How to make a bow
Techical note: This is only word to word translate.
Since the manufacturing process of wooden bow is a bow to each other, can not be accurately described.Depends on determining the bow, the resultant force, the length of the bow, wood properties, the amount of the archer and many other parameters.
I bring you a list of the most important items together with photographs. Pictures are bad quality because I carry a cell phone only. It is a medium wooden bow with ends 130 cm length.
In the beginning was wood. Must be well dried without knots and defects. For us the most affordable is ash.
Not machining back, only moving in the belly. Slowly tapering ends, so that it resembled the bow. It is not important whether the arms look symmetrical, but they are also bent. Take chip thickness of the paper and still we try hardness bow. Where it bends to be little decrease.
If you want to bow bow, vypilníkujeme grooves on chord. Stretch chord and check the uniformity of the deflection of the bow. I have decided that I will add tips to your shoulders. Slightly increased the strength of the bow, but mostly it looks nice. Roughly next March we cut out the shape of terminals and resurfacing shoulders so to them exactly dosadali.
Terminals glue adhesive, glue or natural. Fixate string and let it dry. After drying, the end is worked into the desired shape
Detail of enf from plum wood.
After treatment ends again check the uniformity of deflection. If all goes well, the bow is almost finished. Wood polish sandpaper.
He set the source for knitting yarns chord. Thread length must be slightly greater than bow to the left to loop chord.
I've prepared 3 volumes of 4 sources, ie 12 threads together.
Chord tangles like a string. Upper chord loop is not bound, but also plaited.
The handle of the leather strip.
Wooden bow protect against moisture with oil or waxed.
We need to bow an arrow. Like many types of bows, there are many types of arrows. We can make it to the dry bar or wooden stick. All the feathers on one Sipe must be recorded in one and the same parties and must be equally large.
Also there are many ways shaped letiek. Select the top level.
Sipe to hack the chord, and the first squadron stick perpendicular to the notch chord. Angular separation between two other squadron is 120 °.
The side end of the fix with feather stuck thread. .
Also there are many kinds streliek. Arrowhead either taper or area will be filled by a simple latch. Ballistic tests of wooden arrows to devote a separate article in ballistic tests .
As a protection against dirt and carrying a bag can be manufactured on a bow. I used linen.
Cover with bow on shoulder strap.
Vak na luk má zaťahovaciu slučku, ktorou sa dá nastaviť dĺžka popruhu.
Where to go?
Ballistic tests - Ballistic tests of this particular bow and arrow.