A bow is a beautiful weapon, known to man since ancient times and still popular not only among romantic teenagers, but also among athletes, as well as hunters. strikes the imagination. You can buy this accessory in the store, or you can make it yourself, there would be a desire. And today we will tell you how to make a classic, compound and do-it-yourself bow for hunting with arrows at home.

This type of weapon works by transmitting a thrust force to the bowstring with straightening shoulders, which causes the arrow to fly out at a certain speed. This speed depends on the tension force. Popular models in this category are, and.

The video below will tell you how to make a classic bow for shooting with your own hands at home:

What you need

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• Plane.
• Hacksaw-saw.
• Insulating tape.
• Electric jigsaw (for compound bow).
• Drill (for compound bow)
• Glue.
• Sandpaper.
• Lacquer, paint for finishing.
• M6 bolts (for compound bow).
• Material for the bowstring (fishing line, synthetic rope or silk thread).
• The material for the bow is a PVC pipe or wood (yew is best, you can also take ash, juniper, cedar, willow, walnut, mountain ash, larch, elm).

Do-it-yourself classic bow

Technologies

Option one

The easiest way to make the bow whole is by taking a PVC pipe 4 centimeters thick. The length is measured based on the distance between the ends of the fingers in the extended state and the middle of the thigh. At the ends of the pipe, notches are made where the bowstring is attached.

The product is not very durable - it is only enough for a few times.

Option two

This is a composite model with which you will have to tinker longer. But the design will turn out to be more durable and reliable.

1. Here, you first need to cut out the central part (base) from the wood, to which the shoulders will be attached. The width of the base in the center is 5 centimeters, and along the edges - one and a half centimeters. The bar for the workpiece has dimensions of 40 by 4 by 6 centimeters. Material - oak or birch. You can glue the workpiece from several layers of maple, beech or other wood.
2. The shoulders are made from the same PVC pipe and reinforced with pieces of a smaller diameter tube inserted inside. We put notches on the edges, where we attach a bowstring woven from silk thread.

You can also make shoulders from ready-made springy slats taken from a sofa or bed. The length of these elements is usually from 70 to 120 centimeters. The optimal thickness is 12 centimeters. Cut out the details obliquely (preferably two at once). At the edges, notches are made for a bowstring with a depth of 7 to 8 millimeters. The shoulders are connected to the base with M6 bolts (for which holes must be drilled).

It's even easier to make shoulders out of skis - they fit perfectly. It is best to take narrow skis, but wide ones will have to be sharpened. Both plastic and wooden products are suitable. In this case, the total length of the bow should be from 120 to 140 centimeters.

compound bow

These models differ from the classical ones in that, due to the presence of eccentric blocks, less effort is required when firing. And the accuracy and accuracy, as well as the firing range, increase. Such block models as, and others are popular with athletes and hunters.

This video will tell you about making compound bows with your own hands at home:

What you need

A very simple option involves the presence of:

• Two powerful springs (you can buy at the car market).
• Two metal wheels (parts of a car lift, also bought at the car market) and two metal studs 4 centimeters each (they will be axles).
• Eight furniture corners and two corners of 4 centimeters.
• Two furniture hinges.
• Four brackets made of metal in the form of the letter "P" (fix the wheels).
• Self-tapping screws ordinary 30-35 pieces and elongated - 4 pieces.
• Synthetic ropes (strings).
• Wooden bars 46 centimeters long (2 pieces for the shoulders), 40 centimeters long, 4 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters thick (2 pieces for the base) 16 centimeters long and the same length and width with notches along the edges (2 pieces for attaching springs) .
• Hacksaws.
• Jigsaw.
• File.
• Screwdrivers.
• Sandpaper.

Do-it-yourself compound bow (drawings)

Technology

We make the base by attaching two small, sixteen-meter bars along the edges of a forty-centimeter bar. For fastening we use corners. We strengthen the structure with long self-tapping screws. We bring the surface to smoothness with sandpaper. We attach wheels to the shoulders with U-shaped brackets (for which we make slots at the ends of the shoulders). Studs will serve as axles.

We attach furniture hinges (curtains) along the edges of the base. We paint all the details (best of all, spray paint, it dries quickly). Then we attach the shoulders to the loops (behind the middle), we screw the corners to their front part from the end. We hook the springs for them, which, with the second end, hook on the recesses in the base bars. It remains only to pull the bowstring.

How to make a hunting bow with your own hands at home, we will tell below.

Hunting bow

Modern bows for hunting can be simple (solid) and composite, recurve and block, having different lengths and power. The cost of some ready-made branded models is quite high, so we will tell you how to make a hunting bow yourself. And in the "field" conditions.

Hiking simple option

What you need

• Durable wood (cedar, spruce, bird cherry, pear, apple, elm, pine, birch, larch).
• The knife is sharp and comfortable.
• Animal fat.

Technology

1. We choose a suitable flexible bough in the forest.
2. We try on in size, attaching one end to the thigh, the other to the end of the outstretched arm.
3. We clean from the bark, cut out the desired shape.
4. In the middle, we make a thickness of 5 centimeters, along the edges - 1.5 centimeters.
5. For a bowstring, the grooves are 1.25 centimeters from the ends.
6. We rub the finished product with animal fat.

Do-it-yourself hunting bow

Composite Model

What you need

• Wood for the base (otherwise, kibiti) is taken as a single-layer, dense, not flexible. It is best to take close to the root of the tree.
• For shoulders (otherwise, horns) we take bird cherry growing near water.
• For a bowstring - a cord, a leather strip three millimeters wide or twisted nettle stalks.
• For gluing parts - glue from crushed fish heads.
• Birch bark, a plate made of spruce "kremlin".
• Animal fat.

Technology

We clean the blanks from the bark and dry well in a dark place. After roughing, a second drying takes place. When all the details are cut out, they are already dried in the sun. If there is a desire to shoot from the knee, then one horn (shoulder) is made shorter. If this is not expected, we make them the same. The edges of the bow - up to 1.5 meters can be. The dimensions of the base are as in the composite model described above.

Details are glued together with fish glue, for strength they are fixed with animal tendons. The base is impregnated with fat (or cedar resin). Inside, we glue the onion with a plate of spruce "kremlin", on top - from warm birch bark, boiled and softened (we place the fibers along). It remains to attach the string.

As for arrows for a hunting bow, they are made with a diameter of 6 millimeters, from wood without cracks. At the back, fly bird feathers are inserted.

Light wood is good for small game, hard wood for big game.

If you want to hunt birds, just sharpen the tip of the arrow. If you look at something bigger, make a tip. Metal, bone, silicon.

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