Much more realistic that they will say he’s using modern knowledge and if he was born 1000 years ago he would be a dumb serf that could never build this xD people are dumb
I like to imagine that there is a parallel universe where this was invented instead of the crossbow and in that universe Joerg is amazing everyone by inventing the crossbow instead.
It will of course, as the standard on bow attatchments have a magazine. And there will be a built in undersling goatfoot as in one of his videos to demonstrate a commercial crossbow.
@@andrewharper1609 Yeah Romans basically ignored Archery in favor of Skirmisher troops. although they didn't ignore ranged weapons, Legionaries all carried thrown spears which were perfect for disrupting an enemy charge or breaking a defensive formation as they could pierce armor and shields. Romans employed plenty of mercenary archers though.
If medieval people were able to do: - Catapults, trebuchets, etc. - Fancy carvings in castles - Chests and other complex furniture I'm pretty sure they were able to manufacture two planks stuck together with a groove in the middle. The only reason it was not done at the time is the lack of the idea... (or maybe something similar was done but it did not become popular because there was no marketing)
Interesting to see what the medieval craftsman says when he attempts to make one, might have been tricky to mass produce for the time even if the idea was there.
From a battlefield standpoint just a plain bow is more practical. You have more points of failure and though you can fire faster you have to also reload which would be deadly in many circumstances.
@@JETWTF surely by that logic nobody would have used crossbows particularly those with more complex mechanisms for loading. Complexity is bad, but sometimes what you get in return is worth it.
Yes, I like this guy too and his very natural and sincere smile. Every time I see his videos, I think of personally meeting him, when the circumstances make it possible (and have found out his Address 😺)!
you had never done anything with your hands? If you hold a little piece of wood in your hand you need something lighter than a hammer. and with a very small hammer it is difficult to hit the nail
Honestly, even if there was an issue with the wooden catch not holding or wearing down too quickly with use, it is entirely possible for that component to be made of metal by any reasonably skilled blacksmith. Aside from that, the design seems to work great and I'm happy you were able to finally prove all the doubters wrong. Love the channel Joerg!
Indeed. Or you could even just reinforce it by covering it with a thin-ish sheet of metal. They were able to make chainmail. There's no way they couldn't reinforce a small piece of wood with iron or steel.
Crossbow triggers were metal weren't they? Forces involved in a crossbow seem like the forces on a crossbow would be bigger overall even, and those were in large part wood, and had triggers, and didn't break into tiny pieces instantly, seems believable they could make one of these if they could make a 1000lb crossbow
@@screwnacorn How so ? They were able to make bolts back then, these arrows would just need to be thinner, or not and just make the IL a bit bigger to be able to shoot bigger bolts (because that's the main problem right now, the projectiles are just too light).
Why do people think that in Medieval times craftsmen where neanderthals just hitting things with hammers brainlessly? They could make fine jewelry, cut precious stones and create and use machinery. They might lack rubber but they had tools, light and heavy. Primary difference is that instead of using electricity (or steam) to power them, most of these tools were human-powered with levers and counterweights. That said; excellent video Joerg! Shut the haters down! Instant Legolas for the WIN!
@@Paraclef Not quite. Though some things are common, animal tendon's are not that good with stretching, so the Instant Legolas wouldn't be able to store enough kinetic energy. There's a reason we use rubber these days instead of animal tendons :D
Nickolas Ganadakis the one thing that immediately disproves anyone who does call medieval craftsmen primitive is the armour they made, if they can create works like that, they can make a wooden extension piece for a longbow.
I finally remembered where I had seen that sliding action used on another weapon. the Roman Polybolas siege weapon..it was a hand-cranked heavy crossbow that functions a lot like your instant Legolas.... reloads and fires automatically as the crack is turned by the artillerist. It made use of screws, and metal linked chain like a primitive bicycle chain ...so not only is your device possible it can be upsized to a siege engine...
archers back then could get several arrows in the air before the first hit the target so no instant legolas required. still for untrained fools like us nowadays its great
Yep. Laminate materials have existed all over the world. Even some native peoples in south and central america had it.. It was not common. But it also wasnt unheard of on most continents throughout the last 2000 years
If this was made in medieval times they would have made the trigger out of metal. That also would have reinforced areas with metal straps. They would undersize the straps a tiny bit and them heat them up so they expanded and placed them over the wood. Then when cooled they would shrink for an incredibly strong and tight fit.
Seeing Joerg laugh in slow motion is always fun. Most of the parts look really sturdy. Since you already made your own plywood for some smaller parts, you could also simply glue up something for the trigger mechanism with alternating woodgrain. With some additional pins, this should be as stable as modern ply and should withstand even stronger longbows
I've probably seen every instant legolas vid and I'm still extremely impressed with the ingenuity and the fact that it took this long for it to be invented. One day I'll get to shoot an Instant Legolas...
