Pvc bow

[sausage100uk]

Heres my effort at a pvc bow and some dowel arrows. Just need to get some tips for them and give it a try...

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[Badger74]

Interesting, how did you make it?

 

[bopdude]

I like it, as Badger says, have you a how to link or write up please

 

[TeeDee]

Not that its my post but there are some good Youtube vids on PVC bow construction - the best one I can think of off the top of my head is from ' TheBackyardBowyer ' IIRC.

 

[sausage100uk]

its a schedule 40 pvc pipe (we had real trouble finding it in this country) which is used as water pipes over in the US, its thick walled and quite rigid. I cut the pipe down to 5 foot and marked off a central 6 inch handle section. A heat gun is used to soften the pipe from the edge of the handle to the tip of the limbs then you press the pipe between two beards to create a taper from flat at the tip to round at the handle. the handle is heated and squashed out of round in the other direction to create a more comfortable grip. its strung with 1mm dyneema (from a group buy on here) and the string silencers are just wool strands held by the twist of the string.

I cant measure the poundage but its pretty hefty, initially I put a recurve to the tips but i could barely draw it to my cheek! (the advantage with pvc is that when heated it returns back to its original shape) all the credit should go to the backyardbowyer on youtube as I copied his techniques.

 

[boatman]

I couldn't locate 40 pvc pipe in the UK, have you a reference please.

 

[forrestdweller]

is it just my small tablet computer or is the handle off centre?!

 

[sausage100uk]

ill see if i can find out the source we used,

the angle of the camera i think makes it look off centre

 

[keen-edge]

here you go http://www.plasticpipeshop.co.uk/White-Schedule-40-PVC_c_2489.html

 

[boatman]

Thanks for that. Oh goody another project!

 

[sausage100uk]

With hindsight id go for 3/4 inch and recurve it to get the extra power.

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[forrestdweller]

So itsnot a copy of a japanese bow....
Now.... where in Korea could I find schedule40 PVC....?!

 

[forginhill]

That's an ingenious idea and you carried it out with style! I too would like to try it. Good job!

 

[Haggis Hunting]

Definitely looks good.
Would be interesting to see how well it preforms

Good future project i might well have ago.