Bow making - Making an Elm self bow
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2021
- A couple of years ago i cut down a super straight elm tree that i wanted to make into a bow. And now i finally I was able to make my first working bow, it turned out very good, and I am very pleased with it!
It is an elm flat bow and it has a draw weight of 75-80 pounds, at 31 inches. The bowstring is made of Dacron b-50. I hope you will enjoy the video, subscribe and leave a comment if you do!
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An " artform" that is still practiced by young guys like you...Good on ya! Pass it on ... n keep " the tradition" alive! ( been an archer, Bowyer, n Arrowsmith, " since 1957!
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Traditons!!!!!!!!
T Y! 👍🏹🧙♂️!
thank you for your comment :D! i will :D! your sure must have made many bows in all those years :D!
@@zakisworkshop indeed! One or two...lol! 👍🏹🧙♂️!
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You come across Elm that is 84 inches long and straight? Elm Grows much straighter and longer than yew?
@@tonymaurice4157 yes i have some a cluple of staves like that that :D!
Awesome build and video. Cheers from r/bowyer!
Thank you så Much brother 😃🤝! Happy you like it !
I use to make self bows before I got sick with C virus. After 2 years of recovery, YOU SIR, have inspired me to pick up my draw knife again. Thank you for your Bow Build videos.
hello :D! i hope you have recovered fully ! i am happy i you find my videos inspiring , thank you for watching brother :D
Wow! Bows are so hard to make, it turned out great!
I used to make a ton of bows. I have not done it in 20 years. You have about got me ready to make another.
nice :D! good idea about tying again my friend :D! making bows is always fun :D
Mit einfachen Werkzeugen ein gutes Ergebnis erzielt, gute Arbeit!
thank you brother :D!
Great video great work.
thank you brother :D!
Very nice, I finally got my hands on a straight trunk green elm. It is split and debarked. I may reduce the volume a bit so it dries faster. I've also had good enough results using Siberean elm for hammer and axe handles. Not the best wood in the world, but the best readily available wood in my area.
thank you :D! sounds like a good idea :D!
Que madera es esa
@@electrosoluciones7749 it is elm :D!
Fine job Zaki. Great looking bow
Thank you brother :D!
Lovely bow I think Elm is a great wood, done some wood turning with it, such a shame the Dutch Elm desiese decimated the trees here in the UK.
thank you :D!
Nice job, beautiful bow! God bless!
thank you :D! bless you to brother !
Very nice.
thank you :D!
! IMPRECIONANTE !!
thank you brother :D
Nice work! I like it!
Thank you 😃!
Man your elm splits so much easier than mine!
it was also a really good peice of elm :D!
Good bow 👍👍👍👍👏👏
thanks brother :D
Yeah, very nice bow, and it seems pretty zippy 👏
thank you :D! i
Nice looking bow, new subscriber. Great job, I would have probably had a couple more inches on the brace height but to each their own. Looks like it shoots well, and you made a beautiful bow out of a beautiful piece of Elm. Well done. Nice shooting.
Thank you :D! and thank you for subscribing :D! i have just always preferred a low brace height :D! it does shoot very well and fast :D!
Somebody give that man a spokeshave.
haha brother :D!
Saw ya from the Pathfinder group, great stuff 👍
thank you :D! happy you like the video :D!
Прям Робин из Локсли! 😏 А вот молотком по обуху топора лупить, я бы не стал! 🤔
Haha thank you brother 😃! Yearh i know i shouldent have used the hammer, but it was just close by and handy 😄!
Wanderful. Thanks for video.
thank you for watching :D
I‘d like to have as much luck at splitting😂
haha :D! this was also a really good piece of elm! and a pressure to split :D!
Really impressive.
thank you :D!
How long does the wood need to dry before you make a bow ?
it depends :D, but this stave was dried 2-3 years i don't remember exactly how long :D
I read it's 1 year per 1 inch of thickness, so I'm guessing around 3 years.
Muy bueno de que madera lo isistes bs as saludos
Nice video and nice bow! I didn't know Elm could split so clean and easily. Is it because it was seasoned?
thank you :D this was also an exceptional straight piece , and it had also been seasoning for 2-3 years :D
What kind of elm is that? I have had a bear of a time trying to split American elm, that looks like it splits much easier. Have made exactly one semi-successful self-bow out of it, and keep staring at the rest of the log feeling a little intimidated. An alternative that still looks/acts like elm would be nice. Thanks for the video!
i don't no exactly what kind of elm it is , found it in the woods where i live, and i must admit it split real easy :D! thank you for watching brother :D!
