Making a 105 Pound (120 Pounds at 30”) Turkish Inspired PVC Pipe Bow - No Fiberglass - Shaping PVC 

Hi if there’s one person that can push the limits of a pvc warbow, it’s you. Waiting till the day you make a 200 pvc handbow ;)

Great job man 👍 I want you to know you've made a positive impact on my life. I found a cheap and fascinating hobby when I needed it desperately. Thank you.. for real

wow this guy lost so much weight im so happy for you bro well done. wow you are inspirational

Glad you're making videos again! Been watching and bought one of your books years ago. Unfortunately it got lost. That bow is a beast, can't wait to see you fire it!

I think I'd prefer a Yumi or English warbow for something with that kind of pull. But. Dang. Cool cool. Cool cool cool. Where do you find furniture grade pvc? I noticed you've been using it in your videos as of late.

I can't wait to build one of these! When I do a bow, I trace the curve of the 1st limb onto paper and match the second limb to the tracing. I have had really good success 1st time tillering that way.

That black pipe looks so good! That beast looks more like a crossbow prod than a bow! Thanks for filming for us, Nick. It's good to see your work here. Keep 'em coming :)

I can't wait until you upgrade to making a speed loader for your pvc bows.. I watched the sling shot channel go from sling shots to semi auto weapons 🤣 Awesome explanation, I love the "make sure yours looks equal to mine" checkpoints, and awesome results.. truly experienced and willing to teach others. Thanks

Finally you made a Turkish style bow.

This thing is a beast, glad to see such powerful bows are possible out of PVC

Can’t wait to see it preform.

I will make this Simple turkish bow and put it into crossbow

Just amazing Nick, unbelievable !!! can't wait to see the performance and specs for this wonder !!!

Hello my brother, I closely follow what you have done this spring Rashid from Turkey gift from you to me I want you to

That is some amazing bow. I am amazed the pvc can handle that.

Hi nick,do you sell the bows you make

Mr.congratulations, nice bow, next pruve it works.

It's so powerful and very very wonderful 👍 WoW 😳❤ your so sweet person and your working Style OutClass Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ GOOD LUCK AND TAKE CARE FOREVER AMEEN INSHALLAH 🌹☝️🌹☝️🌹☝️🌹☝️🌹 BOTHER ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️

Love what you are doing. Also glad you are still building. You are a master at this craft. I've built several 1in and 1-1/4 inch long bows and recurves love them all. Always wanted a bit more though. Now you have shown me the way sir and I will try to make and make hopefully make the bow of my dreams for hunting. If I can't get it right? If possible I'll ask for the master to build one for me.

This is impressive and excellent...this bow is beyond the capabilities of any average individual. This will take some serious training to master the use of....awesome build...thankyou very much for this. I am learning lots in the building of it !!

How the heck did you manage to get 100lbs out of only PVC, this is one of the greatest achievements in the PVC Bowyer world.

Hi. Please tell me. Do you use PVC-U pipes (it's gray)? I'm living in Russia and we have a big problem with finding PVC. Normally one can buy only PP pipes. I've just found a shop with PVC-U, but I'd like to check it with you if it will fit before buying. alart.su/icons.php?fname=/upload/catalogAuto/i8750.jpg&w=305px&h=305px Thanx

I’m sure this has probably been asked and tried, but what would happen if you just got a strong pvc pipe and cut the belly on the limbs to make it bend?

1 inch = about 2.5cm i diameter. But seems like the pipe is thicker in your hand? Do you have small hands? 😬 Maybe i should order 32mm pipe?

Does anyone know what "schedule 40, furniture grade pvc" translates to in Australian standards??... The internet searching is making my head hurt :l

I wanna see you make a scythian style bow, or atleast a bow which recurves at the handles, I love bows with that distinct m/w shape when strung.

Qty SUPER "chulada " congratulations

Nick where can I get the furniture grade pvc?

Howdy Nick have a Nice day great work keep it up 👏👏

Aquí hay caños de PVC pero dudo mucho que tengan esa calidad es muy dudoso y difícil de creer que un trozo de PVC haga un arco tan potente

I saw a japanese makes perfect casting for bows, the recurves are brilliant that way, also a request please show a pulley system recurve bow of pvc🙏

Salut,éxpliquer en français s'il vous plaît,en anglais,je ne peux pas comprendre,merci.

Hi, I love this bow, can you send me this bow plz, I can't make à bow

I didn't think a PVC bow would be able to be this strong, that is insane. Such a cool project, well done!

