Making Laminated Hickory Longbows

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Making laminated hickory longbows.

Glue for gluing the laminates together. After the paint has dried remove the painter s tape. 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. This course is appropriate for beginners in bow making.

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Participants learn to customize their finished draw weight. I want everyone to be satisfied with their purchase. The grain of the back laminate must run straight down the length of the board and be uncut. It is important to remember the goal is to create a high end finished laminate bamboo and hickory longbow.

Types of glue which may be used are uhu plus endfest 300 smoothe on. Hickory stick longbows specializes in authentic handmade traditional archery equipment. How to make a longbow step by step guide. To develop a more well rounded.

Cut the laminates using a circular saw or a band saw. Longbow making instructions the longbow belly laminate. The dimensions of the belly laminate should be about 75 by 1 1 2 by 1 and the dimensions of the back laminate 75 by 1 1 2 by 3 16. Beginner s guide to building a hickory longbow.

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. 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. They can expect to create a bows rated between 25 60 pounds. This process is simple and cheap.

Whoever created the bow and arrow surely had no idea how they were carving out the future of humanity. 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. A laminated bow offers more options as far as wood combinations and design goes.