@@jumhig joerg does! It's easy really. You need a claw hammer, then a ball peen hammer, 5oz hammer, a lump hammer, sledge hammer, rock hammer, jack hammer, brass hammer, rubber hammer, nylon hammer, chasing hammer, drywall hammer, brick hammer, and err one of those hammers that doctors use.
in their future defense, it _is_ quite difficult for a carpenter in that era to plane wood so accurately, that means making this device might have been restricted to only master carpenters. but the claim that it is _impossible_ to make it using medieval tools was always nonsense
nunuf yerbiz I’m sure a master carpenter could teach many others how to do the whole process exactly without having to have the exact knowledge of planing and such.
@mandellorian this is exactly what we call moving a goalpost >it couldn't be build in medieval times >it couldn't be used in a battle Were you in the army? I don't know how much SIL weighs but it certainly doesn't weight more than a rifle. Also, have you seen Joerg or anyone else testing SIL mentioning this problem? All I could hear is that it is easier to use and not as demanding from the archer. "monumentally stupid idea", I could say something similar about your comment. It works, it could be done in medieval times, what's your problem people?
@mandellorian Haha your comment is so dumb. Do you seriously think holding up that extra weight is your main endurance issue when using war bow? You other arm will be completely spent before that ever becomes a problem, not to mention that you will run out of arrows before that. If that little amount of extra weight is a problem for you then you have no business being a soldier anyway. And do you think the enemy will stay at long range for long?
They'd be stupid time travellers, clever ones would kidnap him then when they've finished with him they'd put him back exactly when they took him. We'd never notice.
The "shotgun style" loading would be more practical in medieval warfare, letting archers "top up" their magazines between volleys so they could have a full magazine if things got close. Which is exactly how early repeating rifles were made, come to think of it.
The difference is that bolts (at least they are not full size arrows) are bigger and heavier than bullets, so a soldier can hold more than a few dozens. But yeah, you can use joerg's bow in deadly fire teams.
If my character ever dies in our Pathfinder game, I plan on coming back to the party as a human fighter with a hearty laugh who, having unlocked the secrets of wood and rubber, loves to show you the features of his unusual weaponry :)
*10 years later* Joerg: So i have build this time machine and have gone back to the medieval times and have brought a friend here to the future so he can tell us if it was indeed possible to build an instant legolas ha!ha!ha! random medieval carpenter: Hverr eru þú ok hví gerði þú takmikr!? Joerg: There we have it! Thats all for today so thanks and bye bye!
Thanks and bye bye. I have built this time machine powered by, what else rubber. Hello and welcome to the sling shot channel. *Jolly laugh. Let me show you it's features. Today's video has upset the space time continuum a little *Jolly laugh. Tune in tomorrow for yesterday video. The time machine is essentially a giant sling shot made of plywood and powered by a matika drill and Jorg's pure strength.
@@theuncalledfor Not necessarely. The western version would be a bow stolen from the devil himself, blackened by the fires of hell and crafted for only the most heinous battles of all.
Mongols won nearly all wars, their horse archers were very affective with high rate of shoot and strong bows. Some troops carried 3 different bows of armor piercing, range, target as other Turkic's. The mistake was to divide the big country between his sons.. So, the regime should had turned to federational parliamentarian councils under a central council of Khanate.
Will depend on just how powerful the bolts fired from longbows are compared to arrows. Do they have same range? How much cheaper are bolts compared to arrows in medieval times. Some other channel need to explore this
This one is beauty among beauties! Though no matter how many of your videos I watch of yours I still can't believe over thousands of years nobody has ever thought of this before! It's a total head scratcher? It's testiment to how simple you make the thought process. You god damned legend!
I was just thinking how much "fun" it would be for a teacher to have a student in his class like you who is bent on making slingshots, crossbows, bows/arrows, etc that would knock an aircraft out of the sky.......I bet you were a terror in the classroom! Haha! I, too, was interested in like devices and it earned me a few trips down to the principal's office along with a couple of suspensions. Ahhhh, well, the price one must pay for curiosity and inventiveness....... Surprisingly, I grew up to be quite normal........LOL! My father did subscribe to the idea of corporal punishment when all else failed!! Ha! Love your uploads, sir! Here's to a normal and exciting childhood.....I still don't know what I'll be when I grow up....I"m only 73......
I got in shit for making a sheet-metal throwing star with the metal shear and spotwelder. "I never intended to hurt anyone" was my excuse. And I didn't! Hell, the instructor hurt me more by handing me a freshly-spotwelded piece of project so that I'd grab the hot part...
I can imagine how anyone could or would find anything you do or present objectionable. If someone insults you then you just gotta remember that "you can not fix stupid". You have a great channel and I love every video you have made. Best to you during this very difficult time, and hope you and your family remain healthy.
Honestly this is my favorite thing that is completely outside my normal range of interests. Your joyful enthusiasm for it just so infectious. I can't imagine anyone watching this and not loving it.
While I understand his humility, I have to agree with him in that carpenters, generally, are defined as a type of structure builder. In the same way you wouldn't call a landscaper, a lumberjack. He is a hell of a woodworker though, regardless.
