Final Thoughts on How to Make Your Own Bow and Arrow. Learning how to make a bow and arrow isn’t for everyone. It’s a lot of work, as you can see. Your first few attempts won’t be perfect, but you’ll ...

Making the Bow. Step 1. Choose wood wisely. The basis for any good bow is choosing the right wood. You’ll want to use hard woods such as hickory, oak, and maple.

Compound bows can be really sophisticated in design using pulleys and some exotic materials, but you can make your own with a few nuts and bolts, PVC pipe, string and a tyre inner tube.

Making Homemade Bowstring. As a general rule of thumb, your bowstring should be able to carry four times the draw weight of your bow. My bow draws between 50 and 60 pounds, so my string needs to ...