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oldavid Descens Offline I sling, therefore I am lock and loaded Posts: 115	Pure Bamboo Bow Jul 9^th, 2008 at 2:59am Hello y'all! I'd like to start a project with my dad; making a bow out of just bamboo (excluding all the glue, ropes, cutters, saws, etc of course ) I tried finding a tutorial or something, but none came. Mostly there's just tutorials on how to glue bamboo strips to a wooden bow, or something of the likes. Can you guys help me? Thanks! David
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #1 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 7:29am try asking these guys - although there may already be instructions on the forum http://www.bamboocraft.net/forums/index.php?s=b59aeda675a520a8306e721aa4650172
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JTK Funditor Offline Give me a sling and a javelin and im a war machine Posts: 642 Western Kentucky Gender:	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #2 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 7:48am Google up The Bowyers den, its a good one.
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Reply #3 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 11:56am

Bamboo is a standard backing for bows. You can buy partially-finished blanks with the bamboo glued up allready from suppliers like Three Rivers Archery:

http://www.3riversarchery.com/Product.asp?c=49&s=201&p=0&i=8560X

(as a for-instance)

Making a bow entirely of bamboo is a bit more difficult; one easy way to do it is to build up a bow of short sections that overlap each other, sort of like this one:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0163d...

It's also possible to cut and carefully glue narrow strips of bamboo; but that requires very precise cutting tools.

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oldavid Descens Offline I sling, therefore I am lock and loaded Posts: 115	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #4 - Jul 9^th, 2008 at 11:03pm Thanks Bikewer! But weren't traditional Japanese bows pure bamboo?
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rob Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 74	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #5 - Jul 10^th, 2008 at 8:47pm http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/DIY/Making-a-bow-out-of-bamboo.html 'panda' bow article w/ pictures. quick and fun to shoot.
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Bikewer Interfector Viris Spurii Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 1627 St. Louis, Mo Gender:	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #6 - Jul 10^th, 2008 at 9:07pm No, the traditional "yumi" bow is a composite. Built up with a core of Mulberry, the bamboo strips are overlaid onto the core. Construction is very difficult, by all accounts. Here's a page with dimensions and construction: http://eclay.netwiz.net/translat/kyudo.htm
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sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #7 - Aug 4^th, 2008 at 6:16am i made a very simple bow from 6 bamboos in about 45 seconds. it has a draw weight of about 15lbs so it can be used in the garden with reasonable safety. SV
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sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #8 - Aug 4^th, 2008 at 6:17am here it is - i hope! SV
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sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #9 - Aug 4^th, 2008 at 6:20am and the fantastic workmanship in all it's detail....
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #10 - Aug 5^th, 2008 at 3:53pm Hi, sv. My guess is your bow would be even more bow-like and traditional if you waried the lenghts of the bamboo sticks, like two short, two medium and two full lengths. timann
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sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #11 - Aug 6^th, 2008 at 9:06am hi timann yes you are right, it would improve the bow for obvious reasons, but this was a simple and quick project for one of my kids. it's a crude bow but it works well enough. SV
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Pure Bamboo Bow Reply #12 - Aug 10^th, 2008 at 12:30pm Right you are, sv. As long it works, it is great After all, bow making fathers are great, I had one, and am one timann
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