44 Inch High Performance Bow

#archery #bow #diy

[@ericrowbottom3595]

Really great job man I'm impressed with the execution of your idea to create this bow in fiberglass. I've never seen this before. Incredible! Very nice work!

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot! Im glad you like it 🙏

[@marlenemcrae4125]

Well done, I look forward to seeing more of what you are capable of.

[@delcat8168]

Very interesting techniques. Glass and carbon bows are not my thing I'm mostly into self or backed bows wooden bows, but very interesting.

[@Helmbowman]

Im glad you like it! Looking forward to your next videos!

[@callumherbert2708]

Super cool bow and great building techniques, thanks for tips, these are impressively silent and with the weight would be super fast shooters

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot!

[@alejandroGonzalez-de8gx]

Excellent job friend! You're definitely a Master Craftsman, Congratulations! Good luck!

[@Helmbowman]

Thank you very much my friend! All the best!

[@AlfaRevoluzione]

Congratz, absolutely Wikit.

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks Martin, its my honor that master archer like you love bows that i made!

[@josegodoy9160]

Que bueno quedó ideal para la caza me vendría bien un arco así te felicito

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks my brother!

[@fatalerror2005]

Nice build! Did you taper the power lam so it has bevel like shape or just cut it shorter for each one of them?

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot, i just cut each shorter than another, a later sand it a little bit

[@TamasMateffy]

Well done, and it looks fast too. I also have a 62# crimean tatar bow,made by a bowyer. I love these short fast,strong recurves.

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks! Yeah, the have something special

[@TorgusMaximus]

they're horse bows 😭😭

[@twintwo1429]

​@@TorgusMaximus short strong fast bows were used by horsemen, but were invented long before the domestication of horses. A small group of native Americans made short powerful horn bows over 3000 years ago.

[@N0rnagest]

Superb work ... Very short though (too short for me).... but looks great and is very, very quiet. Congrats.

[@Helmbowman]

Thank you friend!

[@andrewfelldown]

thanks now I want one

[@4thbranch834]

I'm definitely gonna build one of these. This is one of the raddest bows ive ever seen in my life! Its either this one or your new 44 inch one from the vid the other day. I dont know which is cooler lol Both are badder than fuck bro!

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks bro! Give it a try! They are cool little fellas 😀

[@rougarou1559]

Very nice!

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks!

[@ayhansimsek9245]

This bow is wonderful, master. What did you use as adhesive? The explanations are a bit inadequate. Where can I get the materials? Or do you make and sell?

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot, for adhesive i use epoxy EA 40, but you can use any good quality epoxy that is available to you, fiberglass and carbon strips i order from aliexpress.

[@johntimlin6664]

Excellent job, can I use a leaf spring metal & springs to make 60- 80 lb pull

[@Helmbowman]

@@johntimlin6664 Thanks! Ive never used leaf spring, but i think it can be done, there is a lot of videos on youtube of people make good bows from steel

[@addersbowman]

Sweet!

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@EJ-el8gf]

Outstanding craftsmanship

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot!

[@rafaelflecha1728]

Happy New year from...ROCHESTER.N.Y.....HOW MUCH DELIVERY INCLUDING ONE BOW LIKE THIS???????????

[@Helmbowman]

Happy new year friend! I do not sell bows yet, maybe in future… All the best!

[@stewartwoerle6351]

Very nicely done

[@Helmbowman]

Thank you very much!

[@andreacolombesi1609]

spectacular bow... I would like it slightly shorter, 40 inches... if you make a new video of the creation could you share drawings and description of the materials? maybe link them to buy them... Very good 👏👏👏👏

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot! Im working now on improved version of this bow, so i will share all in description

[@andreacolombesi1609]

thank you very much...hope to see you soon👍@@Helmbowman

[@12clr12]

Very nice job. I would like to see you make one 38" long that takes down in two pieces to fit in a backpack! 50# draw weight would be perfect! Francis Kiko Tovar made a three piece takedown that was 38" that he called the 38 special. I had the privelage of shooting one in 50# draw weight and it was AMAZING!

[@Helmbowman]

Wow! I google it now and instantly fell in love with that bow, amazing! I will try to make similar! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@12clr12]

@@Helmbowman When you do let me know? I would like to buy one!

