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For quickly making a simple, homemade bow, need to:

• branch,
• thin nylon cord with a diameter of approximately 2 mm. for titiva (take with you),
• glazing bead (take with you),
• nut, plasticine, wire or other material for the tip.
• knife.

Before you make a bow and arrows from improvised materials with your own hands, you need to select the material from which the bow will be made; a straight willow branch is best, but any other tree can be used, the main thing is that it bends and does not break. The branch should be approximately 2-3 cm in diameter, depending on the size of the shooter’s palm, and long - from the ground to the shoulder in a standing position. Choose a branch without large knots, otherwise it may break on a knot.

You can remove the bark from the branch or not, depending on how much tension you want to achieve. A branch with bark dries more slowly, so it bends more easily when the bowstring is pulled. This is a very convenient solution for making children's bows. Also adding additional branches to it.

How to make a bow from wood outdoors or at home:

Having retreated approximately 1-2 cm from the ends of the branch, with a knife, shallow 2-3 mm grooves are cut out on the branch so that the cord, which is tied instead of a bowstring, does not slip off the bow. These recesses must be made obliquely (as in the photo) so that when the bow is bent the string does not slip out of the grooves.

Having tied a cord into a groove at one end, the branch is turned over, the end with the tied cord is pressed into the ground, and bent with force, making sure that it does not break. Tie the second end of the cord to the other end of the branch in the groove. The distance between the cord and the middle of the bent part of the branch should be approximately 15-20 cm.

Instead of a cord you can use fishing line approximately 2 mm in diameter, or any other durable material. Now I think there should be no problems with the material for the bowstring, since there is a large assortment of different cords and fishing lines on sale.

Bow arrows can be made from:

• window bead,
• from the same tree branch, only you need to take a thinner branch, 5-10 mm. and as smooth as possible
• and also from dry reeds.

As children, we made arrows from last year’s dry reeds, which grew in abundance along the river located under the ravine on which our village stood.

Although any thin, lightweight material is suitable for an arrow, reed still remains the best material. It is durable and lightweight, which is important for the arrow’s flight range.

You need to choose even stems of reeds, about 1 meter long, carefully cut them off, retreating 0.5 cm from the reed knot, so that it remains on the arrow. In general, the length of the arrow depends on the elasticity of the bow, the height of the archer, and is selected individually.

How to make arrows for a bow outdoors or at home:

If the arrow is made from glazing bead, then the first step is to cut off its sharp corners in order to obtain the most cylindrical shape. This can be done with a well-sharpened knife and subsequently cleaned with fine sandpaper.

A shallow groove is made at one end of the arrow, which, when shooting, is inserted into the bowstring and, if desired, feathering is attached. A homemade tip or any other weighting agent is put on the other end of the arrow and strengthened with plasticine. You can put on a bolt, wind a wire or a strip of lead.

In conclusion, I would strongly recommend wrapping the arrow with the most universal fastening material of all time)) - tape. This will allow you not to get splinters when shooting, not to split the arrow with the string thread when tensioned, to hold the tip when the arrow falls to the ground, to make the arrow not much, but still stronger; and most importantly, all this can be done quickly and without unnecessary hassles.

The tip can also be made from a piece of tin, cut from a tin can, and twisted with pliers, like a bag. With such a tip it is more interesting to shoot at wooden objects, since it sticks into them. But if the tip is not soldered, it will quickly spread, so you need to make several tips in order to quickly change them.

Or use a dart to make an arrow - top part instead of a tip, the back - instead of feathers.

This could be the end of the master class on “how to make a bow and arrows,” but in the end I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the basic safety rules. Especially if you shoot with children.

Precautionary measures

An arrow can cause injury if it hits a person. Therefore, you must handle arrows with special care and shoot where there are no people. There should always be someone to monitor safety.
Children with bows should never be left unattended by adults.

If you have read this instruction to the end, then you now probably know how to make a bow and arrow with your own hands for children, simple and in a fast way. You will spend a minimum amount of time making it and get maximum shooting pleasure.

