How to Make an 80 Pound Longbow With PVC Pipe Part 2 Plus Humor

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12 жыл бұрын

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Hey everybody, today we'll be building an 80 pound longbow with PVC pipe, the same one in my last shooting video. This is the second part in which we will taper the tips, string the bow, weight it, and have some hilarity ensue.
I apologize for this video. Near the end of the build (I started at night, so it was pretty late) I started to get a little tired. The bow was also quite heavy, so some humor leaked through.
I hope you enjoy the video, especially my creative use of language in the last bit.
As a side note, this bow was getting, this night, an average of 165 fps with a 435 gr. arrow. It was going between about 160 and 170. This shot was a bit of an outlier, but very cool nevertheless. I never thought I would break 170 fps with a PVC bow under any circumstances.
On a cloudy hot day, I averaged 160 fps with a 435 grain arrow.
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@christopherlee3045 7 жыл бұрын

hi watch your vids daily. i used to bow hunt 20yrs ago and just recently got the itch to do it again because of your channel. thanks again

@williamcrawford6885 11 жыл бұрын

A good alternative for the heat shrink tubing (I checked prices and it can get a little expensive) - Is a tightly wound layer of strapping tape (the kind with the little strings in it) - and a layer of electrical tape on top of that. The Strapping tape is really strong, can withstand lots of shock and pressure, and the electrical tape holds it really tight to the surface.

@thesilentpoet 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you Backyard Bower. I have now made 4 bows. My 9 year old daughter is hitting a 10 inch target from 25 ft with a 30lb bow. Simply awesome. From my family to your special talent. Anyone can make a bow, few are capable of educating as well as you do along the way. Cheers!

@CarlitoM77 5 жыл бұрын

8:15- "check it out , it's a bow...look at that!" Gotta love this guy!

@seanwilson471 11 жыл бұрын

Why have I never thought of using pvc pipe before! I been making English longbows for years, these are great for practice and messing around saving the precious wood bows for nice days, I have loads of pvc pipe, I do plumbing Thanks

@jvillarrealwfg 12 жыл бұрын

I just finished my 80lb bow and not only is it strong, but it's also very elegant. I really appreciate that you posted your knowlage for everyone else. Oh, using the same method, I made two bows from 1/2" PVC for my 6 year old sons (yse they're twins). They love them. I painted them camo style and can't wait to learn how to shoot. Thanks again!!! Javier

@KevinDaUnicorn 11 жыл бұрын

Literally that is the best pvc homemade bow I seen on KZfaq. 10/10. Great job bud. :0)

@RobertELee420 10 жыл бұрын

You and I both said "holy shit" at the same time bro, nice job lol

@randy63ism 10 жыл бұрын

This is just cool as hell! Awesome tutorial, you know your stuff and this is very inspiring. I'm gonna make one myself thanks to you! keep up the good work. It is much appreciated!

@zuludawn9932 5 жыл бұрын

So how did the bow come out

@mtheblacksmith 6 жыл бұрын

i made this bow with your instructions and its awesome , thank you.

@teitzy83 11 жыл бұрын

As always love your tutorials, you skip the obvious steps and leave the common sense up to the viewers. Also love the heavy breathing from the camera man. Keep it up man, great teacher!

@lynx777 11 жыл бұрын

You have changed my life with these bows..I made one I hope to post really soon. You are awesome!!!!

@GimliTehDwarf 10 жыл бұрын

DUDE YOUR THE MAN! Im building a 40 pound bow this weekend then once I get going do this one

@BackyardBowyer 11 жыл бұрын

The string I used in the video was 62 inches long. I would suggest a shorter 61 inch string to bring the brace height up. The bow can handle it and your wrist will thank you! If buying a string, look for an AMO 64 inch string (65 for a shorter brace height). This bow works well with flemish and endless strings in Dacron and flemish strings in Fast Flight. You can find strings at most archery shops and on eBay. There are also lots of custom string makers. 3 Rivers Archery also sells strings.

@briananuvattanachai6646 6 жыл бұрын

You were talking about alternatives wrapping the tips? Rather the using shrink wrap.

