First Attempt Building Horsebow

[andrianyuga]

Hii everyone...

This is my horsebow that i've built with no professional tools i guess..is 42# @29
cutting tools with table saw,homemade thickness sander, and homemade spindle sander

- core is made from tirawas wood 3 layers, with 1,5 mm each..
- fiberglass backing 2mm
- pvc strip belly 2mm
- siyah from tirawas wood
- handle from kempas wood

Sorry for my english..Greeting from Indonesia

     
   
     
 http://s27.postimg.org/feuij6d9v/IMG_20150628_154830.jpg
   

[andrianyuga]

here is unstung position, before i finished the bow

   
   
   


  this is my horsebow test video

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANylv6sdd9I&feature=youtu.be

[wood carver 2]

Very nice! Anyone I know would be proud to have a bow like that. Beautiful workmanship!
Dave.

[Buemaker]

Very nice work. Bue--.

[ty_in_ND]

Very nice bow!  Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Mad Max]

way to go
Nice job
   

[bjansen]

Very nice and thanks for sharing.

[LittleBen]

Very cool!

[Robertfishes]

Very nice!! I really like the way it looks.

[cunruhshoot]

Great looking bow and it looks to be a nice shooting bow as well!

[Trux Turning]

That's cool- great job on it!

[KenH]

Very nice job!  Congratulations.  Beautifully done.  You mention a PVC belly strip.  Was that a flat strip, or did you flatten a piece of pipe and then cut it in half to make two strips?  What glue did you use?

[Wolftrail]

Cool bow would love to see full draw pic.  Is that an endless loop string...?

[andrianyuga]

Originally posted by KenH:
Very nice job!  Congratulations.  Beautifully done.  You mention a PVC belly strip.  Was that a flat strip, or did you flatten a piece of pipe and then cut it in half to make two strips?  What glue did you use?

that's flat strip from the factory..
and it just common epoxy glue,,not smooth on, hard to find smooth on here..must buy online to get smooth on

[andrianyuga]

Originally posted by Wolftrail:
Cool bow would love to see full draw pic.  Is that an endless loop string...?

thats flemist twist string with polyester thread...you can see the full in the video that i post before...thx u

[andrianyuga]

Originally posted by andrianyuga:
 

Originally posted by Wolftrail:
Cool bow would love to see full draw pic.  Is that an endless loop string...?

thats flemist twist string with polyester thread...you can see the full on the video that i've post before...thx u [/b]

[haklee]

nice bow. Did you make fiberglass strip or just buy it(bo tuff)?

To me it looks like layers of fiberglass cloth(maybe yarn cloth?) is it right?

compare to wood belly, pvc belly is better than wood? (arrow speed, efficiency etc)

have you ever used pvc for backing?

This is very interesting post because in my country there is no smooth on or bo-tuff. Online purchase is only way but shipping charge and tariff is problem..

[inksoup]

Originally posted by andrianyuga:
 

Originally posted by KenH:
Very nice job!  Congratulations.  Beautifully done.  You mention a PVC belly strip.  Was that a flat strip, or did you flatten a piece of pipe and then cut it in half to make two strips?  What glue did you use?

that's flat strip from the factory..
and it just common epoxy glue,,not smooth on, hard to find smooth on here..must buy online to get smooth on [/b]

how did you epoxy PVC to a wood. as far as i know epoxy can not be applied to pvc since it is not able to stick on plastic materials.

[andrianyuga]

Originally posted by haklee:
nice bow. Did you make fiberglass strip or just buy it(bo tuff)?

To me it looks like layers of fiberglass cloth(maybe yarn cloth?) is it right?

compare to wood belly, pvc belly is better than wood? (arrow speed, efficiency etc)

have you ever used pvc for backing?

This is very interesting post because in my country there is no smooth on or bo-tuff. Online purchase is only way but shipping charge and tariff is problem..

1, yeah it right seems someting like that..that's standard fiberglass in my country there's no Bo tuff here, i just buy it from local supplier

2. there is parallel lam on belly, after that i laminated with pvc strip ( the real function pvc strip here is for insulation stuff ), cause when i used fiberglass for my belly, the limbs almost cannot be draw..

[andrianyuga]

Originally posted by inksoup:
 

Originally posted by andrianyuga:
 

Originally posted by KenH:
Very nice job!  Congratulations.  Beautifully done.  You mention a PVC belly strip.  Was that a flat strip, or did you flatten a piece of pipe and then cut it in half to make two strips?  What glue did you use?

that's flat strip from the factory..
and it just common epoxy glue,,not smooth on, hard to find smooth on here..must buy online to get smooth on [/b]

how did you epoxy PVC to a wood. as far as i know epoxy can not be applied to pvc since it is not able to stick on plastic materials. [/b]

my epoxy is suitable for all material..but at fisrt i scrath pvc surface with hacksaw