I agree this is an algorithm win. But also, I’ve seen quite a few “hardware store bow builds,” over time that were pvc and fiberglass types. This is a real, professional level bow, really impressive and inspiring.
Another good option for cheap arrows are the bamboo garden stakes at Home Depot. They will need some heat straightening, but that’s super simple, and they are tough as nails. Also, you can get a pack of I believe 8 for around $6.
I made two bows out of bamboo for the grandkids while at their house. They were weaker but I added another bracer to the back side and they worked well
I used to know a guy who made these, I went to his house and there were about a dozen of these bows just standing up against a wall in his garage. This video has got me wanting to make one now.
Make one. I've made about seven and I've had a couple that shot for a few times but they all ended up being ruined because it's very very easy to take off too much material and ruin your bow. Or not necessarily even ruin it but make a bow that doesn't perform to you expectations. I would be happy with a 40 pound bow but I think that it's fairly difficult to make a mow out of a board and achieve a 40 pound draw weight without laminating the limbs. But it's easier than trying to make one from a stave. It's definitely a learning process and I improve with every attempt. I think that my next attempt will be a good one. If not I'll try again. When I ruin one I try and fix it and I usually end up with a really short working bow with a good draw weight but a draw length of 12 inches. I probably should start trying to make a bow about 12 feet long and then after I screw up about 3 times and fix it Id end up with a 6 foot bow at 50 pounds a and a 28 inch draw length.
I think there's alot more to learn here and would love to see a series from you going over how to make bows and arrows in more detail. This is a great low cost entry though and something I think the kids would enjoy almost as much as the adults.
My father learned to make his own bows from a man in his neighborhood. As a teen he was Illinois State champion in distance archery. But he never had time (or he knew that we did not have the patience) to teach any of his kids. Consequently this video was rather melancholy for me. Bow making is a fine and honorable craft. Thank you for passing it on. 😢
Thanks for this. Comprehensive without going over one’s head. Perfect. I hope you find yourself teaching in some capacity as you are well equipped to do so.
There is a quiet beauty about this video. The process from start to end is primal enough for anyone to understand, and the minutiae is explained well enough for the casual viewer, but the real genius is in its invitation to attempt the craft - to make this bow within your own confines, your own environs. An incredible story, incredibly told.
Looks like the algorithm is working well today. Truly enjoyed the video. Love your video's framing technique, flow, and overall transference of knowledge. Excellent video. Keep up the great work.
The quality of this video, the simplicity of the bow build and the easy to understand verbiage used....you seriously did an amazing job. 10/10 video. 100% gained a follower. Keep up the good work bud.
What a lovely 20 minutes, turned out great. That antler arrow rest was perfect, you'll have to keep your eyes peeled for more! The chilled style is very refreshing.
I am speechless. What a beautiful craft you have mastered. I shoot both recurve & longbows but never actually thought I would have the skill or patience to make one. Kudos master craftsman!
excellent walk thru! The explanations you guide us through is really thought out well. And just watching hand crafted equipment such as this oak bow....wow. Truly talented! Thanks for great content, man!
Great video and project! Loved your calm demeanor and go with it attitude. I may have to stop by the lumber store now. Also, I know an archery professional that hunts whitetail and black bear with a 45 lb recurve. So, no, you dont need heavy poundage bows. Just good aim and knowledge of your equipment.
First, this is awesome because it looks like dejavue of my very first bow build! You don't need a lot of tools to do this, which makes it more fun to approach without experience. I've been building bows for 4 1/2 years now. And I just love the point you made that I discovered after a couple of years of this, that is, to add more inches to the working limb. This is how I've gotten the best success with "board" bows. If you shoot a 62' normally, go up in length. I have ape arms, 32 inch draw, so I make board bows ~76. Just understand, this is something you do for fun and to gain experience. Board bows from home depot aren't going to be "high performance." They still will work great and their so fun to shoot. Sorry for the rant, I just had a flood of memories from this video. Thank you!
