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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on June 25, 2014, 10:07:07 PM

Title: Refurb and repair
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on June 25, 2014, 10:07:07 PM

And so it begins!
As some of you may have seen in throwing my hat in and going to attempt to start a brand!

I have no stickers and no finalised branding yet (but there is a ball rolling on that) but have had my first customer! It was only a refurb but the guy was happy. No pictures however so by the rules of the forum it never happened.

Customer 2 and 3 dropped some bats with me today though.
First is a spartan MP 3000 for a "bat service" (new scuff sheet, re-apply toe guard and fix surface cracks)

Second is a repair job on an old favourite.

Here are the pictures!

What does the tape hide?
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/BCF32707-3506-4662-B5BC-68F4FA6C0901_zpsto7tjwlr.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/BCF32707-3506-4662-B5BC-68F4FA6C0901_zpsto7tjwlr.jpg.html)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/1201E0B7-2A62-4E5C-A308-780BBAB4B33E_zpsz8zm0hnc.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/1201E0B7-2A62-4E5C-A308-780BBAB4B33E_zpsz8zm0hnc.jpg.html)

Very concaved
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/A18D35B5-B1CF-4A17-A971-F09CF8E2258A_zpsige87pof.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/A18D35B5-B1CF-4A17-A971-F09CF8E2258A_zpsige87pof.jpg.html)

Toe guard off and some minor cracks
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/6A8D1A85-B115-420F-A7F8-FBF05D93095E_zpsff3houln.png) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/6A8D1A85-B115-420F-A7F8-FBF05D93095E_zpsff3houln.png.html)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/775CD6C5-A7D9-4712-8DE5-10FD9B309CA3_zpszvs1nxif.png) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/775CD6C5-A7D9-4712-8DE5-10FD9B309CA3_zpszvs1nxif.png.html)

And two surface cracks, one right down a grain!
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/913B6F36-0AE5-40B2-B35A-DDC679BA35EC_zpscgtrwcqv.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/913B6F36-0AE5-40B2-B35A-DDC679BA35EC_zpscgtrwcqv.jpg.html)


Now the repair job, this is going to be a nice early test of my work!

Picture sent by the "client" that section has snapped clean off!
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/9083E017-7508-4CCC-9F7F-F3FC7D350EB5_zpsg78rnogj.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/9083E017-7508-4CCC-9F7F-F3FC7D350EB5_zpsg78rnogj.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Refurb and repair
Post by: Vitas Cricket on June 25, 2014, 10:30:57 PM

The plus point on that major toe crack is that it is a clean break and will be easy to clamp together once you've got the glue in there

Title: Re: Refurb and repair
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on June 26, 2014, 09:21:18 PM

Update!

Toe damage repaired (and a nice new grip)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/46F4A1EC-6BAF-4F46-85E4-7D5BB948EB36_zpsa0gfif7o.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/46F4A1EC-6BAF-4F46-85E4-7D5BB948EB36_zpsa0gfif7o.jpg.html)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/1A2A4A92-2AE2-49B5-BD81-C43FBE8510CD_zpst1xfb0dx.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/1A2A4A92-2AE2-49B5-BD81-C43FBE8510CD_zpst1xfb0dx.jpg.html)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/E919ED94-ECFB-46B7-BDAB-58A2A6109C4E_zpsa2kupb2w.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/E919ED94-ECFB-46B7-BDAB-58A2A6109C4E_zpsa2kupb2w.jpg.html)

And the spartan
Cracks glued and sanded down. Dowel in the toe as it turned out the "surface crack" went halfway through the blade, toe guard re-applied and currently letting a coat of oil soak in.

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/59EA0136-31A4-420F-B3A2-A129BC0FC7FD_zpsu9ouqo6o.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/59EA0136-31A4-420F-B3A2-A129BC0FC7FD_zpsu9ouqo6o.jpg.html)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/B7832F2A-54D1-4A67-9C0E-75CDB7CC6DF8_zpsy6o0uldo.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/B7832F2A-54D1-4A67-9C0E-75CDB7CC6DF8_zpsy6o0uldo.jpg.html)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/9A7EBCE4-8029-410F-BE3F-4A8C6A77B673_zpsalta7gcm.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/9A7EBCE4-8029-410F-BE3F-4A8C6A77B673_zpsalta7gcm.jpg.html)

As you can see in the pictures the cracks were quite deep, but they're glued so definitely not going anywhere (or likely to get any worse.

Not that I like to blow my own trumpet but I think I've done alright  ;)