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Title: weight reduction
Post by: thedon on October 31, 2011, 03:57:01 PM

Playing around with my old gm hero to reduce weight and improve pick up..what do you guys think, future podshaver perhaps? lol

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/rahul100/DSC00166.jpg)

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/rahul100/DSC00168.jpg)

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: Perkins17 on October 31, 2011, 04:03:42 PM

:O :O :O :O :O :O

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: peplow on October 31, 2011, 04:05:25 PM

Quote from: Perkins17 on October 31, 2011, 04:03:42 PM

:O :O :O :O :O :O

it looks a bit like that haha ^

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: junter97 on October 31, 2011, 04:06:44 PM

 :o How much weight did this save?

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: peplow on October 31, 2011, 04:06:48 PM

seriosuly though i seem to remember a fusion that had a line of holes drilled in the back? (obviosuly neatly, equally spaced and only a unform line of each side haha!) was it one of tomgoose's fusions?? or his brothers?? i am sure it was a fusion (sorry if it wasnt yours tom!)

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on October 31, 2011, 04:11:37 PM

thats a very interesting concept of weigh reduction. i reckon that must have taken a fair bit out. not sure its gonna do much for the life of the bat especially the toe area.  hows the balance now? lol

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: thedon on October 31, 2011, 04:16:34 PM

its was a 2lb 9oz before with the old hero shape. Pick up was not good. havent weighed it, but it picks up like a dream now, plus I havent really noticed much difference in the middle. This is my net bat. I has inially wanted to make 2 long grooves either side of the bat, hence the pencil lines, but I found this too hard to get right with the drill bits I had

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: uknsaunders on October 31, 2011, 04:21:38 PM

lets have the new weight then, I reckon about 2-3oz off?

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on October 31, 2011, 04:25:59 PM

i reckon 3oz maybe pushing 4. there are a lot of holes there

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: thedon on October 31, 2011, 04:28:03 PM

1 0z off 2lb 8oz now...abit surprised, thought it would have been about 2lb 7oz

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on October 31, 2011, 04:32:47 PM

1 oz?is that it? how deep are the holes? you could have sanded 1oz off in the time it took u to mark it up and drill everything lol

Title: Re: weight reduction
Post by: uknsaunders on October 31, 2011, 04:40:23 PM

and kept the back in it's original condition.