Great video! I made a hardware store crossbow out of oak 15 some years ago. It shot well until it didn't, although I did not understand how to read the grain of the wood very well. I think it's about time I tried again.
Beautiful bow build. Wonderful work, and the talk about your choice of particular wood’s characteristics was really quite interesting. Thank you for sharing🙂
DUUUDE! Your baby looks just like may daughter did when she was a newborn. She's a 13 y/o spitfire now and both her and I are getting into archery to reconnect with our Norse roots, which is how I stumbled on your video. Great work! Skål!
Absolute best and most accurate arrows I ever made were just outta dowel, straightened and sanding sealered to toughen....... man, all my aluminum arrows after a while using, would miss that dang gopher, all around him...... so last arrow always the dowel one..... never seemed to miss. Great vid, lotsa fun. thanks for sharing.
As a young boy growing up I was fascinated with Rambos bow and arrows. I remember building a bow from a sapling I cut from a tree in our backyard lol. This brought back alot of good memories of that time and has inspired me to try and build another one. Thanks!
First time watching a bow being made. I enjoyed the simply explained teaching style and the attention to detail. Then, at the end, i had to laugh at the misplacement of the button on his shirt. Sign of a genius. Then again, maybe it was intentional for some build or shooting reason?
When i was about 10, I saw a video on a $20 fiberglass homeade bow design (uses those road visibility poles for the snow), and that was one of the best $20 I ever spent. Came here expecting a similar video but this craftsmanship is beautiful.
25 years of my life spent working tech - and now living in Michigan, unemployed (for now), and I'm finding that working with my hands on wood projects for a single day brings me more satisfaction than anything I experienced in the past 25 years. I'm still undecided on where these new found skills will lead me, but I'm definitely inspired after watching your video. Thank you. 🏹
I don't know how but the RUclips Algorithm got me to this video. I've been interested in getting into archery. Your video is just what I needed to get started. Explanation was simple for me to understand and your use of simple materials and tools has definitely made it less daunting to get started. You are a rare artist and craftsman in a manufactured world, thank you!
When I was a kid I use to make bows out of those thin fiberglass flag poles they use to put on bicycles. They worked really good. I bet you can double or triple them up to increase the power.
I love the fade from riser to tips! This is a very pretty bow! I've always been interested in trying to make my own using hardware store materials. I have done arrows. Just haven't tried a bow yet.
Awesome bow. Nicely done. I'm working on my 3rd red oak board bow. The first one broke (also broke two poplar board bows) and the second was a success. I used Gorilla wood glue to add fiberglass strands as a backing. Not sure if that was necessary. Love that arrow rest!
I made a hickey bow a few years back. It looked pretty good and shot well. The problem started after i shot it around 20 times, and i was pulling it back in the living room, and the top half of the bow came apart and snapped off. Still have it i couldn't bring myself to just throw it away after all that work. Definitely gave me an appreciation for what it takes to make a bow.
What a peaceful and informative way to start my morning! Just getting into bow shooting on a budget together with my wife and we are loving it. Subscribed.
Hey, I love the finished bow. I've been thinking about doing a small wooden or pvc bow as a personal project, and this is more or less exactly what I wanted to do, so, it's a great inspiration.
Great video, really enjoyed it. One tip I learned is the outboard ends of the limbs can be supported when working them with a camera tripod which can be adjusted for height. You can probably score one at Goodwill for cheap money. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job! I'm bummed the giveaway ended (I really wanted that bow!) but you've given me some great insight into how to craft my own bow from materials I can get at the hardware store, thanks!
I remember spending countless hours dragging my mom to home depot and tearing through red oak boards to do this exact same thing. This video would’ve saved me a lot of time 10 years ago… This was a massive nostalgia trip for me thank you🙏🏻
I’ve made bows before and have hunted with bows and even when I was young I competed in archery competitions with a recurve and finding this video reminded me so much of working in my father’s carpentry shop when I was a teenager making bows from all different kinds of materials! Keep up the amazing work!
I have never seen you channel before, i have never fired a bow before, but this video was brilliant, so informative, and makes me want to go to B&Q ahaha! Well done, great video!
