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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: MD2812 on August 22, 2011, 08:02:34 PM

Title: Bat Refurb, Ideas, hints and Help
Post by: MD2812 on August 22, 2011, 08:02:34 PM
Hi All.

So I am about to refurb my 1st bat, a Woodworm Globe Premier.

I am hoping this thread will spawn ideas and also helpful hints.

All I would kinda know what to do would be to strip it, sand it, oil it.

I am interested in removing the shoulders (Like a Newbery TT) would this be as easy as going at my bat with a jigsaw? Or are there things I need to take into consideration, thickness of the wood around the split for example.

The bat itself has hairline cracks going up the inside edge, and one crack approximately 1 inch long in the middle of the bat (just below "pre knocked in" sticker would be for those who know). This crack looks as if it could grow.

How do I repair/stop that crack?

I have heard of Shoo Goo? Would this be useful to have?

I will post before pics this week, then photos of my progress.

Not my bat, but profile of the bat:

(http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=woodworm+globe+premier&um=1&hl=en&nord=1&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=jHid1223VbYorM:&imgrefurl=http://cricketshoponline.co.uk/product.php%253Fproductid%253D563%2526cat%253D106%2526page%253D1&docid=T4z_VkBp-zUKhM&itg=1&w=500&h=500&ei=KrRSTt6DDo-XhQe82InmBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=217&page=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=106&start=0&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=52&ty=24)

(Hope that works, not posted an image in here yet)

Appreciate all help/advice.

MD