I can’t believe he used electricity to record him making this! This clearly proves it would be impossible to make an instant legolas whilst being a youtube content creator in the medieval period... myth busted 🤣
Mr sprave doesn’t have a myriad of parasites and diseases that could be treated with modern medicine and is well over the average age and height of the medieval populous or to mention he is using non existent dialect and slang for the time such as “hello” this is an unacceptable test and all findings are defunct - yours truly butthurt armchair fletchers and bowyers / pseudo historians and general contrarians
I had been missing the building part of your videos! Thanks for taking the time to film and edit it. And obviously, congratulations on the achievement. :)
You could set the trigger without a spring by having some set (a simple wedge, or cam) when the slide is fully forward. It would just catch the trigger, rotating it into the cocked position.
I’m a dm and I based the god of fire, weapons, and forges on Joerg. And I made sure to have him come in as much as I can. My group doesn’t know I based him on joerg, but he’s one of their favorite npcs
Excellent idea getting in touch with Tod. I've just watched his upload and he's grinning like a kid at Xmas. That's one hell of an interesting Invention Sir !!
Joerg I just hope you know how much your smile and laugh brightens peoples days, especially in times like these!!! Love the new Instant legolas, can’t wait to see what Tod comes up with!!
This might be my favorite thing you've made. So next will we get to see instant legolas ballista? You can shoot up a car like you did with the rubber cannon :)
Still can't wait for the Colab Vids to be done, through all you three! (You, Shad, and Todd) Especially as it will show that it was for sure, possible, as I remember you saying that Todd is going to make it from all Medieval Tools. Like, This here even proves a lot, of how possible it was. Anywho, Great vid! Stay Healthy! :D
XD.... I'm picturing the gun shop seen in Terminator: (Store clerk):.....Any one of these is ideal for driving a nail, so which one will it be?".......(Joerge): "All...."
All power tools do is speed up the process. Anything you can do with power tools can be done with hand tools. It would just take quite a bit longer, increasing the cost of an equipped bow from the modern +50-100% price tag, to +200-300%. The only question remaining at that point is if the addition is worth the price increase, and I'm fairly certain, given equal numbers of fielded weapons, the equipped bows would outperform unequipped bows. the question is if it would be worth the increased cost. But since the addition is modular, you can actually build the bow separately, so it's not a question of one or the other, but how many of both.
Someone should go through all his videos and count how many different devices hes engineered and built. This man is absolute genius. And he deserves some time of awards for his ingenuity.
Now they’ll complain you didnt grow the trees yourself 😂
They'll complain it's not the exact same variety of trees that existed in medieval times.
@@DonVigaDeFierro Joerg: *invents plywood and rubber time machine*
Much more realistic that they will say he’s using modern knowledge and if he was born 1000 years ago he would be a dumb serf that could never build this xD people are dumb
I was going to comment the exact same thing 😂🤣😂
No he has to mine the iron and turn it into steel himself XD
I like to imagine that there is a parallel universe where this was invented instead of the crossbow and in that universe Joerg is amazing everyone by inventing the crossbow instead.
It will of course, as the standard on bow attatchments have a magazine. And there will be a built in undersling goatfoot as in one of his videos to demonstrate a commercial crossbow.
Or inventing the medeval machine gun
There's no way you could make a crossbow with medieval technology! They didn't have plywood or screws which your design obviously REQUIRES.
Forget the medieval period... Imagine this during the Roman period... With Rome's supply chains and proper military organization...
It looks almost like Teutoburgerwald where Joerg is living. Big german forest. :)
Apparently the Romans didn't employ many archers. It may well have run into whatever cultural prejudice they had against it.
@@andrewharper1609 Yeah Romans basically ignored Archery in favor of Skirmisher troops. although they didn't ignore ranged weapons, Legionaries all carried thrown spears which were perfect for disrupting an enemy charge or breaking a defensive formation as they could pierce armor and shields.
Romans employed plenty of mercenary archers though.
@@kazmark_gl8652 they could put instant legolas on ballistas
@@Yukon.72 Ancient Rome's Barret M82
If medieval people were able to do:
- Catapults, trebuchets, etc.
- Fancy carvings in castles
- Chests and other complex furniture
I'm pretty sure they were able to manufacture two planks stuck together with a groove in the middle.
The only reason it was not done at the time is the lack of the idea... (or maybe something similar was done but it did not become popular because there was no marketing)
Interesting to see what the medieval craftsman says when he attempts to make one, might have been tricky to mass produce for the time even if the idea was there.
@@leifcian4288 Everything was tricky to mass produce but they still did it.
From a battlefield standpoint just a plain bow is more practical. You have more points of failure and though you can fire faster you have to also reload which would be deadly in many circumstances.
@@JETWTF well in case of failure it's still a bow. And prior to failure an untrained person can replace several trained archers
@@JETWTF surely by that logic nobody would have used crossbows particularly those with more complex mechanisms for loading. Complexity is bad, but sometimes what you get in return is worth it.
I like Joergs enthusiasm. Whatever he does, he smiles.
Hahhaaha, Zbyszanna.
So true, that's why We all love the Man!
Yes, but you want to be sure he is not smiling at you. Especially if he is holding a loaded bow!
