Longbow plans from Popular Mechanics

[AZ_Shooter]

Has anybody seen these plans before:

   http://www.vintageprojects.com/archery/bow-plans.pdf

For the more experienced bowyers on the site, are these viable plans to follow?

[bjansen]

I've never seen them but certainly viable.  

I like the piece that says "a stave of lemonwood for a longbow will cost you about a dollar"

I think I would buy out that supplier!

[shamus]

Great piece of history. Thanks for posting

[John Cooper]

I posted some several years ago taken from a PM encyclopedia from the 50's, but I haven't seen this version.  It included plans for osage, yew, lemonwood, and an unknown wood called "boam." Thanks for sharing!

[Pat B]

These will probably be good bows. I'm sure these designs could be improved upon but they should work fine just the way they are.

[fish n chicks]

That's awesome. I just bought the encyclopedias that's from from a garage sale for $2. Those books are so cool they have a motor powered boat you can build out of plywood. Looks like a stage with a pulpit but pretty cool none-the-less.