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here is a quick and easy project for the budding archers among us.
make a bow ,terrorize the local wildlife{dont really though}.
useful for survival situations.
make a bow ,terrorize the local wildlife{dont really though}.
useful for survival situations.
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good day folks today im going to show you how to make a longbow out of bamboo garden stakes.
this material shows up every spring in the seasonal sections of dollar stores and walmart gardening centers.if your lucky and have bamboo or river cane growing near you the your price just dropped.
a bow like this is not going to take down a deer but in a survival situation being able to make a light bow out of available materials may just give you the edge you need to not die of hunger.
materials required:
2 packages of 48"bamboo garden stakes{20 pcs) ................$1 each
1 Roll dollar store jute twine.........................................................$1
Total $3
optional:
roll of hockey or electrical tape
glue to coat bindings
tape and glue are not 100% necessary for this project .
tools required:
none.
but a pocket knife or small finetoothed saw wont go astray{even a sharp rock}
this material shows up every spring in the seasonal sections of dollar stores and walmart gardening centers.if your lucky and have bamboo or river cane growing near you the your price just dropped.
a bow like this is not going to take down a deer but in a survival situation being able to make a light bow out of available materials may just give you the edge you need to not die of hunger.
materials required:
2 packages of 48"bamboo garden stakes{20 pcs) ................$1 each
1 Roll dollar store jute twine.........................................................$1
Total $3
optional:
roll of hockey or electrical tape
glue to coat bindings
tape and glue are not 100% necessary for this project .
tools required:
none.
but a pocket knife or small finetoothed saw wont go astray{even a sharp rock}
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it should work just as well
but if it doesn`t stretch too much or break you might get away with it
usually an arrow if its properly flexible for the draw weight used will flex around the middle of the bow and go straight.{although it will whip side to side in flight}
but if the middle of the bow is too wide it cant or if the arrow is too stiff same problem.
a lot of designs have the mass at the middle of the bow wider front to back instead of round like bamboo bows usually are.
also if you are using storebought arrows designed for a compound or other heavy draw bow there probably not spined correctly{matched flexibility}.
hope this is helpfull.
let me know how you get on with it.
but it is sometimes hard to get it , depending where you are
for a more powerfull bow dacron string or any good strong string that doesnt stretch much.
the bamboo the dollar store has this year is shorter though and thinner.
not worth trying just now.
if it were straighter it would make decent darts but its kind of twisty.
i bought some 4 foot x3/8 dowels to make some atl atl darts.
i fletched them with duct tape {later crow feathers} and made points from 308 fmj bullets soldered into cut off cartridges .
looks smooth and sticks into archery targets nicely{when i can hit em}
its not an original idea of mine.
i wanted to try it out this year but all the driveway markers i could find were steel or iron rod.
and the bamboo in the garden centres this year is even worse than when i made the bow in this instructable so no go there.
guess im gonna hafta go scootin in the woods for a nice maple sapling or 2