@rainbowhiker 11 жыл бұрын

I gotta do something like this. It looks like great fun. Thanks for the tutorial.

@fowlarcher 11 жыл бұрын

Dang. That's pretty slick. I never would have guessed you could get 80# draw weight out of PVC. Good job.

@billwessels207 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, well thought out and executed. Thank you.

@BongSao1979 12 жыл бұрын

Your videos are great! Well edited and articulate. I haven't had a bow since I was a kid but this makes me want to get back into it if I don't have to spend 100's of $ to have a fun bow. Thanks for the uploads!

@LilHarty09 11 жыл бұрын

i love the look of pride and joy in your face when you make these! a pure sense of achievemennt, im going to try this one :D

@maybug2000 8 жыл бұрын

Watched a good number of your videos, your a clever lad!

@travisrodgers7777 9 жыл бұрын

Bad ass! That bow is a beautiful beast! Good job, brotha!

@BackyardBowyer 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@SerMacattack 11 жыл бұрын

I installed pools n spas. Heated alot of pipe for circle spas. ..worked alot of pipe. When we set equipment ..all exposed PVC had to be painted just for that reason UV sunlight. Plus it looks way better. Nice Bow!

@seanmcconnel987 9 жыл бұрын

Very impressive. Creative use of some handy cheap resources.

@johndears9825 9 жыл бұрын

80 POUNDS he draws it like its 5 pounds ;O

@lukefinlayson6143 6 жыл бұрын

yeah i know pretty amazing ha

@iliricumdrymountain8092 5 жыл бұрын

Hes Hawaian 😊

@spencergray9665 12 жыл бұрын

love this guy! he is great at these tutorials!😄

@pistol975 10 жыл бұрын

WOW, great project. Looks great! Thnaks

@carbon3006 12 жыл бұрын

Brother, great job. Very ingenious method to approximate the bow draw weight.

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

@BongSao1979 Awesome, go for it! I actually prefer these bows to my commerical-made ones now. Thanks for watching!

@bigpapacolt 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you sir. That makes a lot of sense. I have the strings and about to give it a shot.

@kazimierasgaldikas2456 9 жыл бұрын

Very good lesson. Thx man!!!

@MrJoeyBoombotz 12 жыл бұрын

What an amazing and beautiful thing! Thank you so much!

@charlesw4160 11 жыл бұрын

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!! Great JOB!!

@250kent 9 жыл бұрын

Great thanks for all the detail.

@BackyardBowyer 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, you can determine weight by the length of pipe starting out. For every inch of pipe you add or subtract to each limb (so for every 2 inches total), the range changes by 5 pounds. So if this bow were made to be 2 inches shorter, expect about 80-85 pounds. At 2 inches longer, expect about 70-75 pounds. Adjusting the taper thickness is another way to change weight, especially on larger diameter pipes. This can be done after the bow is flattened to fine-tune the weight.

@confusedwhatme 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video awesome bow i gotta try this too !

@aquaman2090 11 жыл бұрын

cool bow cant wait to make 1

@mars4309 10 жыл бұрын

Wow I am very impressed. Keep up the good work

@linstad 12 жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing, I have made a ton of crap out of heated pvc pipe, but never would have thought to make a bow. I know what i am going to do next...If I shoot my eye out tomorrow its gonna be your fault!

@MikeDancy 11 жыл бұрын

Dude. You have crazy skills. That is awesome

@almeidadave1 11 жыл бұрын

dude thats freaking BADASS

@bilaalsubratty5991 11 жыл бұрын

good to know. got to take these into consideration. thank you.

@fchazaro 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your answer. Greetings from Mexico

@tomjeffersonwasright2288 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video on making a fantastic bow. I never thought I'd have the variety of bows that your videos have helped me make, especially at the cost of a PVC bow. I was thinking that this would make a great survival bow. Your videos have more real information for survival bows than anywhere on the net. Nick, you are the "Survival Bow King" of the internet, even though this build never mentions the word "survival". And I too echoed your exclamation, "Holy S _ _ _" . Right on the poundage ! ! !

