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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: elisonj on April 12, 2021, 12:05:33 pm

Title: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: elisonj on April 12, 2021, 12:05:33 pm

Hi guys!

I did (just for Fun) a Kid's bow, made with a BroomStick. Yeahh...  How unconventional?   :knothead: :biglaugh:
But I have a lot of Fun making it, and turns up a nice video.   :)
Hope you like.
Cheers

Elison

https://youtu.be/2PKPuDj6-Wk

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: Pat B on April 12, 2021, 12:44:15 pm

Snappy little bow. Be sure the kids are well supervised. A bow like that could put your eye out.  ;)

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: elisonj on April 12, 2021, 03:05:01 pm

Quote from: Pat B on April 12, 2021, 12:44:15 pm

Snappy little bow. Be sure the kids are well supervised. A bow like that could put your eye out.  ;)

Yes, for sure!
But... I think you lost the end.   :-X  :o

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: Tuomo on April 13, 2021, 02:23:17 am

Nice! But you don't need that unorthodox material...

Here is real, functional broomstick bow. 43#@27", 145 fps with 10 grain/lbs -arrow. Length 168 centimeters, maximum width 24 millimeters, mass 370 gramms. Round back and half round belly. Unknown wood. I even left the bar code label on the back of the bow.

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: elisonj on April 13, 2021, 08:30:00 am

Quote from: Tuomo on April 13, 2021, 02:23:17 am

Nice! But you don't need that unorthodox material...

Here is real, functional broomstick bow. 43#@27", 145 fps with 10 grain/lbs -arrow. Length 168 centimeters, maximum width 24 millimeters, mass 370 gramms. Round back and half round belly. Unknown wood. I even left the bar code label on the back of the bow.

That's a nice one!  (A) :BB

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: Obese Mongeese on April 21, 2021, 10:50:15 am

What a beauty Tuomo! So simple and elegant. I'm guessing you were limited in draw weight by your diameter? How much set did it take?

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: Jim Davis on April 21, 2021, 02:28:16 pm

Tuomo, nice project, but cutting a string nock on the back is asking for a split tip. Anathema, taboo, chancy, etc.

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: Hamish on April 21, 2021, 09:09:10 pm

Ah ha! Your once clean workshops will now be dirty, as you have no way to clean them. ;D

Title: Re: Bow made with a BroomStick
Post by: Tuomo on April 23, 2021, 04:38:12 pm

Thanks! Set was "normal", about one inch. Yes, weight was limited by diameter of the stick - I think I got everything out of it. And I have made a lot of "back nocks", no problems. The half hole on the other side is because there was a hole in the broom stick. I did not want to cut it shorter, so I leave the hole there, or what was left after tillering.