First Home Made Bow

[Bushcraftsman]

Hey all, take a look at my first recurve bow and let me know what you think its got about 35-40 lb draw weight at 28" its first attempt so go easy on me!

 

[bushwacker bob]

Just dont use the campbed

 

[Robbi]

a cupid bow

 

[dwardo]

What is made from, got me stumped!

 

[Mesquite]

What is made from, got me stumped!

Looks like plastic tubing

 

[Robbi]

camp bed support i reckon ?

 

[Bushcraftsman]

it's not it's PVC Pipe, well technically it's two, its 20mm electrical conduit inside 25mm conduit and then shaped, primed and sprayed, i got the idea of youtube type "impossible bow" or "pvc bow" there's loads. I only decided to do it as an experiment because I've always fancied a bow but not fancied the price of one in this shape. So for less than 5 quid each and it's still pretty powerful i'm happy! I know it's not very "bushcrafty" but It's the joy of archery I was looking for in this experiment. oh and it only takes 10 minutes to make. So all in all, definitely worth doing IMO

 

[Corso]

interesting - hows it shooting?

 

[Bushcraftsman]

Very well. Like I said it's more than enough draw weight for me. And arrows are flying straight. What more could you want? And for 5 quid seriously can't complain. There's loads of variations as well like flattening the limbs to make a flatbow but I didn't get that far

 

[Gill]

I started a thread on these a couple of weeks back very nice.

 

[dwardo]

plastic pipe? Bonkers that. But hey if it works!

 

[Bushcraftsman]

I know! I was very skeptical about the power of these but they really do work! Definitely something good to do with kids? not an overly powerful bow but enough so that they can get a good feel for it! and get them interested

 

[Rod Paradise]

Like that - I bought the Impossible Bow ebook after Gill's thread last week. Only thing I'd ask is is the paint thick enough to protect the plastic from UV - that seems to be the big danger for pipe bows.

 

[Corso]

so inspired by this guy?

http://impossiblebow.com/

 

[Wayne]

Ugly little Bow. Good job though. if it works cool.

 

[Bushcraftsman]

Yes that was the inspiration behind it and ugly bow? how so? I quite like the saracen bow design

 

[Wayne]

Its made of plastic. Impressive work though.

 

[ateallthepies]

Good first attempt although plastic is not my cup of tea but hey it's cheap, works and may spark an interest to make one out of natural materials?

A full draw pic would have been good to see where it's bending? Use this on a warm day and expect it to be as limp as a bit of cooked spaghetti!!

From what I remember from my installation days using placcy conduit, it has ok tension but rubbish compression qualities and it was easy to crunch up the inside of a bend and ruin it.

Steve.

 

[leaf man]

been looking at the vids for these type of bow and although it feels wrong, i want to have a go at making one, will save on cost and time and likely disapointment of making a real wooden bow that would only break knowing my luck
nice job and thanks for showing!

 

[dwardo]

Use this on a warm day and expect it to be as limp as a bit of cooked spaghetti!!
Steve.

So should be good to use for all but that week in July.