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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: Ashvir on December 14, 2009, 07:06:05 PM
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In my latest attempt to make a 'Mongoose' Style bat, I got the shape and balance etc of the bat right, but the toe has not quite gone to plan!
(http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af101/ashvir10/DSC00003.jpg)
Any ideas on how to round the toe, and make it a better shape?
Thanks in advance
Ashvir
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How the funk did you do that ?
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Disc Saw,
LOL :D
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Thats a shocker, im not a batmaker though so cant help :)
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Thats a shocker, im not a batmaker though so cant help :)
Ok
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Im not a batmaker either but i would suggest getting that 'thing' onto a drum sander and gently make the toe more curved.
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Ok
top quality post there!
did you just take a standard bat and cut it down to mongoose shape?
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Im not a batmaker either but i would suggest getting that 'thing' onto a drum sander and gently make the toe more curved.
Thats wha i was going to do, thanks
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top quality post there!
did you just take a standard bat and cut it down to mongoose shape?
yep, i'm going to get a BAS Tusk for christmas, so i thoght that I could make this one in to a mongoose
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Sorry but I've got no idea what I'm looking at!
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Sorry but I've got no idea what I'm looking at!
The toe of my 'bat'
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blimey you managed to get burn marks on it and everything....
Yep a good power tool sander with a coarse grit to sort out all those edges and to start the curve of the toe
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Have you just cut down a standard bat? If so surely you would have cut off the middle no?
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Looks quite a mess!
Could try "carefully" ;D sanding it on a drum sander...
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use 400 sand paper to sand off the cuts and then use 1200 paper to smooth it off
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Grade 400 sand paper is generally used for finishing the bats and will not take much wood off. I would buy some high quality grade 60/80 sandpaper and then once happy, fine sand.
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hit4six wouldnt you say 60 is a little too coarse to use on cricket bats, tends to gouge the willow in my experience.
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In my previous experience, I find if you use it correctly, you can take alot of wood off quickly, and from the refurbishment side, I can get the bat down to a white wood relatively quickly. Obviously, sometimes, some bats dont need this coarse sand paper, however, the older models require coarser sanding.
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getting down to the white wood will often have the undersired effect of removing the layer of the bat that is pressed and will often make the wood a lot softer - so people who sand down their bat after every couple of weeks and have it refurbed too often will in fact be reducing the effectiveness of the bat, which is why i dont like using the coarser paper on the face, but if it works for you then i'm in no position to argue!
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Yeah obviously I dont sand a bit down till its deep, but as soon as I can see the white wood, I stop. Yeah it works for me, however, like you said, can have an adverse affect. Its all about getting the right balance in my opinion! :)