Bamboo Bow and Arrow

Hand crafted bow and arrow made of bamboo that looks perfectly natural. Can be fine tuned to be used as a real hunting bow hitting targets up to 50ft away (depending on the arrow used).
And it looks awesomely cool!

Step 1 Tools and Materials

What will be required to make this bow:
Tools:
1. Hand saw
2. Hex saw
3. Penknife
4. Scissors
5. Hammer and Chisel
6. Machete/ Knife
7. Pencil
8. Sandpaper
9. Stool

Materials:
1. Dried Bamboo (Thick and Thin) - You can make do with whatever type you have
2. Jute
3. Inner tube of a motorbike tire / Nylon string

Comments

[curvy77]

huh, nice one man! i never tried that before. when i used bamboo i attempted a spear but could never get it quite right. got any tips?

[Shahey101]

Did u try straghtening it?

[curvy77]

|( No i tried sticking it inside an outlet to see if i could use it to charge my car. Piece was straight, but bamboo is partialy hollow so didnt know how to go about forming a point without tieing one on.

[Shahey101]

Cool
Looks very pro

[Ting Shen]

Cool , ur bow looks tradisional and it look like chinese hand made bow ! Thx for sharing because i make a bamboo bow from ur information.

[sarnasalam]

Hw u doing mAn < wht thing's need to mke a prefect bow n arrow.....thks mn !

[jpereira11]

nice mustache

[sarnasalam]

it's wonder......well doing ,nc mn ~

[handyman22]

hey i was just wondering, which type of rope/string should i use for a very strong and effective bow, preferable so it can be accurate and go as far as it can. I would like to try use fishing line, but would nylon string be the best choice??

[dustindodd]

550 paracord. fishing line will cut your fingers.

[soliloquy]

 Its best if you can get something like the real bow string. Fishing lines might be some trouble to tie

[williskid]

what type of bamboo did you use, i live in the tropics and so there is only 2 types of bamboo, a stupid kind and a even stupider kind. XD

[Mikedood]

Havent made one yet, but from what i've heard, 550 paracord works pretty well for a bowstring

[sockless]

Do you have any idea how many pounds or Kgs of force are required to pull this bow fully back?

[TheBlackSharpie]

Would braiding 20lb test monofilament work as an alternative to real string?

[cavaliere]

what pound test does this have (approximately)?

[kraggle]

What is the test on this bow, just wondering because usually hunting deer requires at least a fifty or sixty pound test...

[bubba j]

no thirty fiv eto forty leagal

[kraggle]

Please, could you at least take the time to write what you are thinking instead of bashing the keyboard to vomit out what you call words, theres even a spell check on here so just click it... but yes, the legal test for a bow is thirty-five to forty pounds.

[bubba j]

ya sorry mr. bossy

[soliloquy]

erm i never tested it that way,
The main problem is getting a good arrow, so far none of my arrows fly straight for more than 10ft =P
But if you used a nylon string instead of the flexible rubber i used, and got an aerodynamic spinning arrow, im sure it can take down a rabbit! LoLs
I'm sure it would for a deer too, just i wouldn't do that unless i was really desperate for food =D

[PyromaniacDaniel]

if you want a more accurate arrow you need to give it some sort of drag in the back such as fletchings or simply a bunch of yarn bits tied to the back and glued in place. Use some hair and paint it black and you have a ork arrow. the better the fletching the more accurate the arrow. straightness of the arrow matters very little in comparison to fletching.

[kraggle]

You do know what a test for a bow is, right? Anyway, a real good bamboo bow should go at least forty yards. If you are trying to make a good arrow and cannot get a straight shaft I would have to suggest using a dowel, lol...well thanks for the instructable.

[lmuli3]

plz make an instructable for the catapult

[jerseyman]

Nice looking bow, A couple of questions,1 what diameter bamboo for the handle section and length.what size bamboo for the limbs , are they flatten. THANKS JERSEY MAN

[soliloquy]

The bamboo i am using is a different breed, they grow at most up to 2inches in diameter. the one i used for the handle is about 1inch in dameter and the limbs are actually splitted from a 2inch diameter bamboo (1 full bamboo can make 4-8 limbs) i dont think there is a way to "flatten" bamboo hehe more over full rounded bamboos are hard to bend unless they are less than 0.5 inches thick

[BillyK12]

how long does it last?

[soliloquy]

it depends on the materials you use.
i find that the rubber looses elasticity and it also degrades over time,
so if you replace that with some other material, it would last longer =)

[ItsTheHobbs]

Nice bow, it looks really nice!