« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4

Author Topic: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree  (Read 11806 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Thesquirrelslinger

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,245
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2013, 08:42:29 pm »
Note to self- just research by self and ask those few who will honestly anwser the question
Anyway... I just want to do this for the hell of it.
'nuff said.
I do intend to wear a chestplate and a face mask, with bracers... lol
but seriously.
Has anyone ever messed with fraiser fir?
i could use some info.

the wood itself seems to be rather rubbery when green. i can actually tie thin parts into knots
Should I go for green lumber or season it?

Logged
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"

Offline CORIUS

  • Member
  • Posts: 158
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2013, 08:47:06 pm »
Hahahahahaha you are the man Dan!!!
Logged
Where there's a will, there's a bow.


PA subscription #: PM108452

Offline Renacs

  • Member
  • Posts: 183
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2013, 08:56:18 pm »
Hearing people say that it cant be done. Makes me want to try it. What about deflexing the stave?
Logged

Offline Zion

  • Member
  • Posts: 783
  • The blacksmith's mare walks barefoot
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2013, 09:58:43 pm »
I'm trying a doug fir bow but only because the stave is near perfect. i think the wood is better in compression than tension, but with that many knots and imperfections I don't think you'll get far. Why not try the same species with a better stave?
Logged
The secret of life is learning to make your own luck.

Don Case

  • Guest
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2013, 10:03:53 pm »
Doug fir is a different species than Frazier Fir. Frazier is a true fir, the true firs here on the west coast are quite brittle. When I was camping once I made a bow from a dead Doug fir branch. It  worked quite well but at the time I new even less than I know now.
don
Logged

Offline wood_bandit 99

  • Member
  • Posts: 197
  • Shoot straight my friends!!   55#@26"
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2013, 10:11:50 pm »
Quote from: Don C on December 17, 2013, 10:03:53 pm
Doug fir is a different species than Frazier Fir. Frazier is a true fir, the true firs here on the west coast are quite brittle. When I was camping once I made a bow from a dead Doug fir branch. It  worked quite well but at the time I new even less than I know now.
don

I hope that's not as much as you make it sound  ;D
Logged
"Judge a man by his questions, not his answers" ~Anonymous

   "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it." ~Chinese Proverb

Offline Adam

  • Member
  • Posts: 913
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2013, 10:13:49 pm »
DGF - That's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time!
Logged

Offline JackCrafty

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 5,628
  • Sorry Officer, I was just gathering "materials".
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2013, 10:15:24 pm »
A #30 bow, at 28" draw, and 70+ inches long can be made with just about any type of wood. :)  Cut the tree down the center, flatten the cut, and make the rounded part the belly.  Theoretically, you could make two bows.  I'll be willing to bet you don't even need to back them.  The hardest part would be drying the stave(s) without cracking them. IMO.

I for one would like to see the results.
Logged
Any critter tastes good with enough butter on it.

Patrick Blank
Midland, Texas
Youtube: JackCrafty, Allergic Hobbit, Patrick Blank

Where's Rock? Public Waterways, Road Cuts, Landscape Supply, Knap-Ins.
How to Cook It?  200° for 24hrs then 275° to 500° for 4hrs (depending on type), Cool for 12hr

Offline osage outlaw

  • Member
  • Posts: 11,962
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2013, 12:09:24 am »
Quote from: DGF on December 17, 2013, 08:03:29 pm
My Christmas tree can kick your Christmas trees butt.



-Dan


Now that is my kind of Christmas tree 
Logged
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left

Offline soy

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,897
  • pm106221
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2013, 12:57:45 am »
On the same line I opted for A yew Christmas tree this year >:D
Logged
Is this bow making a sickness? or the cure...

mikekeswick

  • Guest
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2013, 04:28:02 am »
Go long and go wide - 100% you can make a low poundage shortish draw bow from it.
Why?? Well that's upto you, everyman chooseth his own challenge!
Logged

blackhawk

  • Guest
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2013, 07:16:18 am »
So can someone help me with making mine into a bow cus I have a fake tree?  ???  :laugh:
Logged

Offline WillS

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,905
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2013, 08:23:07 am »
Quote from: blackhawk on December 18, 2013, 07:16:18 am
So can someone help me with making mine into a bow cus I have a fake tree?  ???  :laugh:

Is it PVC? I hear you can make excellent bows from PVC with a heat gun....   ???
Logged

Offline turtle

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,069
  • PA1007207
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2013, 08:25:36 am »
Quote from: blackhawk on December 18, 2013, 07:16:18 am
So can someone help me with making mine into a bow cus I have a fake tree?  ???  :laugh:

Please tell me its not efingglass. :o
Logged
Steve Bennett

Offline Adam

  • Member
  • Posts: 913
Re: CAN a bow be made from a Xmas tree
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2013, 08:40:38 am »
3 courses of tinsel backing will raise your draw weight about 10%, but it only sticks with reindeer hide glue. ;)
Logged
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4
« previous next »