Takedown Recurve From Snow Skis (Will IT BOW)

Hey, Will It Bow? Will It Bow is a series where we build bows out of unsuspecting items. In other words, basically from trash. Or a pallet and a necktie. Maybe an old whiskey barrel. How about using super glue? Hockey sticks, shovel handles, anything you can dream up, I will try to make. This is the beginning of reviving the Will It Bow series. And today we're diving into a highly requested item. Snow skis. So it begs the question, Will It Bow? Hey, come, come, come along. Breathe in and breathe out. Look at the colors, colors, colors... Right. Pomace pads, make this one count. Undyne, you're so good. of dragging yourself down Why? Well, there ain't much time left to figure things out Deep underneath all the layers of your doubts There's a heart gone out of rhythm In despair Held underwater Falling for air Breathe in Breathe out Hey, come, come, come alive Breathe in Breathe out Look at the colors, colors, colors around I don't like to be wasteful at all so I was trying to find broken skis I couldn't find any broken skis at multiple shops but they recommend that I check out Goodwill and at Goodwill I found a pair of snow skis for $15 and I figured that would work You got the white knuckles holding on tight Keeping your fears bottled up inside Heading for a collision in denial To really live, you gotta die around Look at the colors, colors, colors around Look at the colors, colors, colors around Snow skis are an absolute nightmare material to work with In a snow ski, there's plastic, rubber, metal, wood, and fiberglass This will destroy tools I'm going to attempt to only use blades and sandpaper that I can trash after this project It's fascinating because snow skis have a natural taper to them and this is how you would build a bow So the shape of the snow ski is going to be perfect The question is, will it hold up? and how strong is it? The wood on the inside appears to be pine which concerns me because that's not good bow wood There are screw holes that I'm going to try to avoid as much as I can but this could be another potential problem I'm not just making a long bow I'm going to try to make a recurve bow Not only that, a takedown recurve bow The only thing I'm going to add to this bow is hardware and a bowstring The handle and the limbs are 100% a pair of snow skis I created a pretty steep angle coming off the riser and this is where I messed up The angle at which the limbs come off the riser is dependent upon the limbs material and the type of bow performance you want I don't know how strong these skis are as bow limbs This is a guess because if the limbs are flat to the bow when it's not drawn they may not hold up and because this is unfamiliar material I wanted to give it a little bit of forward set so that I could make sure this would be a good shooting bow I think I gave it too much so let's correct it Out of hundreds and hundreds of bows I've made this was the absolute worst handle I've ever had to shape The rubber and plastic would just gum up any type of sandpaper I tried to use Fiberglass is tough to sand through and then you've got the metal inside this handle throwing sparks everywhere in a wood shop Not a good idea I used 5 or 6 or 7 different tools trying anything I could and just took my time I destroyed my arms with fiberglass It's 6 showers later and I'm still trying to get the itchiness out But in the end it made a beautiful, fantastic handle But just wait until you see the results I think you won't be disappointed The wood stops about 6 inches from the limb tip and we primarily have metal in the limb This is to keep the tip of the ski up when someone's skiing so it doesn't dig deep into the snow So this part's really rigid making it a rigid recurve bow which actually adds speed to the bow So that's almost a perfect design for a recurve bow that's naturally coming from the ski This might be a little wild to say but if I gave this bow to somebody and had them shoot with their eyes closed they would have no clue it's a ski and I bet you they would think it's a very smooth shooting bow It's wild, but it's like the perfect material The only thing I would change is change out the core material The pine on the inside is not great If I could swap that pine for bamboo whatever they used on the back and the belly The belly is more of a plastic The back is, I believe, fiberglass It works out really good If you could change out that inner core it would be a little bit more snappy But even with the weak core, we had a great result The snowski bow undoubtedly rivals the whiskey barrel bow for the best willow bow ever Super smooth, super fun to shoot and super glad you stopped by to hang out with me today Thank you so much Stay shatterproof, and I'll see you on the next video Well, that was a lot of fun I'm gonna need a bigger wall