Making a 20 Pound 1/2 Inch Purple PVC Pipe Youth Bow 

This channel should be alive in making bows and stuff ❤❤

You look amazing with your weight loss bro congratulations!

Finally the legend himself is back great to see you again man!

I clicked instantly when I saw the notification. Your early bow videos is one of the first things I ever watched on RU-vid. Man time flies

I’m going to make a couple of these with my kids. They’re going to love it! Thanks for all the videos man!

You're definitely an inspiration. Love you Nick and your family!

My man u be lookin good these days, been a while since ive been here glad to see u are still good and healty. U inspired me to create stuff with my own hands back in the day and i cant thank u enough for that, keep at the good works.

When I was a kid I’d watch your vids all the time. One of my biggest inspirations for creating things in my garage as a 12 year old. I gotta get back into it. Thanks for everything you do man.

This will be my fourth bow I've made under your instruction. You're the man!

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.

Iam sure Gonna try to make also a pvc bow looking Great with the weight los thanks for al the Nice video’s and tip's greats from the netherlands from edwin de vries 14 years old 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏🤠

Great Job Nick!!! So happy to see you back in such form with so much confidence just bubbling over...KEEP IT UP!...Your number II admirer.

Hot sand works great for even heat. Great channel!!!!!

Man glad to see this guy again and looking great, gives me hope for my own weight loss journey.

Hello Nick , I first watched your videos about a year ago. I had some health issues that I had to receive dialysis. Your beautiful presence was a Godsend during a rough time. For 4hours a night three x a week,watching your videos made my treatments a whole lot easier.I love everything about your show. 6 months after starting dialysis I was blessed with a kidney.Now I watch from the comfort of my cabin. God bless you and your family.Be safe be well,Michael

A Master of the craft. You make it look easy. I tried my first one not long ago and it definitely needs work. 😂

You inspired me a few years ago period because of you I have learned how to make multiple PVC bow and arrows. Just showing my appreciation for your creative mind and I have several videos where I am shooting them all thanks to your

SO GLAD! to see another video from the GOT of PVC pipes! truely hope you are well! Thank you for inspiring me to make bows!

success!! tagged ya on instagram, finished and shot my first one ever in under an hour!!! you're such an amazing teacher bro!! much thanks!!

Good to see you again

1) FIRST, thank you for sharing your knowledge with the RU-vid community. I'm sure many, many folks have enjoyed you efforts. I first stumbled upon a 7-year old video of yours yesterday, while looking for reviews on the Bear Titan fiberglass bow, and I enjoyed your soothing demeanor. It made me want more! Next, I saw your video on the gull wing bow and appreciated the refined design. Then, I saw this purple kid's bow and was impressed with how "evenly tillered" and balanced the little bow looked. It is obvious that you have made many PVC bows over the years and you have developed a good "feeling" for how to shape them nicely. I like to go to PowWows and I see vendors selling poorly made PVC kids bows ... this purple bow is 100-times better and I might have to learn how to make them to offer them for sale ... not for profit, at cost ... as a service to help the young ones connect with their heritage. 2) I almost didn't recognize you in the newer video - you transformed your physique - kudos, bro (as another poster wrote, "I hope it was from living healthy and not from illness!"). 3) Are you concerned about toxic fumes released from heating the PVC? I've made PVC flutes and am careful not to breath the sawdust, but I've never heated it. 4) Do you have detailed plans on how to build your flattening jigs? 5) In looking through you video library, see you're a knife guy, too. SIGN UP for "Forged in Fire" ... I'd love to see you on there ... and potentially win the 10 grand prize! 6) I look forward to buying a book or two. Your skills have obviously grown and your techniques have probably evolved - do you have any plans to write updated editions of your books? That's all. Be well, Sir Nick. ~ Scott in Connecticut

Wow!!!! Great to see you Nick!! And dang....You look great 👍

Absolutely the chillest dude on the Tube👍🏻 Love the content brother.

Keep up the good work bro.

Wow it must have been years since the last time i saw you You lost so much weight!

Wow! It’s been several years since I’ve watched your videos and I was unaware of how much you’ve physically changed! That’s awesome Nick, hope you’re feeling healthy and strong 💪 all the best, long time subscriber

Hey man...I haven't seen one of your vids in a few years, and I just felt compelled to say you look great. Keep it up. Your skill as a bowyer and blacksmith have really progressed. Awesome!

Glad to See you again

Just made one for my 8 year old daughter. I broke my pvc recurve after it sat through winter a few years ago. Going to make another.

Welcome back,you look great!, thanks I was looking for something for my son!

Nice little bow👍

Dude, I don't know how you can use your bare hands when the pipes are hot. I've made a couple with my son and those suckers are hot! Good stuff Nick, thanks.

Love this bow! Thank you! Anymore knife making videos coming up?

You lost weight legend... I make a lot of pvc bow using your technique.. Awesome dude

you should sell these

He thinned himself and you guys are jealous hahahahha Glad you're back sir!

