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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: Number 11 on October 10, 2013, 02:38:02 PM

Title: Vintage Bat Making
Post by: Number 11 on October 10, 2013, 02:38:02 PM

Found this archive film which is very interesting.

http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/424 (http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/424)

Noticed they pressed the edges before the face, is it still done this way?

Also wondering which company it was/is? Only 5 miles away from where Warsop is now.

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Post by: mad_abt_cricket on October 10, 2013, 03:00:45 PM

Thanks for posting this. This is the most detailed video on batmaking I have seen so far.

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Post by: trypewriter on October 10, 2013, 03:57:33 PM

Fascinating! I wonder how many were wincing as all that wood was removed?

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Post by: Buzz on October 10, 2013, 04:17:02 PM

The shoulder shaping on this video is remarkable!

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Post by: smilley792 on October 10, 2013, 04:24:30 PM

Really enjoyed that! Good insight

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Post by: johnrockin on October 10, 2013, 05:18:13 PM

Great share. Thanks so much. All I can say is Health and Safety would have a field day :)

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Post by: mad_abt_cricket on October 10, 2013, 05:24:53 PM

I loved the handle shaping part..!

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Post by: SOULMAN1012 on October 10, 2013, 08:06:13 PM

Excellent video, thank you. Any one Reckon that was Warsop in the 1950's?

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Post by: Vulcan Cricket on October 10, 2013, 08:37:22 PM

could of been stuart suddridge 

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Post by: potzy248 on October 10, 2013, 09:20:01 PM

Brilliant.

Those edges!

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Post by: patriotscreen on October 10, 2013, 09:51:16 PM

Really cool video. Brilliant to see how manufacturing has changed with modern bats.

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Post by: Gingerbusiness on October 10, 2013, 10:21:32 PM

From the stamps, it was Gunn and Moore wasn't it?

I love that - British Manufacturing at its finest... Before it was ruined by health and safety!

No face protectors or high vis jacket... Just a bloke called Ted, with a flat cap and a fag! :D

Title: Re: Vintage Bat Making
Post by: Number 11 on October 10, 2013, 11:42:11 PM

The pre-shaping of the shoulders on the lathe speeds up production a bit, not sure if many makers do that now.
Seeing them actually make the handles brings up the question of how many master makers still do this?
Good to see them using triple sprung 12 piece cane's.

And finally from 1946
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/king-willow-1/query/CRICKET+BATS (http://www.britishpathe.com/video/king-willow-1/query/CRICKET+BATS)

Yes it is Warsop's  :D

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Post by: jamesisapayne on October 11, 2013, 12:01:56 PM

Really enjoyed watching it. Love the guy splitting the clefts dressed in his suit, now that's a serious rig!

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Post by: Number 11 on October 11, 2013, 04:43:52 PM

Not even any protection when using the chainsaws, friend of mine had a mishap with one  :(
Got to love the dress code ethic though :D