Hi, my name is Nick! I'm an avid archer and bowyer and absolutely love archery in all its forms. One of my dreams is to teach everyone the value of archery and the lessons that can be learned. It's a lofty goal, but I try my best in my own little way to make archery more accessible to people who may not have the resources or opportunities otherwise.
While I don't sell any bows, I spend a lot of time teaching others to make their own archery equipment. I have a few books out on building bows as well as videos on RU-vid all about making your own bows and other archery tackle.
If you're using 3 fingers, the center of the handle lines up with the area being pulled, not necessarily where the arrow is. Putting the arrow at center will usually result in an asymmetrical set of limbs with the top limb longer than the bottom. It's not a bad thing, and totally acceptable to do it this way.
Not sure if I will get a response in time, but I have been trying to make a tomohawk using this video as a guide. However, for some reason, when I attempt to forge weld the pieces together, they don't stick. I used borax in the same steps as this video, my forge is at the right heat, and I have forge welded before at less heat and no borax using this forge. Any insights on to why this may be happening?
Starting with a 61" pipe should get you a 60 inch from tip to tip long bow. If you wanted 60" nock to nock, I would start with a 62" long pipe. A 3/4 inch pipe this long would yield an approximately 20 pound bow at a 30" draw. A 1 inch pipe this long would probably draw approximately 40 pounds at a 30" draw. Any of the 1 inch PVC bow making videos on RU-vid that look appealing to you can be made longer to reach your draw length and weight goal. I hope this helps!
Just made a couple of these PVC overdraws. Really just experimenting at the moment. Yes - they do work quite well. Tried both thumb ring (right hand side) and three fingers (left hand side). Both draw techniques go well. Found three finger style easier - Three fingers under the overdraw with the thumb resting on the arrow and string(using a cord on the overdraw that goes around the thumb).With a 14 inch arrow and out of a 30-40lb PVC bow the arrow speed is pretty good - accuracy OK as well. Also made a PVC Panjegan (1 arrow only) that was OK . The sled is however a bit hard on the arrow/bolt nocks. Overall the PVC normal overdraw easier to make and use.
@@ForrestHanchar-dz8so these techniques will work on any type of glass and on fine-grained varieties of chert, flint, agate, jasper, and both natural and manmade porcelain.
@@ForrestHanchar-dz8so Certain ones. Donny Dust has a video on finding river stones here on RU-vid. There are a lot of good videos on finding what to look for. I can find a lot of jasper in the river locally. When I was in Texas I found a lot of chert. I've found a lot of Agates and petrified wood in Eastern Washington and knappable basalts and greenish rocks in California.
Yes it can. Just keep in mind that electrical conduit deforms at a lower temperature than white pipe, so being in a hot car can cause the bow to get soft and loose it's shape. On hot days the bow can take a permanent bend or lose draw weight. The brittleness can still be an issue, so I like to test electrical conduit as well.
Loving the videos, thank you! I am not seeing the video for making arrows that you mentioned. If you created one, could you reply with the video title? Thank you so much :)
Hello nick, was wondering if you were still doing the heavy pvc bow builds?, i shoot 100lb/130lb frequently and have access to furniture grade pvc and was hoping to build a heavy hankyu and mughal crab bow
@BackyardBowyer for the hankyu bow about 110lb @33 inch and the crab bow 120lb @30 i can get sch40 furniture grade pvc in 3/4, 1 , 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 inch diameter In 1.25meters and 2.5 meters lengths
That's pretty awesome. I'm assuming you previously tried to use a Tang Ah, the full shoot of bamboo split? You mentioned you could use your first device to shoot Mediterranean, have you tried to shoot the bamboo shoot in that style or with just a thumb draw?
Thank you! For pressure flaking like this, common types of tools were antlers, rib bones, strips of antler, or bone and teeth (like beaver incisors) attached to a wood handle. It is theorized that where copper was available in large nuggets, it was used as well.
I just made a nice longbow for my daughter following your instructions. 150 cm long, yet draws only 15 pounds - exactly as intended (I remembered how you mentioned that with PVC, the longer the bow, the lower the draw). A very convenient bow to go with her medieval garb.
