Nanner Popsicle.......StickBow

[JamesV]

For real........... the complete wood core of this bow is built from 256 popsicle sticks, and yes I did enjoy the Nanner popsicles.

Larry Parker aka Bigfoot is the test pilot for this project

         

Preparing the sticks for glue-up

         

one of four lams for the core

         

Running the taper on my thickness planer

         

All gued up, buckled down and ready for the oven

         

Doing the glue-up

         

Another view of the glue-up

         

Finished bow

         

This bow shoots very good, a little heavier than expected but HEY this is the first Popsicle stick bow I ever built

James

[soy]

That is cool  

[LESKEN2011]

She turned out sweet, James. I knew you could do it!! Ole Larry's got pretty good form in that pic!!

[chackworth3]

Very cool

[timbermoose]

um....wow!! what are the specs? would never have thought to try something like that. did you glue the sticks together for the planer? what glue?

[Mad Max]

James I have some bamboo floor for tapered lams if you need it
Or maybe you just like  popsicle    

[delongbows]

Impressive to say the least!

[Wolftrail]

Strange and wonderful to say the least.  Its always a treat to see something as obscure as your bow work like its supposed to.......  

[bjansen]

YES!...great experiment.

[recurvericky]

That is so cool.

[red hill]

That is WAY COOL!!!! And what are the specs?
Thanks for sharing, James.

[bigbob2]

Novel idea and a great result!

[beachbowhunter]

That is one wacky idea! Love it.

[MoeM]

Cool- but only one very question; WHY???

[canopyboy]

Moe, I believe the answer to your question is best answered by, "Why not?"

James is the grandson of Sir Edmund Hillary, didn't you know? He had "because it was there" beat into his psychie from an early age.

[leftyfred]

repurposing at it's best

[JamesV]

WHY?????

The debate over core wood has been ongoing for years and I have built good bows from almost every kind of wood avaliable in my area. Lots picked up on the side of the road, old houses being torn down, old furniture, old columns from a court house.  Most popsicle sticks are made from white burch.

DON'T try this at home................

For the guys that wanted the specs:

62" NtN, 16" riser, Total stack .360 using .090 glass (one .040 and one .050) taper rate is .0035 per inch (.005-.007 would work better) 53# @m 28. Limbs are 1 3/16" at the fades with the last 12" tapering to 1/4" at the tips.  256 popsicle sticks (staggered in both directions) making up four lams. All laminated with smooth-on.

James

[rmorris]

I was just about to ask what your backing was... super cool bow and thanks for sharing!

I remember a thread a while back something like "scavenger bow" , anyways I think you would of taken gold in that!

[Iron Eagle]

Haha ingenuity at it's finest, love it James.

[JamesV]

For me bow building is about experimenting and having fun along the way.

A glass bow can be build from almost any wood with good grain.

James