I made 2 of them and I had trouble getting it straight. there was side to side flex where the handle was thinned. I'm sure if I get one straight that I'll enjoy it but I suppose a jig would help.

I have a great idea to make, you can make the bow into crossbow and it would be cool English its not my only language hope you understand

A few more information I need like building the jig and where your putting the edge of the pvc to the end of the jig as well

I like this … can you make for me like that…? How much do You cost $ for one…?

A few years ago I was messing with pvc, inspired by nick. I built a two piece, 1"pvc, 65lb reflex/deflex bow. It took almost six months before it blasted back in my face. I fd up the center. Mia Culpa.

Great video Nick. Thanks for sharing. Did you use any kind of template to make sure the recurves match,or did you just do it by sight?

Good job man! Beautiful piece of work.

I've never laughed that loud before watching you pull that bow. I could feel my bones creaking as you did that. I can't wait for your videos on building PVC exercise equipment. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. Amazing channel.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn ,,,,,,, awesome phuckin job bro !!!!

Hey nick, I'll be going today for getting a pipe. what should i tell the shopkeeper, i mean the specifications of pipe ? thanks

Thank you Nick. It's a pleasure to watch yours videos.

The numbers don’t add up. You have you have 8” handle, each side have 6”+6+3+3 So each side is 18” *2 = 36” plus the handle 8” equals 44” total length While at the beginning of the video you have said the total length of the PVC 47” You have 3 inches missing

you are so nice a person ...you'd make a verry good muslim

Can grey pvc electrical conduit be used

Do you only use furniture grade now, and what do you think you can get with 1-1/4 pipe. I got a 150lbs manchu bow with schedule 80 1-1/4 but that's a longer bow. I haven't made a pvc bow since you stopped man I might have to try again.

Do you unstring your bow, or is pvc ok to leave strung up

Why won't you try this with fiber glass rods

Ee amigo que caño uso para ese arco x fabor me puede pasar las medidas del caño siii

I have some green 32mm (1 and a quarter inch) PVC pipe that I wanted to use for recurve, but it does not get soft enough (becomes just a bit flubby) to be workable after 20 minutes of heating in an aluminium row I have made. How long do You actually heat Your PVC with 930 F degrees heat gun?

How Endure is this bow? If we use this bow daily practice how many day's this bow sustain?

I have tried making it but for some reason it just collapses.. note though that i have used 38mm white pipe. In the past years i have followed your videos with impressive results. I actually made a long bow with tapered tips which were cut in the middle to form a triangle, which measures 6ft in length with about 120lbs @28" with gray 40mm diameter gray pipe 3mm thickness.. i really wanted to do this one.. although i do not understand the difference between upvc and pvc.. i think the problem lies in the fact that upvc might be different? Please elaborate

are you selling these bows & arrows online?

Where do you get the furniture grade PVC?

You are looking great man, I see you lost a lot of weight, but it seems that weight is the only thing you lost, cause your content still has that awesomeness to it

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after watching your videos for years and searching for the right pvc pipe I've finely made a pvc bow and I can tell you I've not yet fired an arrow as I don't have arrows anymore but I've dry fired it and fuck me has it got s one power plus I've styled it in th mirkwood bow that legolas has but dude there brilliant if I could show you my result and get your opinion it woukd be great

Like many others I see you are using furniture pvc now have you ever tried HDPE pipe? we have cattle hay rings out of HDPE and it resists extreme weather both hot and cold. It bends without heat also but wondering about using it to make a bow with.

how can i buy a bow from you

I want to buy a bow from you 😃

i like the tip shape, the reason historical tips where shape they are is the material dynamics of material used it follows that pvc would have a different tip shape to go with its material property's very cool bow, i could see having some pvc pipe blanks in my workshop just to have for ppl use to make a first bow with after watching this ps when stringing heavy bows its easier to have a long cord through both knocks you can stand on with both feet, string bow ready like you had it then pull up on bow stretching it with long cord and slip the bow string on pull long cord out also your weighing is the hard way, you can put the bow on 2 pegs and pull it down with a winch running around a pully on floor or wall it you have pegs in wall also if you make your siya section even more ridged maybe glue and bind a 10cm strip 3mm by 1cm of steel to back of siya with a leather bridge to make it fully ridged and youll get more leverage on draw/make it easier to draw, if the tip shape gets to you (i didnt mind it i quite like its shape), you could also make it look traditional/point it with the steel reinforcement to back it up (although entire dynasty's in china had broad tiped siya sections so it is also traditional shape for some eras to have close to what you have. if you put a decorative brass sea shell or something on siya tip it would be pretty similar look slightly shorter same kinda poundage as warbows in at least 1 or 2 eras in china asia & middle east)

Nice and good work Nick ! Where is the video or finally you fire the beast?

