versus a bow's wooden shaft) and SOLID STRING.
If you are using any "stretchy" string/rope/tube/etc, it's a slingshot, regardless of what "shape" you make it.
Eli my brother, I've been a sub for the better part of ten years now.
I've almost never commented, or nothing serious at least.
This to say, I think you should consider wearing safety glasses while firing this beastie. I know you're a grown ass man and can make your own decisions, but seeing 3 feet of cord, elastic, and tackle, pulled to tension, aiming directly at your eyeballs, I worry that kids like myself, 10 years ago, will attempt to recreate this design and fail spectacularly, even dangerously.
Idk man, much love, you were/are a big role model to me, yada yada, god bless
With each video, Eli becomes more and more like joergsprave
Yeah 200J is no joke he is BECOMING THE GERMAN
I totally forgot about Joergsprave, he is legit my childhood lol
More balder, more stronger, and more slingshotter
LET ME SHOW YOU HIS FEATURES
He's just missing the glorious paunchy laugh
Eli now: "No more crossbow videos.'
Eli later: "Wellas, I know this looks like a crossbow, but it's actually a...projectile acceleration device. Very advanced technology. Cutting edge. I got it from area 51 when I escaped, actually." *Insert editing that emphasizes Eli's head along with some generic alien sound effects*
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@@rektexcalibur5254 lol, same. The man has earned it!
Please never apologize for making another crossbow shooting video. These things are so damn interesting!
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Never say please when forcing him not to apologize
Man I'm proud of you Eli. Seeing you come from some dingy basement, to your own garage. I'm glad to see you succeed.
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Eli, I found your channel on a school night in 2016. I was only about 12 or 13 and at the time I was very interested in blacksmithing as a creative outlet. Throughout the years and your ups and downs, seeing you now in your own garage toying with your little creations like santa with his elves makes me happy that the passage of time has been kind to you. I'm 20 now and you're one of the only channels I still watch, like an old friend. Keep making crossbows.
Loyalty is not a common trait found on Social Media. When I do see it I take a moment to commend the individual who possesses it, keep being a commendable young man.
same bro, same
@@zeushd180 thank you.
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@@rektexcalibur5254 FOR THE ALGORITHM!!
Turn that grip 90° and you could put a small shield on the other side of your arm attached at the same points of the brace and grip. Shield-bow, all the d&d nerds would love it
thiiiiis
Your crossbows also Unga my Bunga.
I play an aggro deck in Digimon TCG and this Ungas my Bunga as much as playing with cardboard
consider my Bunga thoroughly Unga'd
Can confirm; ungas have been bungaed.
Been here since you used fishing line to precariously "combine" a plank of wood with razor blades and call it a Leiomano or some such. Seeing you transform from some scrappy nerd into a grown man with a family and a job he can love has been inspiring. Happy for you brother.
Straight up. You went from firing stuff at plywood in probably your dad's garage to buying actual targets and firing at them in probably your own yard.
The Leiomano was sick, idc what anyone says.
I love this channel because it's literally "Sir, the doohickeys are working at full efficiency"
1:11 “im hard at work” has multiple meanings after you shot that crossbow
For anyone curious: a .22 lr bullet has ~170 joules of energy. So the 215 joules of the crossbow is great.
22lr maxes out around 180-190fpe, but to your point 125fpe is probably a better working average for the cartridge
Yo, amateur archer over here, a good form technique that will make your arrow fly more accurately left to right, is that you don't want to throw your hand out from your face. Especially when you end up moving the draw length back properly, if you keep your hand anchored to your cheek, it will fly less weird. Love your work Eli.
Love "the art of blacksmithing" in the background. Brilliant book by a brilliant man. As a member of the Alex Bealer Blacksmithing Association you are welcome in my shop of your ever down in GA.
God bless and guide you man.
Just wanted to say Ive been watching your videos since you were making zombie killing gear and Ive always enjoyed watching the process you go through to make everything. And yes your build quality has improved a lot, keep up the good work!
Cant wait for the next crossbow video!!
6:45 That kick out you’re describing could also be due to how you’re nocking the arrow. You’re nocking it and then twisting it into the whisker biscuit. Which adds twist in the string that wants to correct itself as the arrow comes off. Which can kick it out sideways. If you nock the arrow more in line with the flight path by feeding it through the biscuit first you might eliminate that issue.
You and only one other creator do I watch with my ad block off. Videos are always top tier!
