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Arthur the great Descens Slinging Rocks! Posts: 102	youtube vid Dec 18^th, 2011, 11:19am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zyV8tZGJtE parents showed me this its pretty neat only problems are we don't know where to get a bowstring or cheap arrows
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Jauke Funditor Posts: 513 Gender:	Re: youtube vid Reply #1 - Dec 18^th, 2011, 12:09pm Probably wouldn't last very long. But it's works good.
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bigkahuna Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Posts: 3687 Gender:	Re: youtube vid Reply #2 - Dec 18^th, 2011, 12:09pm Very interesting video. Thanks
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Arthur the great Descens Slinging Rocks! Posts: 102	Re: youtube vid Reply #3 - Dec 18^th, 2011, 3:31pm any ideas as to where to get a bowstring and cheap arrows??
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Reply #4 - Dec 18^th, 2011, 4:22pm

Buy a roll of B50 bowstring and some 11/32 field points and cheap pine shafts from an archery supplier. You can make easy fletches with duct tape. A hacksaw blade snapped into three parts and taped up side by side is a perfect nock saw. There are loads of videos about making bowstrings from B50.

I wouldnt bother with pvc pipe, get books one and two of the Traditional Bowyers Bible and that will tell you how to make a simple design of longbow out of red oak board from any home improvement store. It also covers arrows and bowstrings. I have made two kick ass bows from those books.

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Arthur the great Descens Slinging Rocks! Posts: 102	Re: youtube vid Reply #5 - Dec 18^th, 2011, 7:50pm Where can i get a roll of this B50 and where do i get the books
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Reply #6 - Dec 18^th, 2011, 8:28pm

Quote from Arthur the great on Dec 18^th, 2011, 7:50pm:

Where can i get a roll of this B50 and where do i get the books

Humhum

Quote from David Morningstar on Dec 18^th, 2011, 4:22pm:

Buy a roll of B50 bowstring from an archery supplier.

So you may want to ask the local archery club if there is any near you

and the books, you may want to try the local small book seller with the title (traditional bowyer's bible), the author (Jimm Hamm, anyone to correct me ?) and the ISBN (1585740853, to make it easier).
Or if you are in the middle of the ocean, you can try amaizon, it's easy to find with a goolge search.
and the cheap pine sharft, you may find it at the same place you found your saw

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Reply #7 - Dec 18^th, 2011, 10:23pm

WalMart has the cheap arrows at $7.00 per. Those were carbons, they aren't cheap but they are almost impossible to break. You can get the sight there, too, and maybe the string.

I agree with DM, though, get Vol. 1 and 2 of the Bowers Bible, you will be able to make a wooden bow, string and arrows. And all you will need will be some simple hand tools. Google 3 Rivers Archery, they will have everything you need.

One last thing, that bow has a lot of handshock, and it will be a dog for cast. The limbs are not tapered so they will not be as efficent as a bow with tapered limbs. On the other hand, you could probably drive over it in a truck and not hurt it.

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Arthur the great Descens Slinging Rocks! Posts: 102	Re: youtube vid Reply #8 - Dec 19^th, 2011, 11:22am thanks guys ill look into it for some reason i did'nt see archery supplier when i made my last post i hate allergies
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Reply #9 - Dec 23^rd, 2011, 2:35am

I have made a bow out of pvc pipe and it works surprisingly very well
I tapered the limbs by heating the pvc with a heat gun and pressing it between two bit of timber hinged together
here is a link to a video of a guy making a pvc bow properly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiT7CMVhU6g&list=FLxHpqdPHEt6Xz3_0nW6CHQA& ;index=5&feature=plpp_video

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Reply #10 - Dec 23^rd, 2011, 8:32am

Quote from jsb64 on Dec 23^rd, 2011, 2:35am:

I have made a bow out of pvc pipe and it works surprisingly very well
I tapered the limbs by heating the pvc with a heat gun and pressing it between two bit of timber hinged together
here is a link to a video of a guy making a pvc bow properly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiT7CMVhU6g&list=FLxHpqdPHEt6Xz3_0nW6CHQA& ;index=5&feature=plpp_video

That's actually really cool. Maybe if he used eletrical pvc he might actually get a reasonable draw weight. I'd still go with what Bill said start asking questions on Paleoplanet or Primitve archer and you'll get plenty of answerts on how to start out. Or you can just ask here and get a few good answers. Wink

If you don't have access to wood try a board bow it first few bows might break but that's just part of the learning process. If you have woods near you but don't know what wood to use or want to know where to start, I'd say first read the TBB 1 and TBB 2 and you'll be much better off.

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Reply #11 - Dec 23^rd, 2011, 1:27pm

Quote from jsb64 on Dec 23^rd, 2011, 2:35am:

I have made a bow out of pvc pipe and it works surprisingly very well
I tapered the limbs by heating the pvc with a heat gun and pressing it between two bit of timber hinged together
here is a link to a video of a guy making a pvc bow properly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiT7CMVhU6g&list=FLxHpqdPHEt6Xz3_0nW6CHQA& ;index=5&feature=plpp_video

The limbs may have been tapered for flex resistance but were not for weight. All that extra mass at the tips requires more energy to accelerate, which doesn't go into the arrow's velocity.

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Bill Skinner Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1363	Re: youtube vid Reply #12 - Dec 23^rd, 2011, 6:34pm But it does go into your hand when the string stops the limbs forward movement. Lighter tips equal less hand shock because more of the stored energy goes into the arrow, which usually means a faster arrow, also. Faster arrows mean a flatter trajectory, deeper penetration and longer range.
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Reply #13 - Dec 23^rd, 2011, 9:18pm

Quote from Bill Skinner on Dec 23^rd, 2011, 6:34pm:

Faster arrows mean a flatter trajectory, deeper penetration and longer range.

True, but I say try and get more speed for the weight, which is in the design of the bow. more weight in the same speed means even deeper penetration, however, if you can pass through the animal you intend to hunt, you don't need the extra penetration. there's a point where it becomes wasted energy.

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Reply #14 - Dec 24^th, 2011, 9:10am

The wasted energy from that bow is just gonna go into your your hand and it's not gonna go into your arrow. 40lbds or less can't afford to have any wasted energy in order to take down almost any animal, except maybe fish, but a short fish bow is pretty easy to make out of wood. There are better bows you can make tha might take a little more time but it is incredibly worth it, the feeling you get when your first arrow flys out of your wooden bow and slams your target. It's like.... well it's just cool. Trust me bro try Primitive archery and you won't regret it.

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