Ash, its been awhile since i been on

[kayakfisher]

Its been awhile since I have been on the forum.I have a question about working Ash.Haveing made several bows out of Osage and for a forty to forty five pound bow I could cut the limbs to a half inch thick for a good starting point.I purchase a Ash stave and going to do the gull wing rawhide backed thing. However I have never worked Ash before shooting for the forty five to fifty pound range. Anybody know a good limb thickness for starting on Ash before floor tillering.

[steve b.]

I have lots of finished bows that are half inch thick, or thinner, so I would start out at least 3/4".

[blackhawk]

Got any pics of this stave? Ash can vary greatly in density from tree to tree ....anyways,if you lay your width out right you can make a 1/2" mark at the fade from the edge of the back down the side and a mark 3/8" from the edge of the back at the tip and facet a line...and reduce down to that line,but not erasing it like you normally would for any other bow...that's if your just making a normal flat bow style of bow ....that will get you into floor tillering every time for normal hunting weights with any kind of wood except yew n junipers...just as long as your width lay out is correct

[dragonman]

I have made a lot of ash bows...if they are 2" wide at fades and bow is 68" long........then a half inch thick limb (at the fade)....always makes me a bow around 50lbs