I have no interested in bow making and this video was fascinating. There is so much skill and experience inherent in now making, it was fascinating to watch. Also, great film making, right down to the choice of soundtrack. I’ll definitely check out more of your videos, thank you!
I've wanted to build a bow and this video is probably the best one I've seen so far. I'm a novice at this point but I want to become a master at this. Love RUclips!
I have been looking to get into archery and am hoping that I can make my own bow, or get one relatively cheap so I can learn! I am not a carpenter by any means, so this video is a blessing.
My first how-to bow video. Thanks for the great content and superb delivery. Beautiful end result, the antler really added to the design. New sub. looking forward to more great content.
shot compounds for recreation for a long time, but with shoulder replacement and getting oooold.....well, can't draw my heavy compounds any more. would love to try this "hardware store build" in the back yard!! nice project!
Not sure if the integrity of the bow would last but you can steam the scratches from clamping it down using a wet rag and an iron. I've done it to raise the grain back on old gun stocks. This bow turned out amazing!
I remember hearing somewhere that medieval hunting was all stalking, less shooting with accuracy over range. Their large arrowheads for hunting made them ineffective above like i don't remember but short distance lol. 15 yards or something. Really liked that tidbit which your light bow draw also reminded me of. Great video.
great bow but i personally use a card scraper for tillering because its a little more precise and leather helps protect the back from damage like you had to deal with
Amazing introduction to purpose built woodworking in every way. Bows, arrows, spoons, primitive lutes and guitars, staff slings, small boats and other used items all are created using similar methods. Absolutely excellent time and information balance.
I feel like the slight twist you put into the bow when you removed the growth rings running off the side may have contributed to the point of aim being centered. Rather than running straight down the center, the string is at a very slight angle, meaning that the arrow has less deflection from front to back.
Switching to a 'left handed' draw because my left eye is dominant changed my archery world. Suddenly I was hitting the target reliably and the activity went from interesting and fun to compelling and rewarding as well.
I got into bow making because of Kramer Ammons, I love your channel, but Kramer got me into making "board bows" and I've made 3 so far. My best bow is a 60lb oak board bow that is really powerful. My second best is a maple board bow that draws at 50 lbs at 28 inches. It's an awesome hobby and this was an awesome video!
I did this same build in High School back in '95. I had just spent some of my hard-earned cash on a longbow online (yes, we had internet in '95) and I got a linen-backed red oak bow with no riser and a jute twine handle. I thought, hey, I could've made this myself, for a lot less. The one addition I would recommend adding to the excellent example in this video is to add a backing of some non-stretching fabric to the back (the back is the side of the bow facing away from you when you are holding the bow to shoot.) I used a linen strip and just pulled it taut and saturated it with wood glue before the final shaping. It will only add a few bucks to the cost and adds a bit more strength to the bow as well as some insurance against breaking. Many modern bows have a fiberglass backing but historically fabric, rawhide, and horn materials were also used.
I was thinking fibreglass reinforced tape. I used some a few years ago to make a mast for a kid’s sailboat. I used electrical conduit, wrapped in multiple crossed spiral layers of the fibreglass tape, and then that all inserted into a 40mm black PVC pipe. The tape (not the kind used in Gyprock/drywall, but one intended for securely taping packing boxes etc) has the fibres running lengthwise, and needs a very sharp knife to cut it, and has next to no stretch.
This was a rare W for the RUclips algorithm. I enjoyed that thoroughly. The final iteration of the bow looks awesome!
Agreed
right there with you. I'm betting the video i watched for making my leather pouch has a lot to do with it for me though.
Definitely
Same
youtube knows what i like better then i do😭😭
I never would have expected "hardware store bow build" to be such a relaxing, unassuming view. Thanks for your style and craftsmanship. :)
Check out ZNA Productions, he did a similar video years ago and still makes a lot of cool stuff
I agree this is an algorithm win.
But also, I’ve seen quite a few “hardware store bow builds,” over time that were pvc and fiberglass types.
This is a real, professional level bow, really impressive and inspiring.
