DIY: Make Folding Survival Bow From Leafspring, Make folding survival bow from steel
Bows can be made out of many type of materials and tools at low cost. in my previous videos, I built a few bows from old bicycle wheels. They can be as cool as bow made form PVC pipe especially when it can function as a normal bow or even can do bow fishing with it. I built one of bow with the inspiration from the Green Arrow bow, or Oneida compound bow. This time, I would like to present you my new folding surival bow I made from an old rusty leaf spring which I bought at the local salvage yard and I also insert the steel limbs in PVC pipe I flattened. I. After several test shot at the target, i think one day, I should use it to do bow fishing a long with my crossbow. It s also fun for shooting this bow vs coke. The draw weight is 50lbs at 28 inches. . Each limb is 2mm thick, 1. 5cm wide at the tip and 3mm thick and 2cm wide at the base and each is 45cm long. The riser is 55 long and 3. 5cm thic, 5 cm wide. In this bow making process, I let the steel cool down many time with water during the grin
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