I could not find a hard case anywhere to fit my 58 inch (54 inch string) Red Wing Hunter. I'm going to try to get serious enough shooting to hunt with a recurve this year, so I needed a case to transport the bow.
After looking around I decided to use 6 inch irrigation PVC. I went to the San Jose irrigation supply store and tried to fit my bow in one in the rack- and it fit snugly. The project started.
The PVC irrigation pipe comes in 10 foot sections, with 6 inches on one end flared to joint them together. I started by cutting the piece I'd use for the tube, and cutting the flared end into 3 2 inch wide pieces to reinforce the tube on both ends, and the middle. I cut 2, 6 inch diameter pieces of wood for the ends from some Popelar 1 x 8 from Home Depot.
For hardware, I took apart a Dell laptop case I found all dusty at work. The handle was a must, but the foam pieces gave me some ideas.
I glued the foam on the bottom of the inside of the tube to protect the back of the limbs. I also screwed some wooden strips on the sides to help keep the bow from spinning in the tube.
Here's what the bow looks like inside the tube. I cut a piece of PVC, removed about 1/2 inch to allow it to fit inside the tube and glued it in. That's what the removable end cap sits flush against. On the other, closed, end I slipped the wood end piece into the PVC and put screws through to hold it in place, then glued the larger piece of PVC over to reinforce it.
Heres a detail of where the gate latch goes through the PVC. I used plumbers epoxy to glue a steel washer on the PVC tube.
Here's an end view of how it all gets locked up. I had an extra rifle child safety lock that I can use to secure it.
And here's the final project with my hunting bow.
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After looking around I decided to use 6 inch irrigation PVC. I went to the San Jose irrigation supply store and tried to fit my bow in one in the rack- and it fit snugly. The project started.
The PVC irrigation pipe comes in 10 foot sections, with 6 inches on one end flared to joint them together. I started by cutting the piece I'd use for the tube, and cutting the flared end into 3 2 inch wide pieces to reinforce the tube on both ends, and the middle. I cut 2, 6 inch diameter pieces of wood for the ends from some Popelar 1 x 8 from Home Depot.
For hardware, I took apart a Dell laptop case I found all dusty at work. The handle was a must, but the foam pieces gave me some ideas.
I glued the foam on the bottom of the inside of the tube to protect the back of the limbs. I also screwed some wooden strips on the sides to help keep the bow from spinning in the tube.
Here's what the bow looks like inside the tube. I cut a piece of PVC, removed about 1/2 inch to allow it to fit inside the tube and glued it in. That's what the removable end cap sits flush against. On the other, closed, end I slipped the wood end piece into the PVC and put screws through to hold it in place, then glued the larger piece of PVC over to reinforce it.
Heres a detail of where the gate latch goes through the PVC. I used plumbers epoxy to glue a steel washer on the PVC tube.
Here's an end view of how it all gets locked up. I had an extra rifle child safety lock that I can use to secure it.
And here's the final project with my hunting bow.
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