Another good option for cheap arrows are the bamboo garden stakes at Home Depot. They will need some heat straightening, but that’s super simple, and they are tough as nails. Also, you can get a pack of I believe 8 for around $6.
Look for wood roasting sticks in the summer campfires and cooking area.
I made two bows out of bamboo for the grandkids while at their house. They were weaker but I added another bracer to the back side and they worked well
I used to know a guy who made these, I went to his house and there were about a dozen of these bows just standing up against a wall in his garage. This video has got me wanting to make one now.
Make one. I've made about seven and I've had a couple that shot for a few times but they all ended up being ruined because it's very very easy to take off too much material and ruin your bow. Or not necessarily even ruin it but make a bow that doesn't perform to you expectations. I would be happy with a 40 pound bow but I think that it's fairly difficult to make a mow out of a board and achieve a 40 pound draw weight without laminating the limbs. But it's easier than trying to make one from a stave. It's definitely a learning process and I improve with every attempt. I think that my next attempt will be a good one. If not I'll try again. When I ruin one I try and fix it and I usually end up with a really short working bow with a good draw weight but a draw length of 12 inches. I probably should start trying to make a bow about 12 feet long and then after I screw up about 3 times and fix it Id end up with a 6 foot bow at 50 pounds a and a 28 inch draw length.
I think there's alot more to learn here and would love to see a series from you going over how to make bows and arrows in more detail. This is a great low cost entry though and something I think the kids would enjoy almost as much as the adults.
My father learned to make his own bows from a man in his neighborhood. As a teen he was Illinois State champion in distance archery. But he never had time (or he knew that we did not have the patience) to teach any of his kids. Consequently this video was rather melancholy for me. Bow making is a fine and honorable craft. Thank you for passing it on. 😢
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Damn, what an absolute hidden gem of a video and channel
the soy face "😮😮😮" thumbnails make me want to self delete 💀
Your skill is on par, you've inspired me. Thank you for your craft.
Thanks for this. Comprehensive without going over one’s head. Perfect. I hope you find yourself teaching in some capacity as you are well equipped to do so.
There is a quiet beauty about this video.
The process from start to end is primal enough for anyone to understand, and the minutiae is explained well enough for the casual viewer, but the real genius is in its invitation to attempt the craft - to make this bow within your own confines, your own environs.
An incredible story, incredibly told.
- You can make fletchings from duct tape.
- for blunt tip arrows, seems that nuts that fit the shaft should work.
lol you said nuts and shaft
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@@metalhero117 boioioioioioingggggg hehehe
Looks like the algorithm is working well today. Truly enjoyed the video. Love your video's framing technique, flow, and overall transference of knowledge. Excellent video. Keep up the great work.
The quality of this video, the simplicity of the bow build and the easy to understand verbiage used....you seriously did an amazing job. 10/10 video. 100% gained a follower. Keep up the good work bud.
The vibe of this video is immaculate. So calm, so entertaining, so educational. Love the bow too.
What a lovely 20 minutes, turned out great. That antler arrow rest was perfect, you'll have to keep your eyes peeled for more!
The chilled style is very refreshing.
This was a very cool project. Very glad to have stumbled upon it. Fascinating channel.
I am speechless. What a beautiful craft you have mastered. I shoot both recurve & longbows but never actually thought I would have the skill or patience to make one. Kudos master craftsman!
This is great! Your voice is so soothing thank you RUclips gods for recommending this
Have to admire the patience and craftsmanship. Well done sir! Got my subscription.
excellent walk thru! The explanations you guide us through is really thought out well. And just watching hand crafted equipment such as this oak bow....wow. Truly talented! Thanks for great content, man!
Beautiful hardware store bow man. The final touches you added made it even more beautiful, honestly!
Great video and project! Loved your calm demeanor and go with it attitude. I may have to stop by the lumber store now. Also, I know an archery professional that hunts whitetail and black bear with a 45 lb recurve. So, no, you dont need heavy poundage bows. Just good aim and knowledge of your equipment.
