Making A Laminated Recurve Bow

The egyptian scythian and assyrian people had been making laminate bows out of combinations of wood horn and.

Making a laminated recurve bow.

A recurve bow gives a traditional bow the ability to propel arrows further and with more power than a traditional bow. Plans for this bow build are available free. I use a form or jig often when making self bows with recurved or reflexed limb tips. This makes the arrow go farther.

Custom recurve bow making. This allows the bow to propel the arrow with more power and energy than a traditional straight limbed bow. A detailed flat bow build along. Unlike the c clamp and rubber band forms the firehose form requires two pieces a top and a bottom that fit together and the bow goes between them.

Traditional composite bows are normally not included although their construction with horn wood and sinew might bring them within the above definition. It s also much quicker to glue a bow up with that method. A laminated bow is an archery bow in which different materials are laminated together to form the bow stave itself. The fibreglass however takes on the load of carrying the maximum amount of load while the wooden part carries not more than 10 of the load.

Here s a quick vid showing how to make a recurve bow form. The term recurve comes from the way the bow curves away from the shooter at the ends. 58 40 lbs at 28 halla bowyer. While it takes skill and years practice to make a perfect recurve bow these steps will help get you started.

First it s more difficult to make the form. These days recurve bows are made of fibreglass and laminated wood with the wood acting as the divider between two laminated sheets of fibreglass. The first step in bow building is to make the form for gluing the bow laminations. I have two problems with the firehose method though.

Fiberglass back and belly with maple laminates and purple heart core and handle. The form is composed of four layers of 1 2 in.