Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: skyarrow on December 27, 2012, 09:41:44 pm

Title: Short lived experiment lol "success"
Post by: skyarrow on December 27, 2012, 09:41:44 pm: Well since it is raining outside i decided to make my three year old a pvc bow to play with hehe it turned out great till i turned my back for a second and my 5 year old grabbed it and overdrew it SNAP. Nothing can explain the feeling i felt when i saw Bayleigh's eyes start to well up :( she didnt even get to shoot it yet. I guess Starleigh learned a lesson on drawing other peoples bows real fast haha i didnt have to say anything to her she felt so bad for doing it. Good thing it was just a PVC bow and not a wooden one. After the eyes dried up i explained to Starleigh about treating others stuff and told Bayleigh il make her another ;) so tomorrow il make her another and Starleigh a larger one. Anywho here are the pics of the bow before it broke
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/C114ED86-D39F-4E39-9C3C-376949CF81C6-1038-000000B75A641EBB.jpg)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/39043608-CE5C-4717-969D-17F86C65CE40-1038-000000B76849B46B.jpg)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/591393CE-EFD5-44DC-88A8-4F21900BE044-1038-000000B773C83662.jpg)
It turned out a little asymmetrical and it broke on the weaker side to i know what happond i just over heated the spot where it broke hopefully the next one will be better i used a heat gun on this one which was slow and i couldn't heat large areas just small one it would cool to fast tomarrow im going to use a small propane single burner stove it should make a larger heating area
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/15B75202-0EE8-4D19-911B-C9906968D198-1038-000000B78CB536BA.jpg)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/C4FC33D1-5947-4C50-AD27-0B1BF84170E8-1038-000000B79CD64279.jpg)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/092A7B01-4E17-486F-9EE3-ABB8266B9B57-1038-000000B7A8419A26.jpg)
I think it wasnt to bad of a bow first first time making a PVC recurve i will say it totally different then a wood bow lol well tomarrow il post pics of the others
Title: Re: Short lived experiment lol
Post by: soy on December 27, 2012, 09:45:08 pm: That is the coolest full draw shot I've ever seen ;D the smiling face says it all... that's a bummer it got broke but I can't wait to see the next 1 ;)
Title: Re: Short lived experiment lol
Post by: Pat B on December 28, 2012, 01:13:00 am: Zina, Warrior Godess! 8)
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Post by: osage outlaw on December 28, 2012, 01:25:21 am: Sterling your little girl has better shooting form than I do :-[ Good job on getting them shooting.
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Post by: bubby on December 28, 2012, 06:18:56 am: Sterling, when i make those i just use the kitchen stove, then i dont have to setup a bunch of stuff, Bub
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Post by: soy on December 28, 2012, 06:44:52 am: I have seen somewhere How to make 1 of those If someone could point me to build a long I would much appreciate it :)
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Post by: skyarrow on December 28, 2012, 09:42:43 am: I wish i could bub but my stove is a ceramic flat top no fire or coils :(
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Post by: ErictheViking on December 28, 2012, 01:09:07 pm: Soy, just search on you-tube a guy on there gives complete build-a-longs on a whole bunch of styles.
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Post by: skyarrow on December 28, 2012, 01:20:40 pm: Yep i think his tag is backyard archer or something similer
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Post by: Ifrit617 on December 28, 2012, 01:39:54 pm: Quote from: skyarrow on December 28, 2012, 01:20:40 pm
Yep i think his tag is backyard archer or something similer

Search the backyardboywer on youtube. His PVC bows are masterful. I think he was getting 175 fps out of one of them. He just posted a really sweet horse bow with laminated in wood siyahs.

He's even made snaky PVC bows.

Jon
Title: Re: Short lived experiment lol
Post by: skyarrow on December 28, 2012, 05:41:06 pm: Here they are i made them both bows which was the plan but i waited till both were finished before i gave it to them
Bayleighs is a R/D and starleighs is a molly i will say the R/D is faster lol
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/FC7744FE-278F-4F92-8CBB-3EC26FFEAA02-1038-000000FF3BC4E96E.jpg)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/9FC224BC-5947-4C42-8E5F-3ABB6F45C26D-1038-000000FF52A32AEC.jpg)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/08FBBB92-08BE-4749-AC3D-70176C776A18-1038-000000FF2B5D2A76.jpg)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/bloodmoonwidow/68B2D206-A261-4031-A7B0-02984451942F-1038-000000FF22706AB5.jpg)
Title: Re: Short lived experiment lol "success"
Post by: bowtarist on December 28, 2012, 08:28:04 pm: 8) Like em, and way to save the day too.

One of my Buddies kids is supposed to come over and do some archery stuff for the day and I was wanting to try to make a pvc bow w/ him. I was going to try the long bow style with two peices of pvc, one inserted into the other for a thicker wall diameter. Long bow style.

Cool Man, dpg
Title: Re: Short lived experiment lol "success"
Post by: skyarrow on December 28, 2012, 10:12:05 pm: I used 3/4 for the molly and cpvc 1/2 for the R/D
Title: Re: Short lived experiment lol "success"
Post by: soy on December 28, 2012, 11:18:48 pm: Cool beans man! ;)