Skis: pieces of skis for making bow arms;

Lumber - for making a handle. Need or big beam(minimum 8x8x50), or small bars;

A couple of bolts, washers, wing nuts - to attach the bow arms to the handle;

Nylon thread (or any low-stretch string) - for the bowstring.

Tools:

• Clamps;

  Hand drill with a set of drills;

  Chisel, hammer;

  Wood rasp or file;

  Sandpaper of various grain sizes;

The tools listed below are not necessary, but will help make the process much easier if you are making a more complex bow handle.

Table saw;

Drilling machine;

Band-saw;

Plane;

Belt/disc sander.

Making a bow from skis

Bow Handle Design

Original handles in real size:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-takedown-bow-from-skis/

Making onions is a process that requires precise adherence to technology. Only in this case can you count on good result. With a well-made bow, you can shoot arrows precisely at the target, and it must be powerful enough to hit the game that will eventually become the hunter's prey.

First of all, those who already have experience in hunting with such weapons should take on making it with their own hands, but with the right approach to the matter, anyone can cope with the task. Let's look at how to make a bow for hunting with your own hands, using materials and tools that are available to everyone.

Varieties of bows

The main parts of such a weapon are the arc and the bowstring. By design, bows can be divided into two main groups:

• simple - for these models the arc is made of one material - wood or PVC;
• compound, or composite - the arches of such bows are made of several materials.

According to the form they are distinguished:

• classic bows - such an arc hunting weapons has one bend, when bent it has a D-shaped appearance;
• recursive - their arc bends three times and has an M-shape.

Bows can also be divided into simple and collapsible. The arches of the former are made from a single piece of material, while those of the latter consist of several parts.

From natural materials for the manufacture of composite arches, wood can be used for the middle part, horn for the inner part, as well as tendons that are attached to the outer side. This three-part design provides the weapon with good elasticity, flexibility and power.

Today, in the manufacture of industrially produced collapsible bows, high-strength modern materials with optimal properties are used - fiberglass and carbon fiber, aluminum and magnesium alloys, and so on.

The design of such a weapon can be quite complex, but making it yourself at home is a task that requires some experience, as well as a lot of time and effort.

It’s better to make a simple one-piece bow with your own hands. With the right approach to business and adherence to technology, its accuracy and power will be sufficient for hunting.

Tools and materials

To make such a bow you will need a minimum set of tools:

• hacksaw;
• plane;

To give the arc the desired bend, it is better to use a special slipway. You can also make it yourself from a board and several bars.

To make a simple non-separable bow with your own hands you need:

• wood or polyvinyl chloride tube to make an arc;
• strong rope, rawhide tape, wire, thick fishing line for making a bowstring;
• thick rope or other suitable material for the handle.

When drawing the bow, the shoulders should bend, but the bowstring practically does not stretch.. The arrow is sent to the target precisely due to the force of the weapon’s arc, which straightens at the moment of the shot.

How to make a bow from wood?

Let's see how to do it Hunter bow made of wood. The best material for this is considered to be yew - it was from it that the best examples of such weapons were made in the Middle Ages. However, it is difficult to obtain such a tree, so other species are usually used instead. It can be:

• hazel;
• juniper;
• Rowan;
• ash;
• larch;
• cedar.

A good bow rod should:

• not have cracks, it is also better to select rods without knots, but the presence of a small amount of them on the surface is not critical, the main thing is not to try to cut them out when processing the rod;
• have a length from a meter to one and a half meters;
• be dry;
• be direct.

To make a bow, you can also use several thin rods of the same length, but they must be securely fastened by tightening them in several places with electrical tape or other suitable material. This option is suitable if you need to quickly produce in hiking conditions onions from what you can find on hand.

Wood harvesting

Harvesting wood to make a hunting bow with your own hands, better in winter, at a temperature of -10 degrees or slightly lower. If you look for a suitable rod in the fall, you won’t have to wander through the snowdrifts in search. It is necessary to cut it, the length of the rod should be several tens of centimeters greater than the expected length of the bow. This is necessary, since when drying, the ends of the rod may crack.

