Anyone tried Ash in a bow?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:59 pm
Gday all,
Have been doing a decent bit of research on experimental timbers for ELB's lately and came across various ash species, Silver ash or Bumpy ash in particular.. The research I have done suggests that it should work well as it is said to be "Flexible and Tough"... good combination for a bow I reckon.
MoR is 122MPa and MoE is 17GPa according to the timber comparative chart I got off here a while back so fairly similar to hickory... Another good sign.
A mate of mine as a White Ash ELB which is cut from a tree and unbacked and is pulling 60#@28", maybe the timbers are similar.
Thoughts or experiences anyone??
Colin
Have been doing a decent bit of research on experimental timbers for ELB's lately and came across various ash species, Silver ash or Bumpy ash in particular.. The research I have done suggests that it should work well as it is said to be "Flexible and Tough"... good combination for a bow I reckon.
MoR is 122MPa and MoE is 17GPa according to the timber comparative chart I got off here a while back so fairly similar to hickory... Another good sign.
A mate of mine as a White Ash ELB which is cut from a tree and unbacked and is pulling 60#@28", maybe the timbers are similar.
Thoughts or experiences anyone??
Colin