3 Simple Ways to
Share What You Make

With Instructables you can share what you make with the world — and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.

PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

Step by StepStep-By-Step

Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

50 Handy Tricks

Step 30Bow Made from Skis

Bow Made from Skis
Back in the dim pre-history of the mid nineties. My friend Rhett Creighton said he wanted a bow.
I lashed a pair of cross-country skis together with a bike innertube and tied loops in a kitesurf line for a bowstring and handed it to him. He liked it so much he used it in his archery class.
Here Analog Roz demonstrates the pull.
« Previous StepDownload PDFView All StepsNext Step »
4 comments
Dec 27, 2011. 1:45 PMDrWilliamHorriblePhD says:
I'd like more detail on this one, looks like you tapered the skis?
Aug 22, 2010. 7:59 PMhawkfrost64 says:
looks like the bow of a Quincy!
May 26, 2008. 1:07 PMderttiej says:
i like it, seems just a little-big
Jun 7, 2008. 2:21 AMA good name says:
once I saw one with literally 100 steps.
Aug 9, 2007. 5:47 PMfreedive57 says:
this is like Picasso's bull made from bicycle seat and handlebars - but better. Please do more instructables.

Pro

Get More Out of Instructables

Already have an Account?

close

All Steps Viewing
View all steps of an Instructable on the same page when you're a Pro Member.

Upgrade to Pro today!
1249
Followers
223
Author:TimAnderson
Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
more »