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Rivetting bone to wood to antler best approach?

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stuckinthemud:
I am trying to replicate a medieval crossbow.  A very common feature of these is a rivet that runs top to bottom through the stock immediately behind the bow-lath. I have been in contact with the Royal Armouries museum who were brilliant but confirmed no body knows how this was done !! No one actually knows what it does but presumably it prevents the bow collapsing the tiller into the bridle hole.

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