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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: HickoryBill on February 25, 2013, 12:47:53 am

Title: Pvc pipe bows???
Post by: HickoryBill on February 25, 2013, 12:47:53 am
Anyone here ever experiment with pvc pipe bows..? I recently saw the youtube videos by the Backyard Bowyer..I couldn't believe it would work..So i tried it..I started with a 60" piece of 1' schedule 40 pvc and flattened it, shaped the handle added some reflex and recurved it..I can't hardly believe it but it worked..ended up 55#@27"Shoots real nice....Anyone else ever have luck with this?
Title: Re: Pvc pipe bows???
Post by: TRACY on February 25, 2013, 07:29:08 am
Pics? Sounds like a cheap bow for new shooters.
Title: Re: Pvc pipe bows???
Post by: littlehunters19862011 on February 25, 2013, 02:36:16 pm
i have  not  try-ed it yet. but  i have  watched a lot of is  videos on you  tube  . he is good at what he does.  thought it  would be an easy way to make sum kid bows .. ill have to give it a try sum time and see how it works out .
Title: Re: Pvc pipe bows???
Post by: blackhawk on February 25, 2013, 02:57:40 pm
Bill....where ya been buddy? And what the heck are ya doing with that plastic stuff? Ill send ya some wheels if ya wood like to try those too...lol  ;D

By the way I lost ur phone number when my old phone kicked the bucket  :-\
Title: Re: Pvc pipe bows???
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on February 25, 2013, 03:01:14 pm
Sacrilegious I say!
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Post by: darwin on February 25, 2013, 03:19:58 pm
Ive done it a few times must say that i much prefer wood, however for the price the PVC bow is quick fun to build and shoot and it doesn't explode when it breaks it just bends and creases
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Post by: Cameroo on February 25, 2013, 06:09:15 pm
Heresy, heresy! Where's my pitchfork?   ;)
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Post by: Dane on February 25, 2013, 06:43:04 pm
PVC pipe bows are easy and quick. They make a kind of whomp sound when you shoot them.
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Post by: JackCrafty on February 25, 2013, 07:27:26 pm
Yep, and I hear that PVC is good for lawn furniture too....  and water pipes of all things.   ;D >:D

* sorry *
Title: Re: Pvc pipe bows???
Post by: bow101 on February 25, 2013, 07:57:54 pm
Yup palstic is the death of us. In America at one time we made all things from steal, wood  and other organic material. Now WE HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT.....!.. :( :( :( :( :( :(