DIY Takedown Bow Riser! Aluminum Casting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- I'm making myself an extremely powerfull homemade takedown recurve bow! Here is how I made the riser with diy aluminum casting lost foam tecnique. Next week I'll build steel limbs, stay tuned! :)
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I'm 53. Graduated in 83. Anyway we had metal shop in those days in highschool. We learned how to cast things. We had a small foundry. Great video!!! Bought back fun memories. That's also where I got my interest in welding. Still doing it today for a living.😁😁
You should do a series where you do budget builds. Instead of using tool people might not have, or materials not available for them, you make something using low cost materials. Thanks and keep up the great work!
amazing how well it turned out. i did some aluminium casting some 25+ years ago. this is a very good use of the technique.
I see you have constructed a new lightsabre. Your skills are complete. Indeed you are powerful as the emperor has foreseen.
That casting went so nicely it actually looked pretty cool as-is from the form. Thanks for sharing your beautiful workmanship
Yeah! Kinda post apocalyptic looks out of the mold :'D Thank you mate
Very cool! All that hard work definitely shows in the end mate :)
Thank you my friend :)
Fantastic job!
I love this guy, he makes cool stoff and gives my inspriration for my vids
Thank you! :)
Thank you too man :) I'll check your channel!!
Nice! I envy people that have the time, money and equipment to make things like this. I love archery too, so I really like this project!
You're a wizard black beard
Dude! This is awesome! One day I will build a house and have a workshop just like I always wanted. It may seem odd, but for me, being able to make stuff is the feeling of power!
I feel you brother! :) Thank you a lot :)
I am truly enjoying your videos on making aluminum castings. Got to figure out a way to make my own furnace to smelt in. I, though am more interested in making brass and bronze castings. Your videos are very instructional in how you are making your forms and then performing the castings. Thank you for providing so much information. Have a great day.
Thank you a lot!!! :) Brass, bronze and other copper alloy melt at much higher temperature than aluminum, consider to make a gas furnace and buy a nice graphite crucible to melt them :) Have fun!
Was planning on the gas furnace. Any suggestions on building one? And where is a good source for the crucible? Sorry for the questions, but you know how it is. You have to get the information somewhere. Thanks for any and all help you can provide.
The gas furnace I like the most are the one made by "Brian Oltrogge" and "myfordboy" here on TH-cam. For the crucible I have no idea since I never bought one, but I heard you need to heat cycle them before using because they are prone to cracking :)
Will check out their videos. Will also let you know regarding the crucible. Might be a while, but only because money is tight for a retiree.
I understand :) Have a nice day!
great cast! that thing came out solid
Thanks!! :)
very nice build!
Thanks!
Hey Black Beard Projects, Good day to you. This DIY Takedown Bow Riser! Aluminum Casting turned out FANTASTIC! Thank you for sharing your time, great ideas, easy to follow instruction, and Super Creative Fun Videos. Take care, Wishing you the very Best, and I hope you have a great weekend. Peace & Joy. Back to more videos :P Liked & Shared :D
I had to say.. great job
You are one of my favorite channels!
Thank you kevin!! :)
solid cast, im impressed
Thanks! :)
Fascinating! Really. I didn't know you could do casting like that at home. What talent you've got. Thanks for the video! Cheers, BH (P.S. at last video background music that isn't awful.)
ottimo risultato!
Grazie :)
People like you kill me! haha I wish I could get all the neat things you all get to make things like this! Great video. Nice looking riser.
Thanks man! :) :)
You are a very cool creator and artist
That is so pure!!
You never cease to amaze. Nice job!
Thank you a lot :)
I don't really comment on TH-cam but I really admire the high standard and effort you put in. I've seen aluminium castings on here but non take the time to sand the styrofoam. It was amazing to see what a difference it makes to your end product if you put in more effort. Great video, definitely subscribing. :£
Thank you a lot mate, really appreciated :) And yes the finish of the foam makes a huge difference on the casting, It always amaze me how much detail it can be transferred!
AMAZING, GREAT JOB
Thank you!! :)
molto bello, il bel contrasto alluminio e legno meritava qualche ripresa in primo piano ;)
Wow man! That is freaking cool!!!
Thank you buddy :) :)
Good video i like it👍👍
Thank you!! :)
the movie is awesome, the bow looked like a professional it can now as it has already turned into a reflector it can now make a compound bow to do :)
That riser looks very nice. I bought myself a bow with an aluminum riser some years ago, but i disliked the weight, (a bit on the heavy side (as you mentioned), and went back to my old wood-riser bow. She is still the love of my life when i have to take a bow anywhere.
Thank you sir! :) Yeah I prefer my wood riser too... It's fun to shoot a high draw bow from time to time, but not all the time :'D
Very nice work! Interested in doing this myself.
That was crazy good! I loved the foundry.
Thanks man! :)
Great job man!!
Thanks!!! :)
what a fantastic casting, complimenti,what type of sand did you use?
Thank you! :) I use a specific oil bonded sand made for casting :)
What was the "sand" you used in the bottom of the mold ? Nice build :)
The same sand was used for the entire mold :) At the bottom is darker because I placed the sand I already used many times, the one on top was still new. Thank you :)
I noticed that your arrows porpoised in your test shots - is that a normal thing with recurves?
Nice work
looks great!
Thank you! :)
you have a cool job
Wow great video
Your video is good, I like it
Show de bola um belo trabalho
Thanks!
Very nice !!!!
Thanks!!
very very nice
Thank you! :)
How friggin awesome was that!!! Well done mate!
Haha!! :D Thank you my friend :)
that's truly impressive!
Thanks my friend :D
Great work! Btw, the music takes me back to a time before noise was deemed an acceptable art form! Keep the great vids coming!
Haha! :') Thank you sir!
Good job!