@wombabloke6580 8 жыл бұрын

they should make a manual arts course out of what he does, think back to your school years, could you imagine going to manual arts class and making a pvc bow in school, would have been my favourite class.

@Caneda_John 12 жыл бұрын

Nice job nick! Well I found out the problem on why the one inch PVC bow that I was making collapsed on me when I went to string it. I tried to make a fancy carved nock and cut from the out side of the bow.Thanks to this vid you explained that when you cut the out side of the bow you weaken the bow. Well live and learn the next one will be better Thanks for the vid nick.......

@Galdring 7 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome guy...

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

@JASONWEMP Thanks! I've made a few crossbow prods out of PVC, the idea is the same just on a smaller scale for the shorter draw. I might just have to do a video on that sometime.

@lpilk2007 12 жыл бұрын

love it. brilliant stuff.

@itchyego 9 жыл бұрын

Now what you need to do is sell your finished bow at a fair price and make some good $! Brilliant!

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

1 and 1/2 inch heat shrink. I've also used 1 inch heat shrink that's been stretched out with a pair of pruning shear handles.

@Sonsofbushcraft 12 жыл бұрын

Really awesome! Can't wait for the takedown bow!

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

I usually get it at Home Depot, sometimes I get longer lengths from a local hobby-radio shop. I also get rolls of the hard to find colors online from various places.

@brandonburdette7895 4 жыл бұрын

179 that's fast for a PVC bow good job man

@fabricioprado1237 9 жыл бұрын

very good, you are an artist! hugs!

@rockraptor616 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Purefactor,you can get all the Shrink Wrap you need in all colours usually at Fishing Tackle outlets as it is used a lot in making Fishing Rods,Cheers.

@suntzu02908 8 жыл бұрын

Great video and a project to do with my sons.

@MultiHerich 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats, Genious!!! very nice!!!

@LostBeetle 12 жыл бұрын

Pretty amazing, you can make a good performing bow in no time and as cheaply as possible. I want to make one really badly, I will give it a try sometime. Nice arm you got as well.

@DMoots 12 жыл бұрын

Excellent video mate, loved it, ending made me lol

@Shaimusics 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the process, an other of your bow will be done soon :)

@EsMorrell 11 жыл бұрын

7:40 lol...got me laughing too. He's like, eh I'm done talking. Time to finish this epic beast bow!

@HectorSebastian 10 жыл бұрын

So awesome!

@henryshoots 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff.

@stevenmiles 12 жыл бұрын

Very awesome dude!

@bhimafazil7883 11 жыл бұрын

love your work,,have been following you on youtube,,hope to find simillar quality of PVC in my country,thank's for the videos.

@mbhlyle7 12 жыл бұрын

thank you again... I'm starting on my bow tomorrow. I need one that is only 30 lbs at full draw. its for a Larp. I hate for it to be so very long. I'm very excited though.

@thelittlecrazykid 11 жыл бұрын

modern Bowstring is usually made out two materials, Dacron B-50, and for heavier bows, Fastflight. I would think that on a heavier bow like this you want a fastflight string because it doesnt stretch as much as dacron, which really makes it easier to string the bow. You can buy dacron or fastflight strings from archery stores, online I would try three rivers archery.

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

@Sonsofbushcraft Thanks, man. I'm working on it, it should be up soon!

@albertogarciasatur1620 2 жыл бұрын

VERY GOOD JOB...!!!

@1000000volts 10 жыл бұрын

Looks really nice cheers for uploading

@lesken2011 12 жыл бұрын

Great vids. I found these videos from a posting on a trad archery site. Someone thought they would make good bow fishing bows instead of messing up their nice wooden bows. You should consider putting a relatively light, short, easy to maneuver one together, 40-50 lbs rigged up for a fishing reel. You could probably sell em easy, if you are in to that. Great job! ingenious!!

@sidamarali3030 4 жыл бұрын

I am impressed at the simplicity and strength of your work. Just an idea: what if I fit a small diamter pvc pipe into a bigger dimaeter one to get more strength? Would that work like a fiber glass fortification?