Before making a bow, the wood must be dried for a long time, on average three months is enough. A room with room temperature in which the rod needs to be hung is suitable for this.

In this case, there is no need to remove the bark, but it is better to paint or coat the ends with varnish, which will not allow moisture to evaporate, then the future arc will dry evenly along the entire length. A rod that has a slight curvature can be straightened over steam.

In camping conditions, drying can be quickly done using a fire; the main thing is to do it carefully, do not put the wood too close to the fire and not overdry it. Such onions will be more fragile and less durable than those dried at room temperature.

Making a bow from a wooden rod

When the rod is dried, it must be processed with a plane, and the shoulders should become flat, not cylindrical. The bow of a simple takedown bow is not made from a single piece of wood or PVC, but from two separate arms that are attached to the top and bottom of the handle. In this case, the handle is easiest to make from a wooden block or cylinder of suitable thickness. At the same time, in the central part they can be sharpened, making a comfortable grip under the arm.

If you plan to make a simple bow with an arc from a single piece of wood, and not with two separate arms, the rod in the middle should be left round in cross-section.

It is important that the arms have the same length, width and thickness, only in this case the force on them will be distributed evenly, and the bow will hit accurately.

Then the workpiece must be given the desired shape - in the form of a simple arc or M-shaped. To do this, the wood is heated over steam and temporarily fixed in a special slipway, which will fix the desired shape. Such a device can be made from a board by attaching several bars to it. You need to keep the onion in the slipway for about a week.

When the arc is ready, you need to make notches at its end and secure the bowstring. It is also necessary to braid the handle. To obtain a reliable installation, the fixation points of the bowstring and the handle must be glued.

Making a bow from skis

Skis are a material that is excellent for making a bow arc, which often does not even need to be processed. Therefore, if there is a suitable pair available that is unsuitable for use, there is no need to prepare rods or look for another material. Can be used both wooden and plastic skis, the second option is preferable.

To make a bow, you need to saw off the two ends of the skis suitable length, which will be the shoulders, and secure them to the handle. The handle itself can also be made from skis by fastening scraps of the required length in several layers and processing them so that a comfortable grip is obtained. After this, you just need to attach the string, and the bow is ready for use.

The optimal length of the finished product is about 1.3 m. If a bow made from skis exceeds the length of 1.4-1.5 m, its power will be insufficient, since such a long arc cannot impart sufficient momentum to the arrow. Also, the shoulders should be narrow - so in order to make an arc from wide skis, they must be sharpened on both edges.

Making a composite bow, each limb of which must be made not from one material, but from several different ones, is a more complex process. However, such weapons are made according to the same principles as simple homemade bow for hunting. If you approach the matter correctly, a bow made with your own hands will hit powerfully and accurately, and it will last for quite a long time.

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How to make a bow in the field

Perhaps the most efficient look throwing weapons, one of those that can be made from scrap materials in the forest is a bow. The materials for its manufacture can always be found in our forests, and arrowheads can be made from any available metal waste, such as tin cans.

You can quickly make a bow in the forest from semi-dry juniper, or from a dry lower branch of spruce. A bow made from juniper is quite suitable for bird hunting. But when it dries, it becomes brittle. Still for the hare better onion from spruce.

If you have time, it is better to cut a semi-dry spruce branch. This is the branch that has needles only at the very end. The branch should be straight with a slight bend. The length of the branch is at your discretion, the thickness is according to the strength of the shooter. The bark is removed from the branch, the wood is cut off with a knife inside thinning the branch towards the ends. The thinner the ends, the faster the bow. Finish the bow using a piece of glass, carefully scraping off the wood. In front of this there are two trees standing next to each other. A rope is tied to the bow in the notches for the bow. Place the middle of the bow against one tree, and pull the rope around the other. It will be immediately obvious where to cut the wood. When the onion is ready, bonds are made from nylon thread along the edges every 20 cm, closer to the center after 10 or even 5 cm, so that the tree does not peel off.

Bowstring: It is best to make a bowstring from nylon rope with a diameter of 3 mm. You tie a figure eight knot in the middle to use it as an arrow stop, and at the ends of the loop with a bunny ear knot, climbers should know. Such a knot on loops comes undone even after several shots from a bow.