Awesomeness

Great to see you,had me worried there, you seem very balanced which is probably good for what you do. Keep it up and as we say in Welsh "I'r gad " (to the battle).

Hi Nick! You make really inspiring bow videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and ideas, I appreciate it a lot! I wonder what is the proper the application for these pvc pipes you use for bow making because I can’t seem to find any of that sort in my country. I’d like to try to make one myself. I remember that you say in some video you use plumbing pipe but so far I’ve only managed to find pvc pipe for house electrics. Problem is that the wall of the electric pipe is quite thin. How thick the pipe wall shoud be if I want to use 3/4” pipe? And where to buy this type of pipe? 🤔

Yay! Another video! Quick question: what other ways are there to heat pvc without a heat gun?

Nice to see you back. You gonna do any forging really liked the knifes and rebar stuff you made.

Another good one

welcome back bro

Good video thank you

You are awesome!

Ur looking good are u planning on making a crossbow mabey?

Great work I have followed you for a while I love your work I want to make a couple for me and my wife you have books available can you tell me where to get the. and what books will get me where I want to be thanks for sharing your fine work

Very impressive

Very cool to see these vids again! I discovered these recently but it's nice to see some newer ones! Btw I saw some of your instructions but I don't remember completely. Do you make the whole handle at the middle, or just the upper part of the handle so that the arrow is resting at the very middle of the bow resting on our hands? Thanks!

yooooo, you are still posting, that's insane, so glad to see you again :)

Add a little more shooting. You’re craftsmanship is awesome

You have the exact same work bench that l do!

Very nice

I'm 6'1" tall . What length and size pipe would you recommend for an adult size 20lb - 25lb bow ?

Enough with the weight loss already, you're done! Cool little now, are you working on a book about children's bows?

Do you make arrows for kids use? Or what arrows do you recommend

Man i used ti watch u all the time but i created a new RU-vid account so all my subscriptions were gone so i jida forgot but aye you’re back now😀

Btw your looking like such a Nice man

Would it be a bad idea to make the handle UNDER the center of the bow so that the arrow can line up with the center instead 🤔

Hi man, can you do a video to make the target and finger protection ? I just got my bow , but it’s hard to practice

1. Why did you taper the limbs from the center of the pipe whereas in the previous video, you flattened both limbs and heated the handle after the limbs were done? 2. I can't see how you set the 1/2 inch taper. Do you have spacers? 3. Well we get a build video on your new jig?

When did you get merch nick? That’s going straight into the cart🔥

When heating the pipe at the beginning, how do you get it all constantly hot? I tried to make a bow the other day and it would cool down before I hit it with the heat gun again. It wasn't super cold either, maybe 50F

What is the thickness of the Pvc? Just to make sure when i buy some pvc So it would not have any problems? 🤔

Hola Nick, soy Jorge de Buenos Aires, Argentina, y me gustaria saber, si tenes informacion respecto del uso de flechas cortas o enanas con arcos asiaticos, creo que coreanos, las tiran con un soporte o guia pareciada a una media caña, te agradeceria mucho si pudieras ilustrarme al respecto, de tener alguna informacion, te sigo desde hace mucho tiempo, me gustan tus videos, he aprendido mucho con ellos, desde ya y agradeciendote de antemano, te mando un saludo grande.-

Long time no see.. u look awesome bro..

My gf wants to get into archery but she cant pull back my 45 lb recurve lol. Gonna give this a try

Do you ever use PVC specific glues? Or do they make a chemical hard spot?

Do a flattening jig tutorial

Can u make another crossbow like that little one but little bit bigger??? Like a compact crossbow, I'm trying to make one but the bow from crossbow it's a little hart to be made, for a 69cm long body all made in pvc, size of a kid toy but stronger like a real pistol crossbow!! Can u helpe me making something similar

will you ever sell bows?

wow havnt seen your videos in years it seems

Is there a way to tiller a PVC bow?

Ok. Where did you get purple pvc. Or is it just painted?

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What's the easiest thing to do to lower the draw weight even further, for a 6 y.o.?

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Is there any other way to soften the Pipe/pvc or something?

my God! are you really? this super different 😃, say hi to Brazil.

Teach make arrow

How much for you to make me about a 40- 45 pound bow?

Omg you still exist

WHERE WILL NIK WALK?

Hello my friend

*Wow you lost weight loo good bro*

👌👏👏👏😉

Jumong

Dude...you look like you lost a ton of weight. I hope it was from living healthy and not from illness!

First again

You lose weight dude :D

Drop the diet lol

man, try to make a bow without pvc pipes, because its starting to get boring

hi, expert. I want to know how can i determine the draw weight of a self-made bow? by the pvc's length? or the string's length? as i am going to make a pvc bow by following your guide. I wish to make a 25 pound easy pvc bow with only pvc + glassfiber rod. Thanks.