How to Build a Board Bow, Part 5: Final Tillering, Finish Work and Shooting
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Using only a $15 board you can make a powerful and effective bow with a few simple hand tools. In this video I show the process of tillering the bow all the way to full draw. Once the tillering process is complete I sand the bow and apply the finish. The last step is to shoot some arrows! This is the fifth and last part of a series showing the step by step process of making a bow from a board. In this series I'll be using a hickory board to make a straight-forward flat bow pyramid design.
I've watched most of your videos and have to say, your attention to detail is spot on. Great content and your finished product is truly stunning. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I just finished this series, and I now have the confidence to try it out for myself. Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge. All the best to you, Sir.
you're welcome! good luck
Just want to say thanks for all of the videos you and the rest of the guys are putting out on the tube, I've learned a lot from them. God bless you and stay healthy.
Thank you!
You have the best board bow video that I have seen. liked how you laid it out and explained as you went. I have had a board for a while but have been putting it off because of questions that you seemed to address. right now, just have to come up with a draw knife, we probably have 2 of them but they are buried in all of my dad's stuff LOL. several on my trad hunting forum reconmended your videos and they were right. Actually liked yours better than Clays
Thank you! Clay makes great videos so I'll take that as a compliment. :)
I watch all series and it really helpful. tnx
Great! thank you
Done. 1st bow. Aiming for 40# @ 28 and got 35# @28. Took your advice and went for a better tiller vs target #. Seems to shoot well, little shock but nothing crazy. Instructions were clear and left little to guess work. Thanks a bunch.
Glad it worked out for you. You'll get a feel for managing handshock through design and tiller as you build more bows. There are a few different factors that can create handshock, an over built bow, too much mass in the outer limbs, a poor tiller that bends too much in the inner limbs and also arrows that are too light for the bow.
Thanks man, many videos teach how do with the raw tree, I'm glad know it's possible make with a board. waiting for more content, thanks again.
Great series. Thank you! Looking forward for more stuff from you.
Thank you! Stay tuned...
Very well made it love this design
That came out pretty nice!
Thanks, not too shabby.
Now, all I need is a board. Great series. I can't wait until I can get my hands on a good board.
Thank you, Good luck!
Looks so good, nicely done sir
Thank you
Well done!
Thank you!
Waylon, i've got my hickory b. bow 90% finished by your methods. Ok i cheated with a hobby belt sander. I'm shooting for 30lb. @ 24". It would be really helpful to know the thickness of your finished bow limbs at the handle and tips ..... steve m. from peoria IL
Your video is marvelous, I've been attempting to make a reasonable horsebow '54'' long, for some time now.I understand the shorter bows are challenging to make but thats what I like. I have made one from elm that has turned out pretty well, not as powerful as I would like tho! The biggest problem in New Zealand is getting the right wood, no hickory here ! I now have access to some American hard maple, I'd like to try that. I would be intrested to hear your opinion of maple as a bow wood. Your video has been very helpful, I shall follow it to the letter! Cheers from Mike, Waikato, New Zealand
Thank you! Hard maple works great for bows.
Waylon; Thank you for your videos. You have a natural talent for teaching. While watching, I was wondering where you got your scraper and what was attached to the scraper. ? This is a great and easy to follow teaching aid. Keep up the good work. Mike from N. GA.
Thank you! That is a scraper holder that I got from Lee Valley Tools. a bit pricy but very durable. It really helps my hands not get over strained when I use the scraper all day.
Really appreciate the videos, some great information for us beginners in there. Question- you used a number of rasp/rasp-like tools in this video, maybe a short video on which tools and the specific application for each? Ive really been struggling with my cheap rasp (double cut flat one side, half round coarse on the other) and debating if i should pick up a different tool
Thank you. I have a video on tools but I've been meaning to do a newer, better one. Those cheap half round combo rasps are frustrating, I know. I used one in the beginning as well. It's worth picking up some better tools. They're not all super expensive
And now I want to make a bow 😅
Do you have any tips for using power tools?
I loved this serie, thank you!
Do it! :) You can use power tools for some stages of the process if you want. I would recommend doing it at least once or twice with just hand tools. That will give you a much better idea of where power tools might be helpful and where they might be risky. If you have a bandsaw you can use it to reduce the board close to your layout lines. That can save a few minutes of draw knifing. Honestly though. The time often saved by powertools is fairly minimal and there is always the risk of a slip that can ruin the project in a second. The two power tools that I most often use is the bandsaw for roughing out large staves and a belt sander for shaping small things like tip overlays and arrow rests.
Great information,
would you ever consider a custom bow build and selling it?
hello your videos are very beautiful but one thing I did not understand ... you have built a bow of 50 lbs and 28 inches .... those inches you say in the video are those that are related to the length of your arrow? .. ..I am Italian and I find it hard to understand ... I am very inexperienced
Thank you. Yes, the 28" is the draw length, from the back of the bow to the string when the bow is drawn
Nice build! Looks like a great bow. How fast is it?
Thanks! not sure. It's a bit overbuilt for safety as a bow for beginners to be successful with so it probably wont when any flight shooting competitions but it's not slow either.
Hello, I’m trying to build a board bow and have failed multiple times I really want a self made bow
Is there anyway you can do another raffle for a custom bow.
I would really appreciate it
How fast will your bow shoot?
I don't know exactly. I've never used it with a chronograph