The string is attached to special grooves (about 4 mm deep) to the ends of the bow, and to prevent it from fraying, the grooves must be rounded. A nylon cord with a thickness of about 2 mm is suitable as a material, but it is best to use twisted horsehair or ox sinew that has been tested by time and has seen more than one war. A bowstring can also be made by twisting fibers of flax, hemp, tendon or silk. To prevent the bowstring and arrows from damaging the hand holding the handle when shooting, wear a leather glove on it. Therefore, the loops can be easily adjusted. The onion is ready! But it’s too early to rejoice, there’s still work to be done arrows:

Now about the arrows. A homemade arrow is a smooth shaft; the best wood would be pine or birch, with a diameter of 8 mm and a length of about 90 cm (this is the standard length; in practice, the length of the arrow should be equal to the distance from the chin to thumb extended towards the left hand). Arrow fletching is not only a cheap show-off, but also a qualitative improvement in aerodynamic properties during flight, so do not forget to decorate the end of your homemade arrow with 3 feathers located at the same distance from each other.

It is best to make the tip iron, but in the absence of available tools, you can sharpen a stone and then insert it into the groove at the front end of the arrow. We make a similar groove at the end of the arrow to fix the bowstring in it when firing.

Good arrows are made from reeds or planed from boards from a fruit box. Light wood is used in such boxes and is perfect for making arrows. The stabilizer on homemade arrows is made from plastic bottle. It is enough to make a cut and insert the feathers with glue into this cut. The tips can be made from a figure eight hexagon, a steel tube with a wall thickness of 2-3 mm is placed on the shaft at one end and flattened at the other. If it is for a bird, then a sector is cut out of a tin can with scissors and a pound is rolled up. Arrows are made either from dry reeds with tips from cans, if you can find them. By the way, such arrows don’t even need feathers. They fly well anyway. They can also be made from twigs. If you have time, dry them. Or from the boards found along the river banks, this is the best. Feathers are tied with threads without gluing. Moreover, I don’t throw away the ends of the feathers, but tie them to bird arrows just like that, uncut.

The slot for the bowstring on the arrows is burned using hot wire. The cut is even, strong and smooth. Doesn't cut the string. Sometimes I used tips with a shank. The hole for the shank is also burned with wire, and the tip is glued in using spruce resin. Pine resin It’s soft, you can soak anything with it so it doesn’t absorb water. Spruce resin is hard and strong when it hardens. It’s assembled like this: find a leak of spruce resin and set it on fire; when it starts to flow, you collect it.

Now you have a weapon, but you shouldn’t place too much hope on it, most likely the maximum sighting range your bow will be from 15 to 30 meters, but you will not find it easy to hit even from 15 meters, without persistent and long training sessions Unfortunately, you won’t be able to do this, because even in the Middle Ages, when the art of archery was very developed, training an archer took about 10 years.

The bow is one of the first weapons that allowed man to hunt at a distance. Boys love to play with it from early childhood, imagining themselves as brave Indians or fair “Robinhoods.”

The process of making a bow with your own hands is quite labor-intensive. Nice bow It requires a lot of time and patience, but it brings enormous pleasure. A bow made with your own hands is not only a source of pride that you can show off to your peers, but also an original gift for your best friend. A person who knows how to make a bow himself is not afraid to find himself in any extreme conditions, even on a desert island. And this is a compelling argument!

Making onions: the easiest and fastest way

If there is little time for production, you need to find a wooden rod approximately 1-1.5 m long. Birch, maple, hazel, ash, juniper, and oak are perfect. Its surface should be without damage and, preferably, without knots. The rod can be dried over a fire, but in no case should it be dried completely. If only thin rods are available, they can be tied together into one.

All that remains is to make notches for the bowstring and tighten it. The easiest way to make a bowstring is from fishing line, but you can also use thread or wire.

How to make a bow with your own hands?

To make your homemade bow strong and neat, it is better to make it together with your dad. He, like no one else, knows what a real Robin Hood's weapon should be. Here's a little hint and instruction.

