How to make a REAL homemade bow

Step 3 Bend, not break

Now to determine the natural bend of the stick. Simply stick one end on the ground, hold the other loosely enough that it can rotate, and push on the handle. It should turn in your hand and reveal which way it wants to flex. Don't mess with what the wood wants; it can explode in your face and blind you if you do. Now mark the side which faced towards you when you found the flex and simple start shaving off wood on both limbs. NEVER, EVER, shave wood off of the side that faced away from you. You will want to have a nice thin pointed end tapering slowly up to the handle. when you think your done, just tie a string to both limbs, stand on the middle, and pull up with equal force on both sides. If one side is stronger than the other, take off a little more wood. Once it's balanced, string it with just anything for a minute and try to pull it back. It shouldn't take to incredibly much effort to pull it back to your cheek bone. If it's too strong, take more off.

Comments

[kterr]

how many pounds is the drawback, on this?

[1000000VOLTS]

it looks to be about 10lbs to me lol

[nwagner]

could be which, isn't bad for a homemade bow...

[aweis]

my bow was about there, but i was not satisfied with it at all. so i am making a new one, this time with an instructable.