You should do a hunt with one of these (sling bow, sling crossbow, or crossbow).
I’m a big fan of hunting with my slingshots and blowguns that I make. Very rewarding.
Plus free meat, plus hunting videos usually get views like crazy.
16:03 Love the chill caveman image. Doesn’t want any drama. Just wants to hang out, maybe go track a dilophosaurus later. Just a chill guy.
A midday ZNA video? What a treat.
My girlfriend cried when she watched Wicked, I (a real man) shed a singular tear of joy whenever ZNA drops a new video
He is gearing up to fight evil Santa. Felt that primal "Ugh!" in my jimmies. Well done.
I continue to love your videos. Honestly every video is fun to watch no matter what the subject. Praying for you as always my brother in Christ!
100% my favorite channel and individual person on this app/website, and have been for so so long ❤️ Thank you!
For Eli, in writing: We will watch anything you make videos out of as long as you enjoy it.
Straight blowback submachine gun video when.
Luty goes brrrrr
Fed boi
After Brandon Herrera abolishes the ATF and such things wont get his dogs shot.
Hey Eli, sounds like you need to build an apocalyptic rubber tire pauldron, and a matching hand crossbow using rubber bands that fires rubber balls wrapped in rubbers.
Good shit, Eli. I'm always here for it.
2012 dude, i started watching you in grade 9 computer science instead of doing my projects
you've come so far man, keep up the good work
You're a great designer dude. You're a natural industrial designer
It's always exciting to see what you have done this time.
I always make sure to watch all the ads and sponsored segments on your channel for you. Always loved your channel, you made me a really creative person growing up and it shaped who i am. Keep it up ❤
So proud to see you, overcoming your SmallPoc to be the ultimate DIY medieval weapon craft UA-camr from Northern Illinois. I think we would happily watch you do anything and we are here for you, brother. Best wishes for a merry Christmas to you and yours.
Last heavy iron bolt in terms of energy is flying like a nice 22Lr bullet bro
man your channel just keeps gettng better and better. i remember watthing you when I was so young. very happy you've gone full time
The bolt shot was crazy
I've been watching you for many years. I'll tune in to any video you post because I like you and your personality.
I think we need more crossbows.
Eli, you seem so happy making these videos. It’s really cool to see!
Absolutely loving the more consistent uploads! Keep up the great work Eli!
Really liking these new different designs can’t wait to see what he’s got next 👍
Love the frequency of these uploads dawg!! Keep em coming PLEASE!!!
Awesome video Eli! I still love the bow videos, they look better and better.
That slingbow is looking great! Excited to see the final form.
You should make a spear for that inner caveman and maybe a club too
Brother you do what you want to do we'll be here for it!
I enjoy the crossbows, to the armor, to the car mod, to the knifes, to anything really.
Love you Eli another banger vid brother
I loved the year of the ballista, im ready for the decade of bows of every variety.
15:03 Using joules is actually a very effective method of determining muzzle energy! If you're projectile produces anywhere close to 250 joules, that's around the energy of a 380acp handgun round. Very effective!
For keeping the arrow in the whisker biscuit - longer arrows. It'll make the arrow slightly heavier, but once you upgrade the rubbers, you'll be able to hunt with that thing.
if its a video from you, and you are building something, im havin a great time.
Buddy at this point I'm just glad you're still uploading.
“Babe, wake up! A new ZNA video just dropped!”
Cool! Every iteration is getting better, so make as many videos as you want. They're all interesting!
ik including the build part would take so much more effort but those build montages really do pull a video together its almost therapeutic
longer arrows, archer string, MORE PULLIESSSSS
uploads from eli at times like this really keep me from un-resurrecting myself
Whisper me Buiscuits! It's a new ZNA vid.
Yooo haven't watched your channel in years! Glad to see you're still kickin
Lol that's crazy I was gunna comment last video how your creations are definitely cleaner looking compared to years ago
Eli your videos always unga my bunga, a day with a ZNA release is a darn good day
New ZNA and it's a crossbow???
Let's go!!!
Also, I'm sorry but I'm a little confused about the crossbow timeline continuity. Is the ballista finished?