@@MelbaOzzie Hahhaha!
Yes, I like this guy too and his very natural and sincere smile. Every time I see his videos, I think of personally meeting him, when the circumstances make it possible (and have found out his Address 😺)!
You just cannot be sad after watching his more than contagious enthousiasm
Jörg: *Has like 8 hammers*
Also Jörg, 20 sec. later: *drives a nail in with some pliers*
I love this man.
The Pliers were just a Charade, he actually used his thumb xD
Adam Savage recently released a book titled "Every Tool is a Hammer"
you had never done anything with your hands? If you hold a little piece of wood in your hand you need something lighter than a hammer. and with a very small hammer it is difficult to hit the nail
if he had some clamps he wouldn't need all his hammers holding down the glued parts hence the need for the multigrips hammer substitute.
Hammers are probably cheaper than clamps. Lol
Critics: "There's no way!"
Joerg: "Take a seat. There are features I'd like to show you"
I agree this would been possible, how ever making straight and even nails would been bit expensive and time consuming, but again possible
When I'm writing my fantasy series, I'm definitely gonna name a blacksmith Joerg !!
I think you mean woodsmith, the guy is a damn genius with woodworking and engineering.
My dnd game just got a new smith carpenter
a siege engineer
I would say Bowyer not blacksmith
*tinkerer
Honestly, even if there was an issue with the wooden catch not holding or wearing down too quickly with use, it is entirely possible for that component to be made of metal by any reasonably skilled blacksmith. Aside from that, the design seems to work great and I'm happy you were able to finally prove all the doubters wrong. Love the channel Joerg!
Indeed. Or you could even just reinforce it by covering it with a thin-ish sheet of metal. They were able to make chainmail. There's no way they couldn't reinforce a small piece of wood with iron or steel.
@@fnors2 I think that even spring for trigger would be possible - just waaay weaker and heavier...
We will see, what Tod will come with...
Crossbow triggers were metal weren't they? Forces involved in a crossbow seem like the forces on a crossbow would be bigger overall even, and those were in large part wood, and had triggers, and didn't break into tiny pieces instantly, seems believable they could make one of these if they could make a 1000lb crossbow
The issue I see for medieval use would have be making the arrows, still would love to be proven wrong
@@screwnacorn How so ? They were able to make bolts back then, these arrows would just need to be thinner, or not and just make the IL a bit bigger to be able to shoot bigger bolts (because that's the main problem right now, the projectiles are just too light).
Why do people think that in Medieval times craftsmen where neanderthals just hitting things with hammers brainlessly? They could make fine jewelry, cut precious stones and create and use machinery. They might lack rubber but they had tools, light and heavy. Primary difference is that instead of using electricity (or steam) to power them, most of these tools were human-powered with levers and counterweights.
That said; excellent video Joerg! Shut the haters down! Instant Legolas for the WIN!
rubber = animal tendons.
@@Paraclef Not quite. Though some things are common, animal tendon's are not that good with stretching, so the Instant Legolas wouldn't be able to store enough kinetic energy. There's a reason we use rubber these days instead of animal tendons :D
Nickolas Ganadakis the one thing that immediately disproves anyone who does call medieval craftsmen primitive is the armour they made, if they can create works like that, they can make a wooden extension piece for a longbow.
I've seen decrotive medieval armor at a museum the argument that this il couldnt of been made is ignorant
Because they dont THINK, they believe....
I finally remembered where I had seen that sliding action used on another weapon. the Roman Polybolas siege weapon..it was a hand-cranked heavy crossbow that functions a lot like your instant Legolas.... reloads and fires automatically as the crack is turned by the artillerist. It made use of screws, and metal linked chain like a primitive bicycle chain ...so not only is your device possible it can be upsized to a siege engine...
Clearly, the Romans cheated, then.
Damn now I want to see Joerg make a instant legolas siege engine.
Don't give him ideas XD
archers back then could get several arrows in the air before the first hit the target so no instant legolas required. still for untrained fools like us nowadays its great
I used it in total war Rome 2 it sucks and cannot move
"But did you mill the timber yourself??
And you used power tools!"
-Incoming "authenticity experts"
Woah, no, it isn't debatable. The Romans had it for a thousand years before them. They built their shields out of plywood.
Yes, but lots of Roman engineering was lost after the collapse of the empire (plumbing, pitch fire, paper making, etc)
Yep. Laminate materials have existed all over the world. Even some native peoples in south and central america had it..
It was not common. But it also wasnt unheard of on most continents throughout the last 2000 years
@@ryanmcewen415 depends on how you define "common" since the Mongolians were fairly common for a while and tended to use composite bows.
@@humblehunk9022 AND concrete!
A lot of the Viking shields were also made out of plywood
This man was born in the wrong century
I differ, he's born right on time to share his knowledge with thousands off ppl! He might have died from diarreah back in the day who knows!
@@doctorknow He would have somehow found a way to weaponize his diarrhea to eliminate his enemies... WITH RUBBER
@@thexbigxgreen But rubber trees are a western hemisphere thing and Europe is in the eastern one...