[@Helmbowman]

@@12clr12 Sorry for not answering, i don't sell my bows

[@12clr12]

If you ever do decide to sell or trade one let me know!?@@Helmbowman

[@andreacolombesi1609]

for the reinforcements, what fiberglass do you use and what type of epoxy resin? if possible a link or the characteristics.... 🙏🏻…Thank you

[@Helmbowman]

Hi, i used fiberglass from aliexpress, just type fiberglass cloth tape, its nothing special, fiberglass cloth 200g/m2 plain weave, any type of fiberglass cloth will work… Epoxy is some German brand named Skresin, i have it available near me, but any lower viscosity laminating epoxy would work, for example West System or easy composites, even epoxy ea40 if you heat it a little bit to lower viscosity

[@andreacolombesi1609]

Thank you very much@@Helmbowman

[@matthewyu3531]

I love the fiberglass bows made by you so much. Have you ever thought about making a compound bow out of fiberglass? I really hope you can use fiberglass to make a compound bow and post a video of the detailed production process here. There are several good homemade compound bows on KZbin.

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks a lot! Yes i would love to make one, currently im working on some projects, and after that i will consider making compound bow

[@matthewyu3531]

@@Helmbowman Great! Thank you very much! I am waiting!

[@matthewyu3531]

@@Helmbowman I would like to cancel my request to make a fiberglass compound bow as it is not conducive to fast shooting. I really hope you can make a Tatar bow (two-piece takedown horse bow), that is really what I need. Thank you very much.

[@Helmbowman]

@matthewyu3531 Its much less complicated than compound, when i get new materials i will make one 😀

[@matthewyu3531]

@@Helmbowman Thank you very much! Your help is deeply appreciated.

[@davidfilipgoransanja]

Somewhere on Balkan, Serbia, Bosnia.... electrical material so he is the electrician probably...smart intellect and highly willing to make a space ship if we wish to .

[@jarchdm]

How many lbs at 28? Was that 5mm efg you used?

[@hambaallah1948]

62lb

[@Helmbowman]

Yes, its the 5mm efg

[@matthewyu3531]

It's a fantastic video. I would like to make a bow similar to yours. But in your video, I didn't see the details of how the two pieces of efg get connected. Would you kindly post a short video to show how they get connected in details? Thank you very much.

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks! Soon i will make another bow similar to this, and film with more details…I just glue pieces in the middle, they join in the pipe of takedown sleeve so there is no stress on joint

[@matthewyu3531]

@@Helmbowman Your videos help me a lot! I love your videos. I am waiting for your new one to come. Thank you very much!

[@Helmbowman]

@@matthewyu3531 Im glad you like it my friend, Thanks for watching!

[@matthewyu3531]

​@@Helmbowman Have you finished your new bow? I am still waiting.

[@Helmbowman]

@@matthewyu3531 Not yet, im still waiting for materials from aliexpress, delivery is very slow… I am currently working on self bow

[@Bowbro69]

nice bro. whats the shortest bow you could make?

[@Helmbowman]

Thanks brother! for my draw length which is 26-27 inches i think 40 inch is possible

[@Bowbro69]

@@Helmbowman oooh and what would be the strung length?

[@Helmbowman]

@@Bowbro69 about 36 inches i guess, depending heavily on design

[@Bowbro69]

@@Helmbowman oh and do you make and sell? what would the lbs be?

[@Helmbowman]

@@Bowbro69 I don’t sell because i can just work on bows during weekends… maybe in future

[@user-kq8cj6cd3v]

Hello, what kind of material did you use for the shoulders? Where are you from?

[@Helmbowman]

Hi, for limbs i used fiberglass and for static recurves carbon fiber, i order them both from aliexpress

[@user-kq8cj6cd3v]

​@@HelmbowmanThanks for the answer, what country are you from?

[@user-kq8cj6cd3v]

​@@Helmbowmanwhat thickness and width did you use the plates?

[@Helmbowman]

@@user-kq8cj6cd3v Im from Serbia, the thickness is 5mm, and width is 30mm, Thanks for watching!

[@user-kq8cj6cd3v]

​@@HelmbowmanЈа сам из Русије. Претплатио сам се на тебе.

[@andreacolombesi1609]

What did you use to glue the t-shirt cotton to the bow? Thank you

[@Helmbowman]

Epoxy resin, thanks for watching!

[@andreacolombesi1609]

Thank you! How did you make it so liquid?@@Helmbowman

[@Helmbowman]

@@andreacolombesi1609 Its low viscosity resin, but if you have thicker resin you can heat it up before using

[@jarchdm]

Need some insight, I'm making a similar bow and considering spiral wrapping the recurve portion of the bow about 26 cm / 10 in with carbon fiber to strengthen and keep it from delaminating. Is there a point to this? Any reason not to do it? The target weight it's about 44lbs , using 4mm efg 130cm long

[@Helmbowman]

If its non working recurve like this in my video, there is no need, but if its a working recurve, you can do that… I like to overbuild everything so i does wrapping even on some static recurves 😂 it adds little bit of weight, but not enough to hurt performance.

