{"id":29171,"date":"2014-12-13T11:49:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T16:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=29171"},"modified":"2014-12-13T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T16:49:25","slug":"innovative-use-of-old-downhill-skis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/12\/13\/innovative-use-of-old-downhill-skis\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative use of old downhill skis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.trant.5\/posts\/10152829241530399\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Trant<\/a> posted a link to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Powerful-takedown-bow-from-downhill-skis\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Instructables<\/em> post<\/a> on making a recurve bow from old skis:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis.jpg\" alt=\"Bow from old skis\" width=\"406\" height=\"620\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis.jpg 406w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis-392x600.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis-2.png\" alt=\"Bow from old skis 2\" width=\"601\" height=\"493\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis-2.png 601w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis-2-150x123.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Bow-from-old-skis-2-480x393.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This bow is made from a pair of Fischer downhill skis. It pulls 58# at @ 28&#8243;. The riser is made from walnut and pecan and is coated in a satin polyurethane finish. The string is made from paracord with bowlines. This will be replaced by a dacron string when I get the time to make one.<\/p>\n<p>The takedown shown in these photos is a followup to the instructable I wrote earlier this year. I have received many questions asking &#8220;just how powerful a bow can you make from skis?&#8221;. This takedown bow shoots nearly as fast as my fiberglass\/wood laminate recurves. Once I get my hands on a chronograph I will actually provide some numbers. But based on target penetration and my experience I&#8217;d have to say that it performs quite comparably.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Trant posted a link to this Instructables post on making a recurve bow from old skis: This bow is made from a pair of Fischer downhill skis. It pulls 58# at @ 28&#8243;. The riser is made from walnut and pecan and is coated in a satin polyurethane finish. 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