Making Laminated Bow Limbs

Whether making a recurve or a longbow trace the pattern using an existing bow or make an original.

Making laminated bow limbs.

Mark the limb tip shape photo 11. But to kill three stones with one bird and prevent me from having to do a separate build along i m going to show you how you can jazz up your limbs a little. Longbow forms are usually 1 1 2 thick and recurve forms are 1 3 4 or 2 thick. Mark the limb cut off point and the string groove location photo 10.

Bows used in archery and hunting are created from different woods and additional materials depending on the type of bow you plan to make. If you plan to make a lot of bows consider buying a carbide blade. I m going to do spliced limbs. Use bow building glue that can handle the stresses of a bow s limbs.

Our new wallets. To achieve the longbow thickness 2 pieces of 3 4 plywood glued together will get the desired results. Be sure to include a well defined front and back line. Gluing your bow laminations or bow backing is a critical part of the bow building process.

Rough cut the shape of the bow limbs on the bandsaw. Cut out the bow template using a band saw creating a front and back press you will use later to clamp the bow into its shape. Making a laminated bow is something i have learned to do over the past few years. Here is what it looks like without music and much editing.

Cut the limbs to length on the bandsaw. Other materials include fibers from trees and animal by products like horns or sinews. Making a laminated recurve bow how to tutorial solo custom archery. Most bows are made with yew but other woods are an option as well.

Fiberglass is hard on blades so use an old one.