Several unfortunate events occurred today, but were surpassed by great advances. The trigger broke (not surprising) so I made a new one of metal. Tomorrow I’ll add some red plexiglass between the plates.
Then part of the riser broke (again not surprising) but now I can streamline the design further.
The stock cams I was planning to use don’t offer a long enough power stroke, so I had to rework that too.
Finally I used the tube bender for the first time and the rails came out perfectly! (Excuse the phone photo, didn’t want to take my D3200 into the metal shop)
Tomorrow I have work, but should be able to make a little crossbow movement.
Also, it works!
therocketalk 
Love the video. Your project is really moving along swiftly! Keep the photos and commentary coming
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