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An idea for ash bow dimensions & tillering tips
Lucasade:
Have you come across the Norwegian Warbows website? They've got roughing out dimensions for different weights and different woods all in a handy visual format.
Ruddy Darter:
Yes Lucasade, these dimensions are a shimmy around with I think there 160@ width and bearing in mind previous advice about belly depth compared to width for ash worked out what I though the depth should be to corispond with it.
I've only seen generic dimensions on there website, not dimensions for specific wood types though.
I will use Norwegian bows dimensions (very helpful) as they are for the Pacific yew stave I have, when the time comes that is. I'll get my ash staves ready to roll first.
R.D.
WillS:
Their dimensions are quite a long way out, from my experience. I've not used them with yew though, but I did try using their measurements when I was starting out on various ash bows and never found them particularly helpful. The guy who put them down on the website is a superb bowyer however (possibly the best heavy bow maker in Scandinavia, along with Eirik Diserud - both who are coming to our camp next year ;) ) so it's a good chance the measurements are for a bow left oversized to be worked down, which is fine for beginners I suppose.
I also think the Norwegian whitewoods those guys use are WAY better than the stuff we're lumped with over here!
willie:
looking at what I assume to be the thicknesses (bottom row), I see a substantial increase in thickness taper rate in the outer 1/2 of the limb, (with an exception in the last 8" or so). Is that fairly typical most warbow designs?
Lucasade:
I used the Norwegian measurements for my hazel and it's about spot on.
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