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GlisGlis:
there are quite a few trigger mechanism for XB
draw weight greatly influences materials and types you should use

stuckinthemud:
Rabbit hole warning.   A push pin lock is a beautiful mechanism,  so simple.  A string lift lever is also very effective.   Next up in complexity is a roller nut and lever.  There's some info on my blog you could read as a starting point and the Arbalest Guild is pretty much an essential place to trawl through

https://thearbalistguild.forumotion.com/

https://stuckinthemudsite.wordpress.com/

Gimlis Ghost:
Great resource. I'll spend a lot of time mining it before I get started.

The Mahogany I have is very old, IIRC the boat was built in the 20's or 30's. Of course the rudder and center board may have been later replacements as they were still in good shape while the hull was a losing battle.

There seems to be a wide range of qualities of this wood depending on origin and species. It may not be good bow wood, even if backed, but should make a good stock.

stuckinthemud:
Mahogany is good for a tiller

Gimlis Ghost:

--- Quote from: stuckinthemud on July 20, 2021, 05:08:24 am ---Mahogany is good for a tiller

--- End quote ---

Tiller was the term I was trying to remember. Guess I should brush up on the nomenclature.

Thanks for all the valuable input so far.

PS
Found a good Crossbow book on the Internet Archive, free download or streaming.
https://archive.org/details/Book_of_the_Crossbow_The_by_Sir_Ralph_Payne-Galloway/mode/1up?q=bow

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