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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: LEACHY48 on May 18, 2014, 08:58:38 PM

Title: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: LEACHY48 on May 18, 2014, 08:58:38 PM

so after getting bowled 2nd ball, and fielding like (No Swearing Please), i thought right, im gonna get this new bat knocked in so i can start to blood it in this week...no such luck. After knocking the toe in for about half an hour on thursday, i decided that it needed about half an hour more before it was done, however, as i was knocking it in, i noticed a crack start to develop, almost like the top layer of willow had cracked away from the bottom. I am not impressed/amused. Anyway, some advice would be greatly appreciated, what course of action should i ask for? given that this is actually a replacement bat.

here are some pics:

(http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q623/jake-leach/IMG_0771_zpsb415cbe3.jpg)
(http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q623/jake-leach/IMG_0767_zpsf6e7a5ca.jpg)
(http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q623/jake-leach/IMG_0766_zpscb35c09d.jpg)

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: Seniorplayer on May 18, 2014, 09:19:02 PM

Can you take a clearer picture.

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: LEACHY48 on May 18, 2014, 09:20:00 PM

thats as clear as it gets im afraid, its only tiny, but its definately there, and very annoying

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on May 18, 2014, 09:22:51 PM

Sand it out. Tape it up. Hard to tell but doesn't look anything to worry about

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: simonmay5 on May 18, 2014, 09:25:45 PM

The picture is not that clear it looks like I bit off feathering but it's hard to tell in the photos as not that clear

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: LEACHY48 on May 18, 2014, 09:46:07 PM

i have tried to get a few more photos

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: LEACHY48 on May 18, 2014, 10:11:32 PM

(http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q623/jake-leach/P1400775_zps532cf23b.jpg)

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: GarrettJ on May 18, 2014, 10:13:22 PM

Happened to me before when knocking in the toe, it's like a grain starts to lift.

Were you using a round mallet?

I just sanded and then applied tape but I do that on the toe of all my bats

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: LEACHY48 on May 18, 2014, 10:16:18 PM

yeah heavy round mallet mate, its annoying because the previous one broke very quickly and i dont want the same thing to start to happen here

Title: Re: GRRRRR...today is not my day
Post by: GarrettJ on May 18, 2014, 10:25:20 PM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CRICKET-MALLET-HAMMER-KNOCKING-BATS/dp/B00BVBSLQC/ref=pd_sxp_f_i (http://www.amazon.co.uk/CRICKET-MALLET-HAMMER-KNOCKING-BATS/dp/B00BVBSLQC/ref=pd_sxp_f_i)

Like that style.. That's when it happens to me.


I now use a crappy light, flat one right at the very toe and do that for ages before reverting to a heavier one.

No problem what you have done, sand it and it will vanish.