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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: ryan wu on January 28, 2014, 05:30:37 AM

Title: surface cracks
Post by: ryan wu on January 28, 2014, 05:30:37 AM

Hi guys

I am needing help on this. I am in the process of knocking in a gm octane original le f2 when i realised a surface crack about 1cm wide.  And if anybody has experienced this or knows about this

Title: Re: surface cracks
Post by: ads10 on January 28, 2014, 05:41:38 AM

might be best if you could post a photo or give a little bit more info mate. im sure there plenty of guys here who can assist if they can see what your talkign about

Title: Re: surface cracks
Post by: Jenko on January 28, 2014, 05:42:24 AM

1cm wide or long? a crack 1cm wide would be like the grand canyon on a cricket bat!

Title: Re: surface cracks
Post by: smilley792 on January 28, 2014, 06:26:26 AM

1cm wide is almost 10% of the bat!


Some small opening up with the grain(less than a mm), usually just means it's opening up. A good thing,

Title: Re: surface cracks
Post by: fasteddie on January 28, 2014, 12:02:11 PM

If the crack runs down the grain you've got a potentially good bat.
If its across the grains you've possibly hit it too hard and it needs a lot more knocking in.