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I need some suggestions for about as un-primitive a bow one could make...
makenzie71:
The problem with heating PVC is that it turns brittle...I used to use to make intercooler plumbing for my cars. I was reading a post earlier about having PVC with a wooden core...it'd be the same as like a damascus knife: a soft material to add resilience and a hard material for strength. I don't know how it'll work just yet.
recurve shooter:
yeah a guy made one of them, but i thought you couldnt use wood? or is it just that you cant use a totally wood bow?
makenzie71:
nah it was just a reference...can't use wood. If I could find something softer than the PVC to use as a core it might work okay.
KShip85:
--- Quote from: makenzie71 on April 25, 2010, 12:34:50 am ---nah it was just a reference...can't use wood. If I could find something softer than the PVC to use as a core it might work okay.
--- End quote ---
How about filling PVC with a foam core either the kind from those pool noodles or perhaps spray foam. I do know that at least some spray foam has adverse reactions with PVC though and melts it.
Kip
medievalhamster:
Well... there's always latex tubing, put some rollers on the ends of a frame and attach 2 ends at the handle, wrap around the tips, and meet at the draw point with some string to nock the arrow, use enough strands of that and it'll shoot pretty good, especially you pre-tension the tubing.
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