bow making

pamul

hi everyone any tips on laminate bow making thanks in advance, non descript material on the web and youtube mostly

oscarBravo

I own a laminate bow, not sure I'd want to use one that wasn't professionally made. If it's going to shoot any kind of useful distance, it needs to support something like a 40-odd pound draw weight - I wouldn't fancy having that delaminate suddenly in my hands, especially not with an arrow nocked.

pamul

hi oscarbravo the net is full of part bits of info where would one start on making my own the laminate way works of art

pamul

what is yours tillered in at oscar

oscarBravo

Dunno. It's a Samick SHB.

pamul

ok i havent come on them with google check out ed scott on youtube when you get a minute:)

pamul

ok thanks for the link i havent come on them with google ,check out ed scott on youtube hes keeping an ancient art alive interesting too:)

oscarBravo

If you haven't already, you should check in over in the Archery forum.

boatbuilder

Hi,

I did my Final Year project in college on archery..... and part of the project was making a laminated recurved bow.

I based mine on the FITA dimensions for a modern recurved bow with removable limbs. The central handle was made from cherry and the limbs were laminated from thin strips of maple and unidirectional fibreglass strips (botuff), all glued together with an epoxy glue (called smooth-on).

If you're interested in old-fashioned bow making, there is a good book called "The Bowyer's Bible" which has a lot of information.

If you need any more info, let me know...I still have my theses in the bookcase here.


David

pamul

hi david its all new to me so exscuse my ignorance, my goal is to make a living out of making the bows ive got a lot of part bits of info from the net,to date ive found rudderbows archery in the states online,they supply a turkish sytha kit for $149 including the form, for me its a good starting point.Did you take any photos of your recurve build.thanks for taking the time patrick

pamul

hi david do you buy all four volumes of the bowers bible

Jack0106

anybody know any places to buy a stave or two? have been looking on the web but theyre all miles away

pamul

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magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056207362/bow-making

i went down a minor rabbit hole of watching youtube videos on bowmaking recently; and not knowing what it was like in 2014, when this was posted, it would seem the situation has improved.

though i was watching videos more about making simple, non-compound bows.

ZenNature

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/71365944#Comment_71365944

Pamul, there used be a guy called Jack Pinson Master Bowmaker who went to traditional and heritage fairs around the country demonstrating his archery and medieval bow making technics as well as other medieval craft techniques. A lovely guy, very interesting. Im not sure where he is at at the moment he used be based in Clare.

magicbastarder

you mean the pith?