I learned a lot .......and appreciated the touch of humor. Well done.
RUclips for the win. As someone that watches/listens to a ton of videos. This one is awesome. Great work
Nice.. if I win this bow I'll gift it to my 13 year old son who loves to shoot.. great job..!! If I don't win, congrats to the one who does..!!
Keith, if you do indeed have a 13yr old, get out of the comment section and go spend time with them. If you don't, you're one sad man.
First, this is awesome because it looks like dejavue of my very first bow build! You don't need a lot of tools to do this, which makes it more fun to approach without experience.
I've been building bows for 4 1/2 years now. And I just love the point you made that I discovered after a couple of years of this, that is, to add more inches to the working limb. This is how I've gotten the best success with "board" bows. If you shoot a 62' normally, go up in length. I have ape arms, 32 inch draw, so I make board bows ~76. Just understand, this is something you do for fun and to gain experience. Board bows from home depot aren't going to be "high performance." They still will work great and their so fun to shoot. Sorry for the rant, I just had a flood of memories from this video. Thank you!
Great work. Focused, knowledgeable, unobtrusive music and a fine bow at the end. Great work again.
Great video!
I made a hardware store crossbow out of oak 15 some years ago. It shot well until it didn't, although I did not understand how to read the grain of the wood very well. I think it's about time I tried again.
Really nice explanation and breakdown of the process!
*Daddy talking about wood and how it's like a onion with layers*
*Baby yawning*
This was so cute. You got me subscribing within the first minute.
Beautiful bow build. Wonderful work, and the talk about your choice of particular wood’s characteristics was really quite interesting. Thank you for sharing🙂
DUUUDE!
Your baby looks just like may daughter did when she was a newborn.
She's a 13 y/o spitfire now and both her and I are getting into archery to reconnect with our Norse roots, which is how I stumbled on your video. Great work!
Skål!
Lovely work. You are an excellent communicator 👍🏼
Absolute best and most accurate arrows I ever made were just outta dowel, straightened and sanding sealered to toughen....... man, all my aluminum arrows after a while using, would miss that dang gopher, all around him...... so last arrow always the dowel one..... never seemed to miss. Great vid, lotsa fun. thanks for sharing.
This is a fantastic video. It makes the idea of creating a self bow really achievable and was delivered in a really accessible way. Great job! 👍👍👍
As a young boy growing up I was fascinated with Rambos bow and arrows. I remember building a bow from a sapling I cut from a tree in our backyard lol. This brought back alot of good memories of that time and has inspired me to try and build another one. Thanks!
😊
First time watching a bow being made. I enjoyed the simply explained teaching style and the attention to detail. Then, at the end, i had to laugh at the misplacement of the button on his shirt. Sign of a genius. Then again, maybe it was intentional for some build or shooting reason?
could've done duct tape fletching to stay in the hardware store theme
that's the obvious choice.
Handyman's secret weapon.
When i was about 10, I saw a video on a $20 fiberglass homeade bow design (uses those road visibility poles for the snow), and that was one of the best $20 I ever spent. Came here expecting a similar video but this craftsmanship is beautiful.
Did you build one with a pvc pipe outer shell and a fiberglass core? I build one of those and its great
@@ExplizitDuester yes exactly
Absolutely an art and you drew me in immediately, great job on this video and Bow.
Amasing ! Making a bow is such a personal and intimate art .
That bow is beautiful. You are a true craftsman.
25 years of my life spent working tech - and now living in Michigan, unemployed (for now), and I'm finding that working with my hands on wood projects for a single day brings me more satisfaction than anything I experienced in the past 25 years. I'm still undecided on where these new found skills will lead me, but I'm definitely inspired after watching your video. Thank you. 🏹
I don't know how but the RUclips Algorithm got me to this video. I've been interested in getting into archery. Your video is just what I needed to get started. Explanation was simple for me to understand and your use of simple materials and tools has definitely made it less daunting to get started. You are a rare artist and craftsman in a manufactured world, thank you!