You're right, he should have been born in the future so he can use even more technology to create even more awesome stuff!
strongly disagree. if he was born in the "right" century, the entire world would be speaking German right now. so thank fuck.
If this was made in medieval times they would have made the trigger out of metal. That also would have reinforced areas with metal straps. They would undersize the straps a tiny bit and them heat them up so they expanded and placed them over the wood. Then when cooled they would shrink for an incredibly strong and tight fit.
Exactly, so a real Medieval one would have been even stronger than the one Joerg made! There really is no argument that this isn't possible. :)
Just wait for the haters to move the goalpost
@@miscreantwithinternetacces7370 let them do it, joerg will keep making it better, soon there'll be a method to mass produce these using medieval tech
I can only imagine how beautiful it would be. Reason I'm really looking forward to Tod's project, too. I bet he'll have it all kinds of tricked out.
@@miscreantwithinternetacces7370 That will make the device heavier, so it won't have any application in battlefield.
-Haters
24:13 when he smiled in slow motion, my heart melted
I can just imagine Joerg in medieval times making that laugh as he is mowing people down.
Here’s my Swinging Sauron Morgenstern. It’s made of plywood. Let me show you it’s features.
Making that laugh as he’s burned at the stake for being a witch.
YES! Like "Let me show its features! AHAHAHA!"
He reminds me of the Heavy in TF2 lol
His laugh would be a battlecry that would bring terror to the troops 🤣
"I'm not a carpenter" ...has built crossbows capable of firing off 40 bolts in less than 2 minutes almost entirely from plywood...lol
Sawyer.
Carpenter.
Joinery.
Cabinetmaker.
Furniture Maker.
Reproduction & Refinishing.
They are not the same jobs.
I know this VERY WELL,... BY BEING.
@@kennethkustren9381 true true. I was just amused that Joerg seemed to be downplaying his woodworking skills.
@@kennethkustren9381 joinery, furniture making and cabinet making are all virtually the same thing
@@jrdkarver Well he is very humble in basically every video lol
I think a mechanic is the most fitting for Joerg
That slow-mo smile was the best part. I could hear the *"Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha"* :D
41 critics feelings harmed during the making of this video.
0:10 I don't want to skip the building, I'm here for the building
Well i liked the detail cause i like to watch first the actiong and after the builging. But i get and share your point btw
you should mount a wooden tube with a berry inside it on the bow... Medieval red-dot site!
Hahahahahaha, well said!
UNDER-ACHIEVER SLACKERS.
The man WILL install a real REDot.
what if its a blackberry?
Doubles as snack berry holder
Can't shoot on an empty stomach 😂
They had crystal.
Seeing Joerg laugh in slow motion is always fun.
Most of the parts look really sturdy. Since you already made your own plywood for some smaller parts, you could also simply glue up something for the trigger mechanism with alternating woodgrain. With some additional pins, this should be as stable as modern ply and should withstand even stronger longbows
I can watch endlessly:
a river running,
a fire burning
and Joerg working)))
I've probably seen every instant legolas vid and I'm still extremely impressed with the ingenuity and the fact that it took this long for it to be invented. One day I'll get to shoot an Instant Legolas...
Well, I mean, you just had a master class on exactly how to build it yourself! GO!
@@Nardypants I don't have a shop just a few power tools an I'm very excited to give this a try!
similar stuff existed chinese verticaly fed crossbows for example with leverage action but yeah Joerg is perfectioning this kind of weapons
Shows 14 hammers being used as clamps and then hammers with the pliers. Lol
All of the hammers were being used! 😂
Funny
Another SUTTLE joke.
Thanks for pointing this out.
Those were channel locks
Who has 14 hammers anyway?
@@jumhig joerg does!
It's easy really. You need a claw hammer, then a ball peen hammer, 5oz hammer, a lump hammer, sledge hammer, rock hammer, jack hammer, brass hammer, rubber hammer, nylon hammer, chasing hammer, drywall hammer, brick hammer, and err one of those hammers that doctors use.
Joerg: Clamps two planks using 8 hammers
Also
Joerg: Hammers a nail with pliers :D :D :D :D
Obviously his clamping hammers were all used to clamp so he had to use his hammering pliers to hammer that nail...
Joerg: I'm not a carpenter.
Also Joerg: Look at all these amazing things I've made out of wood!
"Dammit, now we have to move the goalposts *again!* "
- haters
in their future defense, it _is_ quite difficult for a carpenter in that era to plane wood so accurately, that means making this device might have been restricted to only master carpenters. but the claim that it is _impossible_ to make it using medieval tools was always nonsense
nunuf yerbiz I’m sure a master carpenter could teach many others how to do the whole process exactly without having to have the exact knowledge of planing and such.
@mandellorian this is exactly what we call moving a goalpost
>it couldn't be build in medieval times
>it couldn't be used in a battle
Were you in the army? I don't know how much SIL weighs but it certainly doesn't weight more than a rifle. Also, have you seen Joerg or anyone else testing SIL mentioning this problem? All I could hear is that it is easier to use and not as demanding from the archer.