@toppertruthio 12 жыл бұрын

nice tips mate thanks....and a bit of snakeskin over that bow and youd never know it was plastic.good video

@Xxsuperninja92xX 12 жыл бұрын

I began watching this video filled with skepticism, cynicism and pessimism. I didn't believe you could make it work and even if you did I thought it must be stiff and awkward, I thought it would look plastic, fake and ugly, being made of such materials. What you have done good sir is make something beautiful. There is something inherently graceful in the bend of a bow and you have captured it. I congratulate you. Also thank you, because I am going to the hardware store to get me some Pvc ;)

@JimStim101 10 жыл бұрын

You are really good at making bows. I just found you cannel and want to see more of your vids ceep up the good work mate

@sirfrancis1756 11 жыл бұрын

I'm also 15 and if you don't want the heavy draw just make your bow with smaller pipe. I used 1 inch pipe schedule 40 (that's the thickness) and its a 5 foot piece flattened and looking like this. I'm putting my string on tomorrow for the first time and right now I am guessing its going to be about 40- 55 pounds or so which is fairly easy to pull.

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

@the3rdsentry You can put a recurve in it, I'd do a very gradual one, about 10 inches of flex with a total gain of 4 inches of reflex. Doing a small and abrupt recurve could cause the tip to fold. Either way it would be scary to string up but I think you could squeeze a few more FPS out of it.

@freedom4kaz 12 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!

@toddclites 11 жыл бұрын

Just a tip before you apply the contact cement use the plumber purple stripper on the PVC it take of the protective layer or skin on the PVC. Then put the contact cement then the heat shrink. I'm not sure how much a difference it will make but I will guarantee absolute bonding. I love this bow thats the only thing I did differently . I'm to a plumber but I've donetons of plumbing.

@spinafire 12 жыл бұрын

I skipped around looking for the humor. I lol'd so hard at the end.

@leonihal 8 жыл бұрын

Neat video, part 1 too

@Caspian50 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@dommerv.4887 9 жыл бұрын

Hey Nick, ok so if I make this bow the same way as you describe, then both 60" or 61" bow string should work correct? Then how many strands of recurve B-50 Dacron for this 80# bow? Ive only seen 18 strands for up to 70#... Will that work ok or do you recommend something different? Great video by the way! I will try to duplicate your design, as its the best I've seen so far!

@flannelviking4328 9 жыл бұрын

First of all i´ve got to say i love your videos and i am going to try and make this bow, however i have neither the skill nor the resources to craft my own bowstring. If i were to buy one what kind of specifications given the bowstring would you recommend? And of course i also want to thank you! You inspired me to try this out (and although i'm still a rookie) i know i love this and i won't give this up! That is why i have came to the master for advice on trying to make my very own bow! You rock man!

@CarlitoM77 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Nick, thx for your videos! Quick question: Can u turn this long bow into a recurved bow by slighy radiusing the tips? If so, would it draw even more weight?

@martinchambers8090 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Nick - great tutorials - just love your style. Is there an alternative to shrink pipe - I can't find it in NZ, thanks, Martin

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

I pull the string down to 28 inches on my tillering tree, which is really only 26.25 inches. This is the AMO draw-weight, as measured from the inside of the bow's handle to the string plus 1.75 inches. A true 28 inch draw without the 1.75 buffer would bring the bow to almost 85 pounds.

@moOswe 10 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@jay81685 8 жыл бұрын

Will this exact pvc and method on a recurve be stronger ?

@garnet4utube 11 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome project. A chance to make our own weapon without a woodworking skill and expensive equipment. You could use a hotplate or electric stove instead of heatgun. Well done.

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

As long as it is made well and taken care of, it could last years. Maybe even decades, but I don't have any personal experience on that yet.

@BackyardBowyer 12 жыл бұрын

@b16dragon It was around 60 inches. It'll differ a little from bow to bow.

@MrMyhuntindog 11 жыл бұрын

good easy string to use is "weed whip cord". seems to work for light bows.

@BackyardBowyer 11 жыл бұрын

If you used 1-1/2" pipe, the arrow will point to the side quite a bit. It's just because the handle is so thick. You can fix for this by heating and pressing the handle to one side. Though it is possible to shoot your bow well as-is, it'll just take some getting used to.