When I was a kid I use to make bows out of those thin fiberglass flag poles they use to put on bicycles. They worked really good. I bet you can double or triple them up to increase the power.
I love the fade from riser to tips! This is a very pretty bow! I've always been interested in trying to make my own using hardware store materials. I have done arrows. Just haven't tried a bow yet.
Awesome bow. Nicely done. I'm working on my 3rd red oak board bow. The first one broke (also broke two poplar board bows) and the second was a success. I used Gorilla wood glue to add fiberglass strands as a backing. Not sure if that was necessary. Love that arrow rest!
I made a hickey bow a few years back. It looked pretty good and shot well. The problem started after i shot it around 20 times, and i was pulling it back in the living room, and the top half of the bow came apart and snapped off. Still have it i couldn't bring myself to just throw it away after all that work. Definitely gave me an appreciation for what it takes to make a bow.
Absolutely wonderful build my friend. The bow turned out great 🏹
Cody
Michigan
What a peaceful and informative way to start my morning! Just getting into bow shooting on a budget together with my wife and we are loving it. Subscribed.
Hey, I love the finished bow.
I've been thinking about doing a small wooden or pvc bow as a personal project, and this is more or less exactly what I wanted to do, so, it's a great inspiration.
What a great video man, even the music was chill and relaxing. 10/10
Great video, really enjoyed it. One tip I learned is the outboard ends of the limbs can be supported when working them with a camera tripod which can be adjusted for height. You can probably score one at Goodwill for cheap money. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job! I'm bummed the giveaway ended (I really wanted that bow!) but you've given me some great insight into how to craft my own bow from materials I can get at the hardware store, thanks!
There will be more giveaways and better bows in the future!
Work of art and a Great video; the calmness of the video is therapy for me.
Nice job makes me interested in trying a home Depot build.
Great craftsmanship with the bow and the video!
love seeing smaller channels that make true videos and not big productions
I remember spending countless hours dragging my mom to home depot and tearing through red oak boards to do this exact same thing. This video would’ve saved me a lot of time 10 years ago… This was a massive nostalgia trip for me thank you🙏🏻
I’ve made bows before and have hunted with bows and even when I was young I competed in archery competitions with a recurve and finding this video reminded me so much of working in my father’s carpentry shop when I was a teenager making bows from all different kinds of materials! Keep up the amazing work!
I have never seen you channel before, i have never fired a bow before, but this video was brilliant, so informative, and makes me want to go to B&Q ahaha! Well done, great video!
your hunting buddy is adorable, give him/her a fuss and a treat from me!
Excellent information. Will be a skill that looks to become very useful in the future. The right to keep and bear arms was never limited to firearms.
I have no interested in bow making and this video was fascinating. There is so much skill and experience inherent in now making, it was fascinating to watch. Also, great film making, right down to the choice of soundtrack. I’ll definitely check out more of your videos, thank you!
Thanks for the feedback!
I've wanted to build a bow and this video is probably the best one I've seen so far. I'm a novice at this point but I want to become a master at this. Love RUclips!
Awesome build and video!
Excellent job and video, you inspire me to return to making self bows after an 8 year break.
Excellent job. Based on the materials you had to work with from Home Depot at that price, I'd say it turned out pretty damn nice.👍
Very nice bow I have a vintage recurve really considering making a longbow nice job brother
That is one beautiful art piece.
I have been looking to get into archery and am hoping that I can make my own bow, or get one relatively cheap so I can learn! I am not a carpenter by any means, so this video is a blessing.
My first how-to bow video. Thanks for the great content and superb delivery. Beautiful end result, the antler really added to the design. New sub. looking forward to more great content.
I used to make bows (simple stuff) from stuff in the bush as a kid. This brings me back.
You can always tape some wet paper towel to the dented part from the nails and wait 24 hrs it will swell it out. I've done it on pool cues.
Wouldn't that create a less dense weak spot once you put the bow in storage and it dries?
@JFitable im not sure on bows i do know that most bows are like pool cues laminated layers.
