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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: GJ on April 06, 2009, 11:15:07 AM
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Made this, this morning. :S Quite pleased with it for a 1st attempt, going to make a second one next week. I thought the toe area would be the hardest but its actually quite easy. Finish(sanding) isnt great as its only a kashmir and i wasnt bothered. What do you think of it....
(http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/GregJenks/batmaker002.jpg)
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Looks good except the toe looks a funnt shape. More pics will help!
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the edges are a little wavy
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I think the profile is pretty good, if you replicate that on a better cleft with a better finish i'm sure you would be on to a winner!
Good luck with the next one!
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Yeah edges are a bit dodgy, its hard to keep them the same or regular size throughout. Cheers sillyshilly
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Just a suggestion, which im sure you did anyway, just draw the edge shape you want with a pencil and measure it both side so at least they will correspond and you are more likely to get the weighting of the bat correct......like i said i'm sure you did something similar and it's just a difficult thing to do straight up, i can hardly talk as i've never tried myself but these are just my thoughts
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That is superb,
it surprised me when I made my first one how difficult the shoulders and toe were. I usually mark the edges out each side in pencil so I have a guide to work to. Sandpaper is your best friend for sorting wavy lines.
Make sure you post pics of your next one.
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One of the best first efforts I've seen... good job mate.