"monumentally stupid idea", I could say something similar about your comment. It works, it could be done in medieval times, what's your problem people?
@mandellorian Haha your comment is so dumb. Do you seriously think holding up that extra weight is your main endurance issue when using war bow? You other arm will be completely spent before that ever becomes a problem, not to mention that you will run out of arrows before that. If that little amount of extra weight is a problem for you then you have no business being a soldier anyway. And do you think the enemy will stay at long range for long?
@mandellorian Mabey if you are some kind of pathetic manlet the weight would be too much for you.
If jorge disappears, we know he's been kidnapped by time travelers
Will not happen. The future will have his family line and the passed has no technology of time travel xd
Bold of you to assume he doesn’t make a time machines in our lifetime
@@brokenlordofcinder2519 a time machine out of spare parts in his shed and some plywood!
They'd be stupid time travellers, clever ones would kidnap him then when they've finished with him they'd put him back exactly when they took him. We'd never notice.
The "shotgun style" loading would be more practical in medieval warfare, letting archers "top up" their magazines between volleys so they could have a full magazine if things got close.
Which is exactly how early repeating rifles were made, come to think of it.
Bolt action rifles too.
The difference is that bolts (at least they are not full size arrows) are bigger and heavier than bullets, so a soldier can hold more than a few dozens.
But yeah, you can use joerg's bow in deadly fire teams.
@@BananaMana69 bolt action is a type of repeating along with pump action, lever action and other sorts of actions like that
23:29 *That sound it makes when you load an arrow in sounds so satisfying... like a M1 Garand firing its last shot...*
7:50 - Why use clamps when you have hammers?
8:50 - Where is my hammer? Ah screw it, _everything_ is a hammer.
Tales will be passed down for centuries about Joerg Sprave the greatest German that ever lived
We are all this way...... :-D :-D ;-)
Germans are great inovators
Don't underestimate the other Germans
Benefit he’s ancestors are within him
i think a wannabe painter already took that place !Allthou he was austrian ,not german but still . . .
it is strangly satisfying to watch a master inventor at work...
he is a true genius of woodcraft engineering, never gets boring
The trigger could be made of horn, which was used in early medieval crossbows.
every medievil blacksmith would be able to make one from iron or bronze.
@@TheNogoss exactly, imagine Joerg giving one instructions back then
@@scottwright388 And laughing while doing so
New NPC for my D&D game is going to be a Dwarven weaponsmith, that makes these (and other items found on this channel).
That is an awesome idea
In one of our old games the elves knew the secrets of the compound bow. Dwarves making these sounds cool.
I went with a half Orc artificer because his old Orc swords. Great fun doing his laugh at the table.
Dwarven? Does this man look REMOTELY dwarven? Make him a Goliath!
If my character ever dies in our Pathfinder game, I plan on coming back to the party as a human fighter with a hearty laugh who, having unlocked the secrets of wood and rubber, loves to show you the features of his unusual weaponry :)
when he said 12 millimeter, I had "Uzi, nine millimeeta" flashbacks
Thanks Joerg, love the build tutorials, it's really good to be able to see how it all works instead of just guessing.
*10 years later* Joerg: So i have build this time machine and have gone back to the medieval times and have brought a friend here to the future so he can tell us if it was indeed possible to build an instant legolas ha!ha!ha!
random medieval carpenter: Hverr eru þú ok hví gerði þú takmikr!?
Joerg: There we have it! Thats all for today so thanks and bye bye!
Tell me this isn’t an actual language.
@@fabuncian1386 google translate says its icelandic
@@fabuncian1386 Looks like Old English to me.
Thanks and bye bye. I have built this time machine powered by, what else rubber. Hello and welcome to the sling shot channel. *Jolly laugh. Let me show you it's features. Today's video has upset the space time continuum a little *Jolly laugh. Tune in tomorrow for yesterday video.
The time machine is essentially a giant sling shot made of plywood and powered by a matika drill and Jorg's pure strength.
But first before i leave, let me show you it's features...
"Skip to the action"
Not a chance. I came here to see a bow with a sliding rapid fire attachment be made, was not disappointed.
I love your work. Don’t let critics ruin your enthusiasm. You’ll never win them over.
I can see it now, a hand widdled dragon head on the front so the arrows come out of the mouth, and the horns be used as sights!
With small ornaments to make the bow look slightly like wings
The Dragon Bow
A badass design
@@theuncalledfor Not necessarely. The western version would be a bow stolen from the devil himself, blackened by the fires of hell and crafted for only the most heinous battles of all.
@@theuncalledfor use a European style wyvern instead
that would be esaily likely for chinese version
Guys I'm liking the brainstorming happening.
The sound of the bolt catching and the sled moving in slow motion is amazing! Very cinematic especially the second time
I like the sound of the saw & DRILL in fast motion :D
@@lultopkek That was the sounds i enjoyed too- very therapeutic and relaxing for some strange reason.
Imagine the change in history had Joerg been alive during Genghis Khan's rule....
We would all be much better at riding horses.
All Europeans, and not all Asians, would look the same.
