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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: Perkins17 on May 19, 2011, 10:25:19 PM

Title: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: Perkins17 on May 19, 2011, 10:25:19 PM

Stumbled across these photos of Tim in his factory
http://jamesboardman.photoshelter.com/gallery/Newbery-Cricket-Bats/G0000kKVJj2TUX3o

This seams a starnge tool not seen one of these before  ???
http://jamesboardman.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Newbery-Cricket-Bats/G0000kKVJj2TUX3o/I0000yBIsSVpqwmc

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on May 20, 2011, 06:54:24 AM

Long handled curved drawknife kinda thing

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: johnnyw on May 20, 2011, 07:12:56 AM

I would say it can do radius 4,5,6. If you look, each curve is a different size

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: Bez013 on May 22, 2011, 06:19:38 PM

I was looking at an old book of woodworking tools in the library the other day, there were 9 pages worth of different types of drawknife, there was a diagram of a drawknife that was similar to this but can't recall the name.

Great spot, these are lovely photos.

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: RossViper on August 08, 2011, 10:16:43 AM

Also looks like they shape the blades before they put the handels in... which is a bit diffrent isnt it?

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: Tom on August 08, 2011, 10:54:26 AM

Quote from: RossViper on August 08, 2011, 10:16:43 AM

Also looks like they shape the blades before they put the handels in... which is a bit diffrent isnt it?

Not really, majority of companies who use CNC machines or copy lathes do this to some degree (some do a small preshape, then finish once handled)

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: RossViper on August 08, 2011, 01:13:36 PM

good point but do Newbury use a CNC? , some of them clefs look very finished to my eye...

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: roco on August 08, 2011, 01:19:53 PM

By all accounts they do use a cnc

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: Bez013 on August 08, 2011, 06:26:32 PM

Another article here about Tim Keely

http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/my-country-life-cricket-bat-maker

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: RossViper on August 09, 2011, 10:47:27 AM

Quote from: roco on August 08, 2011, 01:19:53 PM

By all accounts they do use a cnc

interesting! is that just for the low end ones or for all of them, then finished by hand?

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: Tom on August 09, 2011, 10:53:34 AM

All of them, except Jnrs which are all imported. Process is similar to the GM one. It's very impressive and gives great consistency in the shapes of the bats.

Title: Re: BatMaking with Tim Keely
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on August 09, 2011, 10:57:44 AM

yeh nice little set up down at Tims, bit more laid back that at GM :) who obviously operate on a larger scale