How to make bamboo recurve bow (details written below) 

Thanks brother, I truly appreciate your kind words of support 🙏 this video is a couple years old and has been in my que I just never published it. Thought some might find it helpful so I made it public a few days ago. Have some new stuff coming soon, stay tuned!

Thanks buddy! I have new stuff on the way, this was an old video from couple years ago that I thought people might find helpful

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Yes, they are fun to build and light. No. I'm saying people with little experience and patience are going to experience failure. Dave knows what he's doing. There is nothing wrong with the bow's design, bamboo is simply to fickle to be used alone by a novice. Still a great platform to learn the fundamentals of building one. I'm sure there are successes. Fun to try, but I'm tapping out. I'd rather shoot than build because I have a day job and prefer riding the motorcycle. Am I saying it can't be done? No. Not for me. My experience: I'm not a boyer. After making 6 of these I've got one that hasn't failed, because it's 25lbs, which isn't going to work for me. Sourced a variety of different bamboo, because $69 a pop for 2 limbs that failed isn't cost effective. Quality Bamboo is as expensive as wood and costlier to ship. Bamboo is strong yet splinters and cracks easily under stress. You've really got to baby the sanding. It has to be sanded completely flat/level on the belly or it will split (it's arc'd). That channel cannot exist (That's stated in the video). This results in lower and lower poundage. I've noticed while bamboo makes a decent backing, solo is a no go unless it's got a sinew backing. Hide really does nothing to prevent breaking. That can drive the cost up another $60-120 if you purchase pre-processed sinew and that doesn't prevent splitting. The only one I have with high poundage is still being tillered, bamboo backed, ipe belly for compression. It's likely a 90lb bow without a lot of work. I'm tapping out.

Not excellent. The guy didn't answer ANY of the questions.

Very quiet, I've used only these bows for hunting during the last 8 yrs. No problems and never needed string silencers. Shaping the siyahs is easier than you think, a rasp or file and sandpaper and your done

@@MeadLongbows thanks for the quick reply! Good to know they are quiet. Once I get caught up on a couple things I may very well have a new project

Thank you, yes

@@MeadLongbows Thank you very much, your videos are so good.

its so that when the limbs flex. That force is distributed across a greater area, as opposed to being focused on a single point. If that force was focused on a single point - that increases the chance of the bow breaking there

There are several types of large bamboo but it seems to me that moso bamboo is the most commonly used

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Finished bows are on backorder, please email me at meadlongbows@gmail.com and we can discuss from there thank you very much

Any type of strong fiberglass wrap like pipe repair and also sinew soaked in hide glue. Even thick canvas soaked in glue will work

@@MeadLongbows thanks for the information 🏹🏹

@@MeadLongbows specifically what wrap did you use, I did internet search, I thought of Fiberglass tape, however you mention that it constricts or kinda shrinks. Plus your package of taper looks so easy to work with. Does your wrap shrink like dry raw hide.

Wood glue will not work with bamboo

@@MeadLongbowswoah! ok I’m working on 2 bamboo bows and I was thinking of using wood glue thanks for the look out