1. Select a long branch. It should be smooth, without cracks or damage. A good choice- oak, white acacia. The optimal length is 1.8 m. Please note: the rod must be flexible, but you should not take a green one - it is not as strong compared to a dry one.

2. Find a natural curve. To do this, place the stick on the ground and press it with your hands on top and in the middle. The rod will turn towards you in a natural bend.

3. Eliminate unevenness. Use a knife to smooth out any uneven surfaces and remove knots. If the rod is thinner at the top than at the bottom, cut off the top of the onion: its thickness should be uniform along the entire length.

5. Make notches for attaching the bowstring. At a distance of about 5 cm from the ends of the bow, use a knife to make notches. They should be located on outside Luke.

6. Select and draw the string. Use fishing line, thin nylon cord, or regular twine as a bowstring. Please note: the string must be shorter than the bow. Gently draw the string back and check that the bow bends evenly.

7. Make arrows. Thin, dry branches are best. The length of the arrow should be equal to half the length of the bow. Clean the branch from any irregularities. Make a cut on one side of the branch and sharpen the other.

When using a bow, follow safety rules: keep the bow away from your face; shoot at stationary targets and only under adult supervision.

How to make a collapsible bow at home

To make a good collapsible bow at home, the material must be prepared in winter, when it is 10-15 degrees below zero outside. The workpiece is processed and dried for several months. But such a labor-intensive process is not the only way to make onions.

Collapsible models are easier to make, and they can be folded compactly for transportation.

Making a handle

If the tension force of the bow does not exceed 10 kg, you can use oak or birch for the handle, or glue several sheets of plywood (necessarily waterproof) with epoxy. When producing more powerful bow you need to glue together several layers of different types of wood - maple, beech, etc. The dimensions of the bar should be 6x4x40 cm.

Markings must be applied to the block. A drawing will help at this stage (the grid in the figure is 1 by 1 cm).

The handle is cut using a jigsaw. A semicircular, sharp chisel will help give the shape. The workpiece needs to be sanded; the processing is carried out in three stages: coarse, fine and finally with sandpaper.

To attach the arms to it, you need to make holes for M6 bolts. Usually, a leather pad is made at the attachment point between the handle and the shoulders.

The finished handle must be coated with ship's varnish or stain.

Making shoulders: using slats

It is best to use slats from a bed or sofa to make shoulders. These elastic elements have a length from 70 to 120 cm. When choosing a length, be guided by the fact that the total length of the bow should approximately correspond to the height of the shooter.

It is convenient to select the length of the bow, guided by the span of your arms, as in this picture.

The lamellas are often 12 cm thick and are perfect for bows. If the lamellas are 8 cm thick, then it is better to glue two pieces together using epoxy or Moment glue.

To make the shoulders, the slats need to be sawn at an angle. It is important to make them symmetrical, so you need to process them by squeezing them together with clamps.

We make a shelf for the bowstring from scraps of lamella. To do this, you need to attach a plank on each side: drill holes in them and secure dowels in them with glue. Draw the contours of the shelf.

It all depends on your imagination. We cut along the contour, it is best to do this with a jigsaw. Finally, give it a smooth finish using sandpaper.

To secure the bowstring, you need to make notches 7-8 mm deep and 3 mm thick.

Like the handle, the shoulders need to be opened with stain or ship varnish. Congratulations, now you know how to make onions at home!

Using wooden or plastic skis as bow material can save a lot of time. It is also important that the shoulders are guaranteed to be symmetrical. The size of the ski bow is best made within 120-140 cm.

The handle can be made from skis, glued together in several layers, or from a block of wood, cut according to the diagram (see previous instructions).

The basic scheme for making a bow from skis looks like this.

Skis can be different, ideal if you have narrow ones at your disposal. If they are wide, you will have to process the shoulders a little - grind them down, tapering them towards the ends. The main thing is to do it symmetrically.

Armed with our instructions, anyone can become the owner of a bow. But it is important not only to know how to make a bow for children, but also not to forget that it must be handled responsibly.