Wasnt he gonna create a prototype crossbow to then base the new ballista off that?. Idk if he’s going to finish the ballista since no more crossbow vids apparently
The Oh Shit face was priceless on the crossbow when you are attempting to draw it back the second time.
i hope eli doesn't accidently "Evolve" into a wooly mammoth next, that would suck
Totally Happy Seeing your Cross-Bows and Sling Bows.
the natural back at it again
6:06 hey Eli, something stood out to me. When you go to draw the bow, your body position lowers your arm and you get that kick out , what if you modified the arms of the Bow to be a steeper than 180° to offset you natural body position??
The cool thing about a rigid frame like this is, you COULD in theory put the locking & trigger mechanism into a detachable stock. This way it would work like a crossbow with the stock attached, allowing you to let it sit loaded for a while if you were hunting from a blind for instance - and WITHOUT the stock attached, you could use it like a slingbow for faster loading and firing. You could even make the frame more adjustable by nesting the square tubing within one another and some heavy-duty cotter pins to lock them (kinda like the arms on a weightlifting bench). That way if you ever want to tweak it by changing out the pulleys or the rubber loops, you can do that without having to build the whole frame from scratch every time.
I think your channel is one of the longest I've EVER been continuously subscribed to at almost 10yrs now, and it's been awesome to see you going from building the same kind of random stuff I got in trouble for breaking from my dad's shop, to having over a million subs and being married making a full-on living at it. Keep up the incredible work man, you're really an inspiration.
I also get my ungas all bunga'd at the idea of hunting megafauna with a pointy stick and some string.
Bros got a crossbow making addiction
my brother eli: at 7:00 have you thought about using longer arrows?
B-BB-B-BASED
Remember that sword
More crossbows.... NOW
10 minutes is diabolical
Honestly man, you've come along way with welding, blending, and design. Both the slingbow and crossbow looking NICE!.
IDK if you could do a deeper "Y" for the handle, so you can still bend the elbow while having a longer draw, instead of the double reinforced elbow-nook you have now.
Or a whole 22 degree-ish tilt to everything from the back to tip off the baseplate, so that when you draw it's more inline?
But also mark that I am drunk and have no experience making slingbows.
Thanks Eli, really appreciated the joules. Made my day.
Thanks for the Joules Eli
Looking great, so far.
Hope to see an update when it's finally done.
ZNA VIDEO LEZ GOOOOO
I like it. I may have used trig to lengthen your string base tho. If you attach the ends of the string to the 'stock' you will lengthen the pull slightly. Good job! Thanks for sharing!
that cut to yo bald head at 10:14 actually jump scared me 😂
Put a stop at the rear to set your knock on..same draw everytime..consistency is key
I’ve been a subscriber since the beginning haven’t been on the internet much the past few years but I love logging into UA-cam and seeing you pop up keep it up man
Joules are a level playing field for comparing the energy in a projectile so they are more valuable than a projectile speed like "feet per second" because a heavy steel crossbow can't shoot as fast as a long bow, but that doesn't mean that the bolt carries less destructive power to the target.
Also if the bow speed is low you can increase the bolt weight to better utilise the stored energy up to a point. What point? The point at which the joules stops increasing.
Slingbow. You could replace the bars with drawer slides. That would allow for a compact draw and an extension on the bars Midway.
I'm here for as many crossbows as you want to make. I like seeing you get really into one thing, and iteratively improve your design until you end up with something unique and effective.
Watching Eli after all these years feels like watching a good friend rave about his passions and hobbies and I love every minute of it, keep it up friend ❤
Im totally happy to watch you perfect your crossbows
Elegant design, I like the yanking motion from all 4 corners
I appreciate the joules.
The onething that I would try to improve now.. Is making it LIGHTER. If you could build the frame out of something smaller than that thick square tube.. It would lighten it up and make it easier to carry and really make it look slick. These things slap though.. very cool project
I think one of the first videos i ever watched from you was a cross bow! That was around 10 years ago man, keep it up!!
Im happy you're happy with this, Eli. Keep it up dude🫡
Actually, I really wouldn't have minded two separate videos for the sling and the crossbow. Keep it up, I could listen to you rant for hours!
Before you move the handle on the Slingbow, maybe try a longer arrow. Certain Bows require certain arrows. Huuuuge pain. But it’s part of the fun!
That's super cool man, pretty sure if I tried building a crossbow like that here in Australia I would either get put on a police watch list or break all my teeth XD
"both?"
"both."
"Both is good"
8:00 sounds like ya got short arms, king. Maybe consider getting better
You do you bro. Always happy to see your videos.