POTENTIAL AUSTRALIAN BOW WOODS
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:29 pm
To Everyone,
Here is the table. It is that taken from the following thread - http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=12658 - if you want to read any discussion on the original topic
There were a lot of surprises for me when the numbers were crunched. I was very surprised at how many Australian wood species scored higher than 0.300 in my table compared to the classic bow woods listed at the start of the table.
There is an explanation of how I allocated a score to each of the woods at the end of the table. One wood specie in particular had an an almost unbelievable score close to 0.400.
Anyway, here it is for you to peruse and have a pick over. Please remember that it is NOT a predictor of how any particular wood specie will perform as a bow. It is only an indicator of which Australian wood species have the potential to be good bow woods compared to known classic bow woods.
Some woods have inherent problems presenting to bowyers such as gum pockets and gum veins which cause bows to break. Others have a grain structure which is too short for bowmaking unless the bow is backed, and so forth.
In a perfect world where everything else is equal from a bowyer's perspective, this table should help in the selection of suitable wood species from within this country, and potentially, result in bows at least the equal of anything from overseas.
Here is the table. It is that taken from the following thread - http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=12658 - if you want to read any discussion on the original topic
There were a lot of surprises for me when the numbers were crunched. I was very surprised at how many Australian wood species scored higher than 0.300 in my table compared to the classic bow woods listed at the start of the table.
There is an explanation of how I allocated a score to each of the woods at the end of the table. One wood specie in particular had an an almost unbelievable score close to 0.400.
Anyway, here it is for you to peruse and have a pick over. Please remember that it is NOT a predictor of how any particular wood specie will perform as a bow. It is only an indicator of which Australian wood species have the potential to be good bow woods compared to known classic bow woods.
Some woods have inherent problems presenting to bowyers such as gum pockets and gum veins which cause bows to break. Others have a grain structure which is too short for bowmaking unless the bow is backed, and so forth.
In a perfect world where everything else is equal from a bowyer's perspective, this table should help in the selection of suitable wood species from within this country, and potentially, result in bows at least the equal of anything from overseas.