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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: Joe on February 01, 2012, 09:27:11 PM
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Got a Performance cleft from Gary @Redback for £65, and had a go at bat making. It's obviously only half done yet, it weighs 3lb at the mo with a target weight of 2lb 12oz. I am gonna Laver the splice up, and sticker it up as a Ninja. Low middle with original spine height retained, it's unbelievably responsive off the mallet. The only thing I could do with advice on is how to make it less square, kind of to round off the middle.
(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/9616/dsc0169in.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/dsc0169in.jpg/)
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looks good mate. id say a little weight of the toe maybe as it looks quite chunky. cleft looks lovely. why is it a performance cleft. what does that mean?
reasonably easy to round of the middle a little. id take a draw knife or spokeshave and gently round it off then angle the blade following the side profile(edge to spine) to get the spine point back. hope that makes sense
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Performance is Gary's lowest grade, £115 on the website. No idea why this is a lower grade cleft, it's lovely!
I am reluctant to touch the spine as I don't want to lose it! I've concaved it, so I should be able to concave the spine back (hopefully)
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yeah just apply very little pressure. spokeshave is probably best unless your confident with a drawknife. let the blade glide of the wood. should be fine. easy to concave it back to the spine. you only want to take off a few mm to get it rounder.
id be happy with that as a grade 1 lol.
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So would I, the rebound is immense.
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No end to your talents mate, bat making and stickers. Are you going to sticker it up with the ninja stickers?
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Why not leave it as it is. Captain Caveman springs to mind!
http://photobucket.com/images/Captain+Caveman/
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Not comparing your bat making skills....more the size of the beast as is!
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Looks a good start. Looking forward to seeing the finished beasty.
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Redback + Ninja = Super venomous kungfu spider!! Awesome job boss :)
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A hefty chunk of wood indeed, lovely grains!!
For some reason this thread just gave me a sticker idea, I don't think it's been done.
Down the spine of the bat, the DNA spiral (insert scientific name here). It looks good in my head :D
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A hefty chunk of wood indeed, lovely grains!!
Down the spine of the bat, the DNA spiral (insert scientific name here). It looks good in my head :D
Double Helix I think
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A hefty chunk of wood indeed, lovely grains!!
For some reason this thread just gave me a sticker idea, I don't think it's been done.
Down the spine of the bat, the DNA spiral (insert scientific name here). It looks good in my head :D
You haven't copyrighted that have you? :D
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Hello all, can I just say this ISN'T a performance cleft!!! I was a bit rushed by the courier coming very early, so just had to send the first cleft to hand. Joe got very lucky, simple as that. Please don't expect to order a performance cleft and get one like this because you will be very disappointed. Just thought I'd post this as I've had loads of people asking for performance clefts! Cheers Gary
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Nearly done now. Weighs 2lb 12.5 , I need to get it down to 2lb 10 prior to stickering etc., anyone got any advice of how I could do this?
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7397/dsc0174nj.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/dsc0174nj.jpg/)
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Looks a lovely bat mate :)
Nice profile
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Edges just above toe look the largest. Maybe a little off them. Bit
More rounding of the spine and more concaving. 2oz will soon go. Looks good tho. How does it pick up?
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Edges just above toe look the largest. Maybe a little off them. Bit
More rounding of the spine and more concaving. 2oz will soon go. Looks good tho. How does it pick up?
It picks up quite well, needs a bit of fine-tuning. I'll do that tomorrow, sticker it up next week and get some pics of it in wood shavings up :D
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The fine tuning and then sanding will probably get rid of an ounce or two so wouldn't worry too much. U sorted the binding out?
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Looks good mate offset edges to :Do
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The fine tuning and then sanding will probably get rid of an ounce or two so wouldn't worry too much. U sorted the binding out?
I'll bind it by hand - I've done it before and I'll do it again, it takes ages but gets the job done.Looks good mate offset edges to :Do
I've always wanted to make a bat with an offset edge. Looks cool!
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Look forward to seeing the finished product
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You haven't copyrighted that have you? :D
No, would be wasted on me and my badass MS Paint drawing skills.
If you make some, wings us a set over :D
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The bat is now finished. 2lb 10.5oz with 1 grip (another to go on soon). When Ninja stickers are printed I'll take a pic of it Ninja-d up and in wood shavings.
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1286/dsc0177q.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/407/dsc0177q.jpg/)
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Looks really good mate! I love the look of offset edges... Should look even better with Ninja stickers.
Any idea of the spine size?
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Looks lovely joe, and big for the weight!
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Spine height is 60mm, and it come off the middle beautifully. It is very, very responsive
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Very impressive!
Be sure to post more pictures with the stickers on mate...
How does it pick up? As there looks to be a bit of meat in that toe!
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It picks up quite well, not great but it is my first time.
When it's stickered up I'll get some photos up of it in wood shavings.
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Does taking a pic of a bat in wood shaving add to its overall value/performance/edge size?
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Of course it does and pics on freshly cut grass
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Why do you think Laver and Wood bats look so good?
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/3545/74458493781101973561203.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/74458493781101973561203.jpg/)
or
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Gantas/LaverWoodPrivateBinFace3.jpg)
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I'd rather let the bat in question do the talking than the background it's set against...but that's just me!
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Agreed, although if they're trying to make it look nice, it does look better in wood shavings.
Of course it does and pics on freshly cut grass
Bloody Snow!
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Here it is finished with stickers. I think it looks very awesome.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8180/imgp2233v.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/52/imgp2233v.jpg/)
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9007/imgp2232d.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/imgp2232d.jpg/)
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Looks good joe! Nice profile and like the stickers :D
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Those stickers look the f*****g nuts :D
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looks good mate. is that the splice showing through the rear sticker or a shadow?
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looks good mate. is that the splice showing through the rear sticker or a shadow?
The splice had some lumps out of it - I couldn't be bothered to take 3mm of wood off so just made do.
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fair enough. looks a good effort.
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Those stickers look the f*****g nuts :D
Still got 2 sets left
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Top effort. I think the stickers would work better the other way around.