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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: potzy248 on April 08, 2014, 12:03:31 AM

Title: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: potzy248 on April 08, 2014, 12:03:31 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KATOOLS-BASIC-SANDING-SYSTEM-INFLATABLE-SANDERS-ADAPTS-CONCAVE-CONVEX-FLAT-/231112977609?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35cf682cc9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/KATOOLS-BASIC-SANDING-SYSTEM-INFLATABLE-SANDERS-ADAPTS-CONCAVE-CONVEX-FLAT-/231112977609?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35cf682cc9)

Looks like everything you could want to sand down and refurb a bat...
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: Vitas Cricket on April 08, 2014, 12:08:10 AM
Not enough oooomph.

I looked at this when I was building my system, I asked John at red ink for his thoughts and he said he had one but sent it back as it was useless.
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: Vitas Cricket on April 08, 2014, 12:17:18 AM
As well as the motor not really being powerful enough, this picture gives you an idea of how tiny the drums are.

(http://katools.com/images/guin_ad.gif)
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: smilley792 on April 08, 2014, 12:20:45 AM
Maybe he just has big hands?............
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: potzy248 on April 08, 2014, 12:51:54 AM
Cheers. Just the advice I was after.
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: Fezballoh on April 08, 2014, 05:39:42 AM
For the same money you could find a cushioned linisher or drum sander, Potzy. Are you in NZ?
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: potzy248 on April 08, 2014, 05:48:59 AM
Quote from: Fezballoh on April 08, 2014, 05:39:42 AM
For the same money you could find a cushioned linisher or drum sander, Potzy. Are you in NZ?

Yes I am.
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: Number 11 on April 08, 2014, 05:30:46 PM
It"ll be 110v as well.

This it a good place to get an old motor
http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk (http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk)

just add a decent pneumatic sanding drum with the correct arbor to fit.
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: Fezballoh on April 08, 2014, 09:38:00 PM
How come you've not made your own one already then? ;-) I thought that's how you Kiwi folk did things!
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: potzy248 on April 08, 2014, 10:30:21 PM
Quote from: Fezballoh on April 08, 2014, 09:38:00 PM
How come you've not made your own one already then? ;-) I thought that's how you Kiwi folk did things!

Haha. Yeah I'm getting onto it as we speak, using a couple of sheep on a treadmill to run my sander ;).
 Just wanted an idea about the motor size needed.
Title: Re: How would this go for refurbishing bats?
Post by: Fezballoh on April 09, 2014, 05:54:14 AM
My big sander is 1.5 h/p (about 5 sheep!)