[@jarchdm]

@@Helmbowman thank you I'll give it a go my last one delaminated so I made sure that there was absolutely no unglued voids and it looks good but this time I want to over build to make sure. I'm honing in on the type of bow I like to make after many iterations. I've tried to do a takedown but found the bow much weaker shooting compared to a whole bow of same draw weight. Hoping to try again with your method. Thanks for being thorough with the videos showing how to build that part in your other videos.

[@Helmbowman]

@@jarchdm Thank you for watching my videos! Good luck with you project, if you have any problems please feel free to ask me, i will try to help

[@jarchdm]

@@Helmbowman just one last question you think it's ok to use normal cheap fibre glass epoxy for the wrap? The one I use for the bow seems too thick and too expensive..😁

[@Helmbowman]

@@jarchdm Its ok to use that, you can brush on epoxy on portion of the bow that you want to wrap, and than wait some time for epoxy to become really tacky, that wrap dry carbon fiber strand, and now you can brush new epoxy over it. The tacky epoxy will secure carbon fiber really good as you wrap it… I find this process best for wrapping

[@matthewyu3531]

Hi, on internet some people said that fiberglass bow loose poundage. You built this bow about one month ago, did you find this bow loose poundage? Please check it's current poundage and see if it is still the original number. Thank you.

[@Helmbowman]

I think that i a myth, after years of use never notice that any of my fiberglass bows loose draw weight, even bows that have been strung for years, the draw weight is the same

[@matthewyu3531]

@@Helmbowman Great, thank you very much. That's what I need. I will refer to your experience when making bows.

[@Helmbowman]

@@matthewyu3531 Thank you 🙏

[@thomasstreich6564]

What glue do you use for that Project?

[@Helmbowman]

Epoxy ea40 smooth on

[@4estral]

This has me inspired to try making a 2-pc takedown out of FG strips.

[@Helmbowman]

Nice! Good luck!

[@jamie-ox8sg]

what did you make the limbs out of ?

[@Helmbowman]

EFG, that is fiberglass with epoxy resin matrix

[@12clr12]

Do you sell your 44 inch bows? I would like to buy one.

[@Helmbowman]

No for now, maybe i future i will

[@matthewyu3531]

You tapered the tip of your limb, can you tell me the width of the tip of your limbs? I plan to make a bow similar to this one. I want to taper the limbs while also ensuring that the limb tips do not break under full draw weight.

[@Helmbowman]

The limb is 30mm at the fades and does not taper till mid limb, them it starts to taper to 20 mm at the beginning of static tips and for next 50mm it rapidly tapers to 14mm and continue to taper gradually to 10mm at the nocks. The thickness to static tips is 8mm

[@matthewyu3531]

@@Helmbowman Thank you very much. Your help is greatly appreciated.

[@Helmbowman]

@@matthewyu3531 no problem, feel free to ask anything

[@SharpObserver1A]

Tell us the draw weight and the speed with those arrows.

[@Helmbowman]

Hi, draw weight is 62 pounds at my draw length, and speed i don’t know, don’t have chronograph jet, but it seems pretty fast compared to my other bows

[@SharpObserver1A]

Thank you very much @@Helmbowman

[@davidfilipgoransanja]

Балкан, Србија, Македонија,Босна...можда бугарска...електричар, домаћин...вредан паметан и ето...можемо бре и свемирски брод да направимо ако хоћемо

[@Helmbowman]

Tako je brate moj! Sve najbolje!

[@Maketaurie]

Looks like an old Ben Pearson bow.

[@smilodonszkodzi9187]

What is material?

[@Helmbowman]

Fiberglass from aliexpress

[@smilodonszkodzi9187]

@@Helmbowman thx

[@stiggywatts4258]

Are you selling this bow?

[@Helmbowman]

No, its my favorite 😄

[@davidfoguth1824]

R u selling these ?

[@Helmbowman]

I dont sell bows yet, thanks for watching

[@Helmbowman]

I dont sell bows yet, thanks for watching

[@TorgusMaximus]

literally a horse bow

[@user-oc9lp3wq6j]

Кто учил тебя парень на станках работать в перчатках!? Никогда так не делай!

[@Helmbowman]

I understand your concerns, but when working with fiberglass, gloves are necessary

[@jareth7456]

You used the basic design used in Asiatic reflex Bows but used a shelf .....I'll never shoot off the left side of a bow ....ever

[@rudamchu]

Wow! You sure told him! Who gives a rat's ass if you choose to shoot on the right side? Nobody ... that's who.