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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Red Ink Cricket on March 27, 2014, 07:18:35 PM
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Anyone seen a customers pic which chase has retweeted? Copy lathe? Cnc? Interesting shape being produced before being cut to length and handled et.
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is that another brand losing it's image as 'proper' bat makers :(
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I would say copy lathe
Does not look cnc'd to me
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How does a copy lathe work in making a cricket bat shape?
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That is not a copy lathe i do not think it gives a rough shape. and cuts normally side ways leaving a rippled effect on bats.
The lathe is fitted with a initial shape (templete) and the 3 or 2 or 4 clefts under are rough copied to the template but it is not as neat as the picture.
It not a programmable thing it is a crude template copier.
However there a few little holes both top and bottom.
Dan does press a very good bat i have been there when he has done it.
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Could be my eyes but looks like there are a couple of small holes at either end. Presume it's where it's held in place. Just wondered as it's not something I've seen before that's all. Especially leaving such a large toe to cut off
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That is not a copy lathe i do not think it gives a rough shape. and cuts normally side ways leaving a rippled effect on bats.
The lathe is fitted with a initial shape (templete) and the 3 or 2 or 4 clefts under are rough copied to the template but it is not as neat as the picture.
It not a programmable thing it is a crude template copier.
However there a few little holes both top and bottom.
Dan does press a very good bat i have been there when he has done it.
Are there any pictures/videos of how this works so I can get a better indication of what you mean?
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One of these
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/a9uzunan.jpg)
Pattern of shape goes at top and 3 blanks underneath. The blades then shape the back of blank to a more cricket bat shape
Hard to explain really
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Are there any pictures/videos of how this works so I can get a better indication of what you mean?
Copy lathe stuff on you tube. Small bit in a hunts video and also the impala video that used to be on msn Australia media website. Sure if you google it it will find it
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who wants to go halves/quarters on an auctioned CNC machine?
Im in.
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John why don't you just ask Dan.
I see you follow him why not just ask him ??
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There not overly expensive you just need to be able to program them and get right tooling and your away
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who wants to go halves/quarters on an auctioned CNC machine?
Im in.
How much are we talking here??
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How much are we talking here??
thousands
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5-10k for used one considering your talking 100k for a decent new one I think gunn and moores was about 400k
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thousands
I'll just look down the back of the sofa and get back to you on that
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well worth it though if you need/want to produce large quantity of bats I suppose
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You'd only need a 3 axis machine which aren't as expensive as a GM 5 axis machine - though will shape betters at a quicker rate
If I won the lottery it would certainly be something I'd do - especially coming from my engineering background and interest in this field
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cant GM do 3 or 4 bats at once?
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John why don't you just ask Dan.
I see you follow him why not just ask him ??
It was more a question to see what people thought on here really to what it was. Just got me thinking as the toe curved a lot and I hadn't seen that before with copy lathe stuff. Nothing against it. I suppose anything you can do to take a little of the hard work out of making x number of bats a day then why not.
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You'd only need a 3 axis machine which aren't as expensive as a GM 5 axis machine - though will shape betters at a quicker rate
If I won the lottery it would certainly be something I'd do - especially coming from my engineering background and interest in this field
Your time will come matey :)
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You'd only need a 3 axis machine which aren't as expensive as a GM 5 axis machine - though will shape betters at a quicker rate
If I won the lottery it would certainly be something I'd do - especially coming from my engineering background and interest in this field
surely you need more than just the cnc machine? or is 400k for the machine and all the cpu, design stuff you'd need as well?? 400k isn't that much if you can literally churn out thousands of bats :)
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No that's just for machine plus basic software and maybe tooling if your very lucky
All the programmes etc to do bats would need to be written
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No that's just for machine plus basic software and maybe tooling if your very lucky
All the programmes etc to do bats would need to be written
so probably double that by the time you've kitted it out to literally take a cleft and shape it perfectly etc
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Not really double as depends on tooling you buy and what cnc as most basic software packages could do a bat just need someone decent to teach you to programme which is around £300-£600 a day depending on who and what software
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there are loads up for auction procricketer
some are basic and going for <£5k some look like you could build a spaceship with it and are going for £50k+++ (like grade 1+++)
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surely you need more than just the cnc machine? or is 400k for the machine and all the cpu, design stuff you'd need as well?? 400k isn't that much if you can literally churn out thousands of bats :)
If you have a 3d design program ie AutoCad then that can be transferred into the CNC machine - not as easy as that but that's the theory behind it
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Auto cad easiest way but not hard to write code either
Once you have programme easy to tweak
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(http://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/39d24b6a-a8b0-47d9-8827-a2eb0114ea0c/11921659-47d8-4ee4-b162-a2f500b32c10/540x360.jpg)
bidding ends 3rd April ...... no bids yet
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Just to confirm this wasn't a dig at chase, it was merely something that got me wondering what they had used to make that shape. Removing some of the donkey work isn't a bad thing
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there are loads up for auction procricketer
some are basic and going for <£5k some look like you could build a spaceship with it and are going for £50k+++ (like grade 1+++)
once the land sells 400k isn't a problem. The fact I'd have no idea what hte hell it is would be more an issue! Think I'll pass and still to my current plans :)
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400K isn't a problem 4 quid is a issue for me some people hey!!
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400K isn't a problem 4 quid is a issue for me some people hey!!
£4 is an issue currently.. Did say when! :)
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you do a drawing of a cleft on a CAD program
link that to the cnc machine (a robot that cuts things)
press go
sit back and watch it cut your cleft to shape
make a tea
insert aother cleft
press go and repeat
problem is you are left with hundreds of cut clefts but no pressing machine or anything else!
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sounds liek something to aim for for the bat makers :)
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Your time will come matey :)
Think it's called a pipe dream....