Mongols won nearly all wars, their horse archers were very affective with high rate of shoot and strong bows. Some troops carried 3 different bows of armor piercing, range, target as other Turkic's.
The mistake was to divide the big country between his sons..
So, the regime should had turned to federational parliamentarian councils under a central council of Khanate.
@@burakkurt3591 Genghis won nearly all wars *, his sons didn't.
Edit: spelling
Will depend on just how powerful the bolts fired from longbows are compared to arrows. Do they have same range? How much cheaper are bolts compared to arrows in medieval times. Some other channel need to explore this
If anything, it's gorgeous.This version is by far the best looking (aesthetically). WELL DONE JOERG!
This one is beauty among beauties! Though no matter how many of your videos I watch of yours I still can't believe over thousands of years nobody has ever thought of this before! It's a total head scratcher? It's testiment to how simple you make the thought process. You god damned legend!
Medieval great great great grandfather Jorge may have made one just like that.
But his marketing department were behind the times.
I was just thinking how much "fun" it would be for a teacher to have a student in his class like you who is bent on making slingshots, crossbows, bows/arrows, etc that would knock an aircraft out of the sky.......I bet you were a terror in the classroom! Haha! I, too, was interested in like devices and it earned me a few trips down to the principal's office along with a couple of suspensions. Ahhhh, well, the price one must pay for curiosity and inventiveness....... Surprisingly, I grew up to be quite normal........LOL! My father did subscribe to the idea of corporal punishment when all else failed!! Ha! Love your uploads, sir! Here's to a normal and exciting childhood.....I still don't know what I'll be when I grow up....I"m only 73......
Bravo
You didn't let anyone own you!!!
You never lost sight of yourself.
A true leader.
I salute you brother!!!;
this student is being creative, innovative, intelligent
let's punish them for what we say we promote!
Fun, I am only 70, got to catch up.
I got in shit for making a sheet-metal throwing star with the metal shear and spotwelder. "I never intended to hurt anyone" was my excuse. And I didn't!
Hell, the instructor hurt me more by handing me a freshly-spotwelded piece of project so that I'd grab the hot part...
Very few teachers like students that are smarter than they are.
I can imagine how anyone could or would find anything you do or present objectionable. If someone insults you then you just gotta remember that "you can not fix stupid". You have a great channel and I love every video you have made. Best to you during this very difficult time, and hope you and your family remain healthy.
Honestly this is my favorite thing that is completely outside my normal range of interests. Your joyful enthusiasm for it just so infectious. I can't imagine anyone watching this and not loving it.
I can't imagine anybody criticizing your work. But I guess we all can't be enjoy your creative genius. Thanks for the great content.
0:20 Joerg "i am not a carpenter"
watches till the end of video
Yes you are :)
While I understand his humility, I have to agree with him in that carpenters, generally, are defined as a type of structure builder. In the same way you wouldn't call a landscaper, a lumberjack.
He is a hell of a woodworker though, regardless.
Always love your way of thinking and laugh, during these pandemic times this puts smile on many faces, cheers Joerg 👍🏼😊
You are very generous sharing your invention and demonstrating how to construct it. Thank you. Great video.
As others have said we are here for Joerg, not just the action!! Way to go Joerg. Thanks.
That’s my favourite wooden instant Legolas. I love the hardwood. Looks like a piece of art.
This is beautiful, very organic looking and feeling, down to the squeaks when you draw the bow. Really good job!
What I really like it that your laughter after the shots :-). You really enjoy what you do.
Its nice to see a genuine smile and hear sincere laughter on youtube.
Use elm for high-stress parts. It has a spiraling and interlocking grain. Also, don't forget about dovetail joints.
Great to see you 2 collaborating. Glad I suggested it along with others... here's to great results.
Joerg is a man who just absolutely loves his craft. His laugh is so contagious
The slow motion Joerg smiles are great :D
Truly a proud German inventor.
next up Joerg makes an instant Legolas with stone-age technology lol
Great vid, sir. I like this version very much. It looks like a real work of art, plus completly functional. Thank you.
A lot of work goes into your designs and builds. Great engineering skills. I very much enjoy watching these.
I can’t believe he used electricity to record him making this! This clearly proves it would be impossible to make an instant legolas whilst being a youtube content creator in the medieval period... myth busted 🤣
He's speaking modern English and not a Germanic dialect of medieval Europe, therefore bows don't exist
Mr sprave doesn’t have a myriad of parasites and diseases that could be treated with modern medicine and is well over the average age and height of the medieval populous or to mention he is using non existent dialect and slang for the time such as “hello” this is an unacceptable test and all findings are defunct - yours truly butthurt armchair fletchers and bowyers / pseudo historians and general contrarians
He wore glasses that are of modern manufacturing and polyester clothing, which is a recent discovery. Therefore the slingshot channel is all fake
*_The people having this debate were alive in medieval Europe, therefore Joerg doesn't exist._*
He’s recording it on a modern camera making the entire process invalid
Joerg following that time honored tradition "everything is hammer" haha!