Nice job buddy! Very rewarding! I actually saw a shadow in the video. We have not had much sun over here this Summer.
lol you’re gonna like the next one. I filmed the whole thing in the rain
Great instructive video. Really enjoyed watching
shot compounds for recreation for a long time, but with shoulder replacement and getting oooold.....well, can't draw my heavy compounds any more. would love to try this "hardware store build" in the back yard!!
nice project!
Are those antler nocks? Those are very slick. I like it a lot.
Yes moose antler I found
Just found your channel, love the videos! Have been wanting to build some bows for a while, definitely inspiring me!!
I enjoyed your calm presentation.
Not sure if the integrity of the bow would last but you can steam the scratches from clamping it down using a wet rag and an iron. I've done it to raise the grain back on old gun stocks. This bow turned out amazing!
I loved this video. This was a fantastic showcase of showing what you can do with box store products.
I remember hearing somewhere that medieval hunting was all stalking, less shooting with accuracy over range. Their large arrowheads for hunting made them ineffective above like i don't remember but short distance lol. 15 yards or something. Really liked that tidbit which your light bow draw also reminded me of. Great video.
I made a PVC/Fiberglass driveway rod bow. It was pretty fun to mess around with.
great bow but i personally use a card scraper for tillering because its a little more precise and leather helps protect the back from damage like you had to deal with
That impressed me! Great job!
I like your music choice and editing style, nice bow!
So cool man. And good job doing this with a little baby at home. It can be hard to find time for your hobbies but you seemed at peace working in this.
Very nice! Something interesting and new in my feed!
Thanks for sharing!
Anyone else randomly end up on this video
Yup...
Yup
Yep
Randomly for a reason... good stuff.
Amazing introduction to purpose built woodworking in every way. Bows, arrows, spoons, primitive lutes and guitars, staff slings, small boats and other used items all are created using similar methods. Absolutely excellent time and information balance.
Cool 35 righteous. Great advice on starting…I started on a similar, like many.
I feel like the slight twist you put into the bow when you removed the growth rings running off the side may have contributed to the point of aim being centered. Rather than running straight down the center, the string is at a very slight angle, meaning that the arrow has less deflection from front to back.
Ok this was a cool find. Thanks for doing this and sharing.
You and I draw the same…but I just found out I should draw the other way. I don’t look down my dominant eye. Looks like a nice bow
Switching to a 'left handed' draw because my left eye is dominant changed my archery world. Suddenly I was hitting the target reliably and the activity went from interesting and fun to compelling and rewarding as well.
This was a really good video, you're clearly very well versed in your craft, thanks for the lesson man! Glad RUclips was cool for once
I got into bow making because of Kramer Ammons, I love your channel, but Kramer got me into making "board bows" and I've made 3 so far. My best bow is a 60lb oak board bow that is really powerful. My second best is a maple board bow that draws at 50 lbs at 28 inches. It's an awesome hobby and this was an awesome video!
I also love Kramer Ammons videos.
I did this same build in High School back in '95. I had just spent some of my hard-earned cash on a longbow online (yes, we had internet in '95) and I got a linen-backed red oak bow with no riser and a jute twine handle. I thought, hey, I could've made this myself, for a lot less. The one addition I would recommend adding to the excellent example in this video is to add a backing of some non-stretching fabric to the back (the back is the side of the bow facing away from you when you are holding the bow to shoot.) I used a linen strip and just pulled it taut and saturated it with wood glue before the final shaping. It will only add a few bucks to the cost and adds a bit more strength to the bow as well as some insurance against breaking. Many modern bows have a fiberglass backing but historically fabric, rawhide, and horn materials were also used.
I was thinking fibreglass reinforced tape. I used some a few years ago to make a mast for a kid’s sailboat. I used electrical conduit, wrapped in multiple crossed spiral layers of the fibreglass tape, and then that all inserted into a 40mm black PVC pipe. The tape (not the kind used in Gyprock/drywall, but one intended for securely taping packing boxes etc) has the fibres running lengthwise, and needs a very sharp knife to cut it, and has next to no stretch.
We make LARP bows using the fiberglass driveway markers, they work great.