How to make a bow that actually shoots: a spring made of the right wood.
Day 46 in Tollan. The travelers are coming down the ridge, and your axe only works up close. A green branch and some cord bends in one spot, the arrow flops, and the cord snaps. A bow is a spring: the right wood, dried for weeks, and a strong string. Good thing you started it two weeks ago.
1. Cut a straight, knot-free sapling of springy hardwood, as thick as your wrist.
2. Leave the bark side alone. That's the back.
3. Carve wood off the belly only, thinner toward the tips.
4. Tie it to a straight pole and dry it in the shade for two weeks.
5. Scrape fibers from a maguey leaf and twist them into a string. Test it with a hanging stone.
6. Notch the tips and hook the string on.
7. Tiller it until both limbs bend the same.
8. Straighten river cane over the fire, glue on stone points with pine pitch, and tie on three feathers.
Pull it back to your cheek, aim, and let go. It sinks in deep.
And at dusk, the four of them reach his valley...
Episode 17 of Isekai Engineer: Fantasy Survival Guides.
Missed Episode 16? Watch how to build a lookout tower first.
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