Making Laminated Hickory Longbows

Lay out some wax paper.
Making laminated hickory longbows. A laminated bow offers more options as far as wood combinations and design goes. You need an ipĂȘ plank 193 cm 76 long by 3 5 cm 1 3 8 wide by 2 2 cm 7 8 thick. Participants learn to customize their finished draw weight. My items are all handmade using the finest quality wood and leather materials.
Glue for gluing the laminates together. I want everyone to be satisfied with their purchase. Beginner s guide to building a hickory longbow. Longbow making instructions the longbow belly laminate.
This process is simple and cheap. Cut the laminates using a circular saw or a band saw. Using laminated materials to make bows is a technique that dates back far into antiquity but using all wood laminates to make bows in the style of an english longbow is a process developed by the bowyers of england during the 18th century and. It is important to remember the goal is to create a high end finished laminate bamboo and hickory longbow.
After the paint has dried remove the painter s tape. Use painter s tape to cover the areas you don t want painted and spray paint the back of your bow whatever color you want. But before a persons gets to the point that the benefits of laminating are outweighing the extra troubles a laminated bow creates you have to do some serious experimenting and to expect some failed bows. To facilitate the.
Part of our bow making series of videos we take a quick look at the basic process of laminating a longbow and using a former to give the stave some set bac. The hunting longbow was the most advanced and innovative invention of its day. Learn to make a bow. They can expect to create a bows rated between 25 60 pounds.
How to make a longbow step by step guide. A brief background woods and laminations backings belly s cores preparing the wood gluing the stave making a laminated longbow. Hickory stick longbows specializes in authentic handmade traditional archery equipment. Equally silent stealthy simple and utterly lethal.
Whoever created the bow and arrow surely had no idea how they were carving out the future of humanity. The grain of the back laminate must run straight down the length of the board and be uncut. Types of glue which may be used are uhu plus endfest 300 smoothe on. This course is appropriate for beginners in bow making.