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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: wilkie113 on February 17, 2013, 02:27:21 PM

Title: Kookaburra refurb
Post by: wilkie113 on February 17, 2013, 02:27:21 PM
Was asked by a club mate if I could do anything with there bat. Was in a bit of a bad way and I said I'd give it a bash. Here are the pictures before.

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMG_1422_zps5811b3c7.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMG_1423_zpsf3bbbd1d.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMG_1424_zps29dd50e7.jpg)

Glued the cracks and clamped them, gave it a light sanding. My mouse sander decided to not work so it was all done with elbow grease. Went over with a few grades of paper gave it a little buff and this is how she is now. The crack looks a little open in the toe, but that's due to some wood falling out when the crack happened, it's all solid and doesn't move at all. Finished off with a shoe goo toe guard.

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMG_1445_zps38295b00.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMG_0022-1_zps8dce7076.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMG_0023_zps9990cb28.jpg)
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx149/wilkie113/IMG_0024_zps34225548.jpg)

Probably not the best of refurbs or one of the best efforts on here. But I'm fairly happy with it, the pictures don't do how bad the damage was justice lol

Tom
Title: Re: Kookaburra refurb
Post by: Colesy on February 17, 2013, 02:29:43 PM
Top effort mate, my Purist went this way but the face came off :( R.I.P Purist


Hope your team mate can still get a few from this
Title: Re: Kookaburra refurb
Post by: ProCricketer1982 on February 17, 2013, 02:34:54 PM
They need a new bat, :)
Title: Re: Kookaburra refurb
Post by: wilkie113 on February 17, 2013, 02:38:19 PM
Top effort mate, my Purist went this way but the face came off :( R.I.P Purist


Hope your team mate can still get a few from this

I sorted him out with a CF, he just wanted a bat for nets and wet games I suppose so fixed this as well!
Still sounds a lot more solid from the toe and no more de lamination there.