I love these projects! I wish I could do this kind of stuff but I have a few more years before I am old enough
Bradley Hinton don't use that as an excuse not to start. If you got the interest and a sound mind you can start making things, building the skills you'll need for larger projects
Bradley Hinton mate I'm 14 this year and already I make knifes,sword,axes like a pro don't worry just do it
Good job, congratulations !!!
Thank you!
wow. Cool casting and result.
Thank you!
Precisione e tecnica. Thumbs up!
Much appreciated ;)
nicely done Bro, I really admire it.
Thank you bro :)
good quality video you sir have gained a subscriber
Thanks man! :)
A pega de um arco de flecha mais perfeito que já vi AAR
damn that came out beautiful, nicely done
Thank you sir :D
Nice job, really !
Thank you sir! :)
Very nice
Thank you!
Dude!.. awesome
Thank you!! :)
bro is one of my childhood vids
that was really cool how you made a perfect replica in styrofoam then turned it into aluminum :)
Thanks mate! :)
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I still confused,
Are styrofoam disappear when touch melted aluminum?
@@c4t4phr4ct1 yes it's like plastic foam, it melts but since it's such a light material it seems to disappear
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I got it
Now that is one of the coolest things I have seen! Nice work! ~Dawn
Thank you my friend!! :)
Very good
Thanks!
How to build your own riser:
Step 1: Buy riser
Step 2: realize you now have a riser which is of superior quality to anything you could make
Step 3: go outside and enjoy shooting with your new riser
Wow. You don't get it at all, huh? Enjoy never making anything because someone else can make it better than you. Sounds like a great philosophy.
What makes the bought riser better than the one made?
How much would it Costa to build a resin one?
@@roxasparks To answer a question you asked 5 months ago, the wooden riser is better because it has attachment points for sights, stabilisers, pressure buttons etc. We also try to stay away from cast risers because they can have defects in them that make higher draw weights unsafe. No one wants their riser to crack mid shot.
Pretty slick
Haha, what a coincidence.. I was just working on a bow myself! :) Nice one!
Oh yeah! :) Looking forward to that video over to your channel mate :)
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Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!!! :D
Man i like this
Thank you!
Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice work bro... but i'm afraid i can't do that in my home because it's seem using complicated machine and also you have technic and skillfull that everyone just like me only adore your job....
Thank you bro :) You can try aluminum casting!
Do the same thing for that diy knife. Shape a handle and push the blade into it before casting. Drill a few holes for more secure handle if you think you'd want it.
Is aluminum strong enough to handle the pressure put on it by drawing the bow? Would repetition weaken the riser?
That is sick how he did that with come core
Thanks man!
impressive!!
What is the pulling lb pressure of this bow? Did you measure? What arrows will be best compatible with this bow?
Awesome!
Thanks! :D
how heavy the finished product of that aluminium riser?
and how much draw weight it can sustain?
Will the left hand be gray from aluminum oxide? Maybe it's worth painting this thing?
Wow nice sir
Hi..Nice work...what is the final weight for this aluminum riser...Thanks
Would it be feasible to also use aluminum arms for the bow? Or would that hange the motion dynamics and not function properly?
It is theoritically possible but needs a completely different approach. Casting is ok for static objects that are not under huge loads. Reason being is when melted metal poured into the mold, it is hard to make the final product consistent. There are many bubbles in between, also it is not possible for every part of the aluminum to cold at same rate thus making weaker and stronger crystal structures. This inconsistency will yield failure in first shot, if not in only first draw. Some alloys of aluminum can be flexible enough to make a bow limb, however for energy efficiency limbs should be lightest as possible. This is why most bows made from wood still to this day. Fiberglass and carbon are good alternatives, back in the day Asiatic archers like Turks and Koreans used sinew and horns to make the bow more efficient at desired properties.
I own a 1967 Z cam Ben Person! I still shot and hunt with it. Carbon off the shelf with fingers
Very cool
Thanks!
Que material vc uza pra fazer ese arco lindo amigo
very nice project very nice results
Thanks!! :)
Amazing man,!
Thanks!!
Very Very Cool! Is there any weight difference either way?
Thank you my friend!! :) Yeah the aluminum one weight a ton more than the original. This way I don't have to work out shoulder at the gym, at least the left one xD
Такой тип литья может дать большое число каверн и полостей. Зольность выжигаемого материала тоже весьма высока, что отразится на точности литья. Судя по сплаву, там присутствует олово и кадмий, что приведёт к хрупкости и деформация. А в остальном идея симпатичная, хоть изделие и тяжеловато, что снижает способность прицеливаться. Фторпластик в этом отношении даже лучше
nice video!!!!!
Thanks!! :)
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I will check out your vids, casting is fun
Do you sell these aluminum risers? 🙌 this rough, rustic, heavy type is wonderful in my opinion, the one in the video was amazing
Oh i see, very understandable... Thanks very much, have a great day!
That looks amazing!
Love it, I'm in!!
Thanks!! :) :) Glad to hear that
That is so cool! I love your casting videos! You should also try casting a playbutton, or maybe even the youtube rewind button! Great vid, Great channel, keep it up!
Thanks brother! :D Glad you like!
Very nice video. how much aluminum did you use?
Thanks! 3 or 4 kg just for the riser, I think I had around 7kg in the crucible before casting :)
nice one
Thank you! :)
Complimenti ormai metto like appena apro il video perché so già che sarà un progetto fantastico. Continua così bro👍
Grazie mille Anton X :)
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What an amazing pour! Good job getting that so clean straight from the cast.
Thank you my friend! :)
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Cool.. Now make the limbs out of spring steel, polish it up and it will be the T-1000 bow!
I'll try again making steel limbs for sure one day :)
GOOD JOB
Nice!!!
Thanks! :)