Except hammers, they are glueweights
I enjoyed watching you build this Legolas. I am thinking of giving this build a try myself. Thank you
I had been missing the building part of your videos! Thanks for taking the time to film and edit it. And obviously, congratulations on the achievement. :)
"We have an army!"
"We have Joerg Sprave!"
"Retreat! Retreat! It has features!"
4:30 So thats where "Mjolnir" has been hiding all these years lol, Jeorg "thor" Sprave. Thank you bro, really like the build video
Good eye
Thoerg Sprave
@@Vectar666 sounds really Viking like Ragnar's cousin🪓🤣
I'm here for the laughs "Ha ha ha!", nice work Jörg!
i've been waiting for this video every since you mentioned you were getting the parts, this is SO AWESOME! great work as always :)
You could set the trigger without a spring by having some set (a simple wedge, or cam) when the slide is fully forward. It would just catch the trigger, rotating it into the cocked position.
Doesn't need it though as the tension of the bow string secures the trigger in place.
He could also use a leaf spring. They definitely knew how to make those.
My next DND character will be an artificer based on you 🤩
I was thinking the same thing! Joerg the Artillerist would be the best D&D character ever!
I’m a dm and I based the god of fire, weapons, and forges on Joerg. And I made sure to have him come in as much as I can. My group doesn’t know I based him on joerg, but he’s one of their favorite npcs
You have to do the laugh whenever you roll a 20 in combat. Its only fitting
"I have made you a magic weapon! Let me show you its features, ha ha ha!"
Excellent idea getting in touch with Tod. I've just watched his upload and he's grinning like a kid at Xmas. That's one hell of an interesting Invention Sir !!
Joerg I just hope you know how much your smile and laugh brightens peoples days, especially in times like these!!! Love the new Instant legolas, can’t wait to see what Tod comes up with!!
25:38 that thumb up was a disguised middle finger to the haters :P
He looks so happy :D
This might be my favorite thing you've made. So next will we get to see instant legolas ballista? You can shoot up a car like you did with the rubber cannon :)
I really enjoyed the detailed build video! thx. More like this please.
thank you so much for making a detailed video of the build!
Still can't wait for the Colab Vids to be done, through all you three! (You, Shad, and Todd) Especially as it will show that it was for sure, possible, as I remember you saying that Todd is going to make it from all Medieval Tools. Like, This here even proves a lot, of how possible it was.
Anywho, Great vid! Stay Healthy! :D
- 7:50 How many hammers you want?
- Joerg: yes
And then uses pliers to drive nails.
@@bastiancook4821 ^^^ahahahhahah^^^^ thanks!
@@bastiancook4821 The hammers were busy clamping the parts because the clamp was busy testing the trigger
Pausing the work to let the glue set, weighed down with hammers?
Stop; hammertime.
XD.... I'm picturing the gun shop seen in Terminator: (Store clerk):.....Any one of these is ideal for driving a nail, so which one will it be?".......(Joerge): "All...."
Just the sheer joy in Joerg's face is a joy in itself to see, a d always puts a smile on my face. I may have to make this myself.
Fantastic! Love your enthusiasm and ingenuity keep up the great work bro
When form and function meet in harmony, you have a thing of beauty. Great work, Joerg! I hope you have taken out a patent on your Instant Legolas.
Now the naysayers will gripe and complain because he used power tools
*_I came to the comments looking for that lol_*
@Proctain Darkward Idiots still believe Man took photos on the Moon!
I'm not one of them, or even complaining but I would really like to see it done with autehntic medieval style, tools of the time and materials.
All power tools do is speed up the process. Anything you can do with power tools can be done with hand tools. It would just take quite a bit longer, increasing the cost of an equipped bow from the modern +50-100% price tag, to +200-300%.
The only question remaining at that point is if the addition is worth the price increase, and I'm fairly certain, given equal numbers of fielded weapons, the equipped bows would outperform unequipped bows. the question is if it would be worth the increased cost.
But since the addition is modular, you can actually build the bow separately, so it's not a question of one or the other, but how many of both.
@@jonoedwards4195 boi
Someone should go through all his videos and count how many different devices hes engineered and built. This man is absolute genius. And he deserves some time of awards for his ingenuity.
Beautiful craftsmanship. The end result is a very beautiful piece
Im waiting for a medieval Netflix series with Jörg and the Instant Legolas™
Oh, please not.... In a Netflix Series, Jörg would be a dark skin lesbian, with a transgender-gay friend called Legolas.
@Daniel Ashar bin Mohd Fraziali * noooo
What happened to his Zombie Wars movie?
this man just creates everything wood and bow
That's amazing that you cut the wood planks so accurately without the aid of any jigs or the benefit of a table saw.
Der sound den das Teil macht wenn der nächste Pfeil gelanden wird ist so gut.
Der macht richtig Freude
Be cool seeing Todd put medieval-style bolts through it!
We always enjoy your presentations. Great laugh also. Thanks for showing your work.
Not many people make longbows look small and effortless to draw..
This is awsome!!!!
Joerg you are the best..You're absolute genius, I love your videos so much...Amazing.