That was a lovely straight clean stave you had there, the bow looks pretty good although to me the brace height looks a bit low, the biggest issue I have with selfbow making is string follow, what do you do to counter that?
Two ways you can mitigate it, but one is backing the bow so it's no longer a self-bow. Otherwise you can heat bend it so it has a flex to compensate.
A third that is more to increase draw weight by adding compression strength, maybe that can help with string follow to. You take pine or fir resin, mix with balsamic turpentine. Heat the belly and work the mixture into it. Some say you can reach an increase of 20% draw weight. Problem is, if the bow fails it's more likely the back of the bow fails and that's a more spectacular failure. So maybe back the bow at that point.
Many whitewoods (ash, especially hickory, elm, hornbeam, and I think oak, among others) are very tension strong but moderately compression strong. This means that to balance it, you can trap the back, where you give the bow a trapezoidal cross section with the back being narrower than the belly. Using a sapling with a higher crown has the same effect.
Fire hardening does wonders for elm. My tillering skills are medium at best and I ended up with a bow with over an inch of backseat immediately after unstringing. And it gains more as it sits unstrung
looks great! would like some more explenation of the process :/
Looking good!🔥
What lenght do you have on the string, Compared to the stave?
Thank you🍀
thank you :D! i don't remember exactly , and i sold the bow , so i cant tell you :D
how much drying time did you give that wood? how long do you recommend to dry cypress wood to make a similar bow? I am anxiously awaiting your answer! Beforehand thank you very much!!!
this stave dried between 2 and 3 years :D! i have never worked whit cypress wood, so i don't really how long it takes for that kind of wood to dry. and thank you for watching my friend :D
Good job
thank you :D!
Whats the draw weight❓60 libres❓by the way nice bow‼️ excellent job
Its 75-80 pounds 😃! Thank you freind 😄😆!
Nice. 😎🏆👊🏻
thank you :D!
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I always wondered if elm would be good for guitars...fingerboard, necks, or just body wood...the interlocking grain has me curious. But no one uses it...maybe for a reason.
Is that a wooden axe?🤔🤩
Elm was the wood used by the Welsh of Gwent for their longbows. They were known for their strength and stiffness. Gerald of Wales gave an account of the performance of these longbows circa 1188AD:
"One of the men of arms was struck by an arrow shot at him by a Welshman. It went right through his thigh, high up, where it was protected inside and outside the leg by his iron chausses, and then through the skirt of his leather tunic; next it penetrated that part of the saddle which is called the alva or seat; and finally it lodged in his horse, driving so deep that it killed the animal."
Гениально, просто и доступно! А какое дерево, подскажите, please!
thank you so much brother , it is elm :D!
Nice work! What's the overall length of the bow from nock to nock? It looks rather short for a bow that does 31".
Thank you, its180cm, from nock to nock :D!
@@zakisworkshop Ah, then it makes sense. What's that oil you are rubbing into the bow to seal it? I generally use a mixture of 50% bees wax and some sort of natural oil, like Ballistol for example, I also use it for waxing bowstring and leather belts etc.
@@SmithLouis yes :D i just used linseed oil :D!
Hi I have an important question arc length usually starts from a few inches to a few inches. Also the diameter of the middle tip and the handle and its width? You can share a drawing or image
hi i just made this bow be feel so i have no measurements :D! and i have sold it so i cant measure it now my friend :D!
Muy buen arco quedo debe tener 60 libras
Nicely done. What is the lbs on the bow...
thank you brother :D! 75-80 pounds, at 31 inches :D
That's up there... Nice bow...
@@larryadams2184 it is thank you :D!
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What fibers are you using to make your bowstrings?
I use Dacron - b50 :D
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Le falta hisquierdo ahi bien soy de Bs As cuanto cobras porque quisiera uno asi con un piquito mas anchas las palas al final sea que no termine tan en punta creo que ahora lo beo mas serca creoo que esta bien
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And WHERE F. F. S. are we likely to find THAT much Elm, after Dutch Elm Disease?
yearh it can be kind of difficult :D
What wood did you use?
i made the bow out of elm brother :D!
@@zakisworkshop thanks!
What type of wood
the bow is made of elm brother :D!
Ibs bow ?
it is 80 pounds :D
Perfect
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