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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: wilkie113 on April 18, 2011, 08:05:46 PM

Title: Bat repair/refurb
Post by: wilkie113 on April 18, 2011, 08:05:46 PM
Well im new to the forum so i thought id post a topic.
I repaired a bat for a guy at the club recently, wondering if you thought i did a good job or not. Anyway ill let the pictures do the talking!
This is the damage
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0189.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0180.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0177.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0178.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0186.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0188.jpg)

And this is after its been sanded/hammer edge applied

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0198.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0213.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0201.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0202.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMAG0232.jpg)

Title: Re: Bat repair/refurb
Post by: turnitayard on April 18, 2011, 08:12:02 PM
not bad mate, next time if the willow has split away glue then masking tape tight,peel off when dry and sand down
Title: Re: Bat repair/refurb
Post by: wilkie113 on April 18, 2011, 08:30:18 PM
I kept it tight with string, i didnt take a picture though!
Title: Re: Bat repair/refurb
Post by: SillyShilly on April 18, 2011, 08:42:00 PM
Tidy job boss!
Is it me or do those square bradbury edges mean a lot of cracked/split edges in the long run??
Title: Re: Bat repair/refurb
Post by: wilkie113 on April 18, 2011, 09:22:53 PM
Cheers bud. Yeah the edges were full of cracks. Love the look.of the bats though. Shame its not mine haha
Title: Re: Bat repair/refurb
Post by: pacman75cricket on April 18, 2011, 09:35:52 PM
Was warned anbout the square edges when I got my bradbury a couple of years ago rounded them off a bit.

Good bats asa long as they last though