I made one and the first turned out great. The second and third time I tried it took hours and hours of shaping because for some things are just not showing you because you heat one area another area Benz and if it's just out of place and one little tiny spot you're going to spend hours reshaping and reshaping and reshaping and it just won't fire straight or be straight! That's a fact. I can build anything and I wasted three days of my life trying to build one of these and now I am out of 50.00 bucks I spent trying to make one of these. Just go buy one! These don't shoot good enough to hunt or practice anyway

Couldn’t you avoid misalignment and form a handle at the same time if you just made a mold out of two vertically screwed in 2x4’s to press the handle section down into while you make the arms of the bow? That way, once you do one side, the handle just slides in and you’re automatically aligned for the next arm?

Cool bow but I very much prefer natural materials rather than using Petroleum products.

Nick where can I get the furniture grade pvc?

Insane Awesome Nick!! Can ya add a mew string just an inch longer and restring for smooth draw? 😊😀

Trash its not posible to shot to hard

How long is it?

Great tutorial! Very detailed. Have you ever tried using steam instead of a heat gun? I've used a simple valet clothing steamer (like some hotels used to offer) to make some some wild bends in 3/4" sch 40 in the past. It worked like magic, as the steam could soften about 1.5-2 ft of the the PVC to "limp noodle" flexibility in under a minute and never burned or cracked the pipe because the steam, though extremely hot, was also moist, keeping the pipe from drying out. It also heated the pipe evenly as it was heated from the inside, which also prevented finger prints messing up the exterior . I'd imagine you could prob. make a similar one simply with an old pressure cooker with a 1/2' copper pipe fitting threaded into the lid. All you gave to do, once the water gets to a full rolling boil, is put the end of the pipe you want to shape over the 1/2" stub sticking up for 30-120 seconds, (depending on the pipe diameter and wall thickness your working with) & and twist or bend like spaghetti! (almost ;-) If you decide to try doing shaping this way remember a couple safety points. #1 that steam is HOT! Hotter than the air coming out of your heat gun & because it's carried in the moisture of the water. The heat will, therfore, remain in the pipe longer, so you'll have longer working time, but youll need to wear gloves and proper PPE! #2 to minimize splash out of boiling water , only fill the water level up half way in the pot as to minimize boiling water drops. #3 Use cloth gloves if you can, as leather gloves can disintegrate and turn to goo when exposed to steam (think hide glue) and will get all over your work. I used a thick pair of cloth garden gloves over cloth jersey gloves. I hope you get a chance to give this method a try as it'll save you a LOT of heating time compared to a heat gun. (+ simple hot plates are WAY more durable that heat guns! i'm sure, given the number of bows you've built , you've had to replace or repair at least one of those HF specials cuz I've gone through like 4 of em since I started watching you. Haha :-)

quality of PVC is so good that makes the bow reach 105lbs

How long do these things last?

What do u do with these bows ?

Odysseus would be proud

Need a 220lbs one please

Can you do a componed bow?

I am going to copy it ASAP

Wait how wide is the pcv

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Don't you burn your fingers with the heated pvc?

That is just beautiful, I love it. Concerning arrows, in general, do you think it would be safe or practical to make arrows using pvc of smaller diameter?

Que clase de pvc es

I know your specialty is pvc bows but I think you should make a full composite of this draw weight.

looks good to me thanks keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and thank you for sharing

Esta. bonito

Hermoso 🏹🏹🙏👍

Thank you for showing how it done. I was thinking about a plastic tube and fiberglass build by adding the fiberglass rods used for "refective" driveway makers that you stick in the ground. They are very long and thin but very flexible and springy. Adding them to a plastic tube bow might be a game changer. What do you think about adding two or three of these to the inside of a flattened tube?

Are you here

Good brother bow but you look hard to peel but you have to shoot it's scary good job as always get that good greetings

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I’ll be dusting off my flattening jig now. Don’t know I’ll go as crazy as 100lb but a 70lb trainer would be great to keep the arms and back in shape during the winter months. So glad you’re back dude.

11:25 what’s happening here bro😅

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Hi Nick...out of the several bows you have made so far, what may be the percentage of those that snapped due to normal use...no excessive draw.

Is it possible with a bow that’s about 63 inches long to get around that draw weight

How thick is the skin on your hands, you pressed that hot pvc bear handed like it was nothing, great build btw

An absolute beast of a bow, what a good channel