Making a 38 Pound 3 Piece Red and Black PVC Takedown Bow - Compact Under 18 Inches

Hey everyone! Today we’re building a 3-piece takedown bow out of 3/4” PVC pipe. I’m using Schedule 40 furniture grade pipe by Formufit, but any Schedule 40 PVC pipe would work. The impact and UV resistance that’s built in makes for a bow that is stable in a variety of conditions and resistant to many of the accidental things that would spell disaster for other PVC, wood, and even fiberglass bows. A nice bow for the boat, RV, camper, cabin, saddlebag, truck, backpack, bug out bag. If your archery range is a bike ride away, this bow will collapse down into most backpacks.
55 pounds is about the maximum weight of this style of bow when made with a 44” pipe to start with. Check out this video on adding 10 pounds to this bow with a fiberglass rod: • How to Add Fiberglass ...
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Check out these videos on how to test new and old PVC pies for brittleness. I’ve noticed that brittle pipes tend to yield bows that eventually fail after several thousand arrows or a few years. My longest-lived bows were made of PVC that passed this test.
Here’s a video by the Plastic Pipe Shop in the UK showing furniture grade PVC vs pipe without added impact resistance.
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