Monday, May 14, 2012

120 lb "war" slingbow

Made another slingbow. This time, I decided to keep it kind of similar to conventional recurves.

The bow is short, just 80 cm (31") and entirely made from plywood (minus the scales). The bow "limbs" are rigid, as the string is made from pretensed rubber (what else). The weapon is solid enough to handle spear gun rubber, which clocks at 120 lb draw force - well in the English warbow class.

I even made my own arrows, from 10mm (.40") dowels. My longest arrows are 35", very heavy with medieval style broadheads.


I am not an experienced archer, but it performs well.

12 comments:

  1. Looks fantasitc I must say. Was there any trouble with the rubber popping off the nocks though?

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  2. hows the performance on this?

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  3. It'd be great to see you make a slingshot style weapon that can fire .22 air rifle pellets straight and true >= 12ft/lb :)

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  4. Where did you get the pretensed rubber?

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  5. Nice one! Clean and effective design - simple and easy to make! Great for surviving situations!
    I'm gona make something like this, so i have some questions.

    I'm going to use theraband black and silver tubular rubber. What amount of power can i expect from silver rubber (doubled set, like yours 50 pounds black rubber set)?

    What is effective range of this little hunter?

    Is this "optimal" dimension of the slingbow, or can i make it smaller and not loose power - around 60 cm in lenght?

    Is 20 mm thick plywood strong enough for silver band set?

    Thanks alot, and greetz from Serbia!

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  6. Were did you get the 50 lb rubber ??? Please answer i'm bullding your bow right now!

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  7. Hi there! Could you do a complete how to on this mini bow? I would love to make one. Also could I buy the second heaviest string/band? Please let me know.Thanks, Will. Willbarrow81@hotmail.com

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  8. Great design! I like it very mutch. Maybe i can build this, but i need some drawings. If it possible, please send me some plans. ezatehangod@gmail.com. Thank you!!!

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  9. looks gr8! is it posible if you could publish the drawings or send them? to niklas.koch@live.se Thank You1

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  10. where can i get the weakest rubberbands that you used?
    zwem1fan@gmail.com

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