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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: bostoncricketer on June 19, 2016, 12:01:33 AM
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Hi All, One of my newer bats suffered some edge damage during a game today. Has anyone seen anything like this happen before? Is this because of inadequate knocking in or fault with the willow (espicially the first pic). Any recommendations on how to fix it?
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The amount of seam marks shows that it was not properly knocked.
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It is a goner.
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Glue the cracks and then sand and knock in some more.
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glue clamp and sand, might be able to save it.
May not be a bad idea to mix some of the saw dust and pva to fill some of those holes.
more knocking in may have been a better option by the looks of the seam marks
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Agree with the knocking in comments but how well was it pressed ? Glue sand and knock in and round the edges .
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Thanks for the suggestions. I have some wood filler handy to fill the edge. The pressing was extremely soft to honest. I compressed the edges by a good 2-3mm before I took it to the nets first. My teammates said the willow looks dry but how do you tell the difference between that and soft pressing?
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What brand is it out of interest?
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H4L warbird G2 monster with 50mm edges
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Lack of preparation
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Doesn't look like its had even a touch of oil
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Applied 3 coats before starting knocking in process.
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What were the balls like? it does look either under prepared and no sleeve used or the balls were rock hard.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I have some wood filler handy to fill the edge. The pressing was extremely soft to honest. I compressed the edges by a good 2-3mm before I took it to the nets first. My teammates said the willow looks dry but how do you tell the difference between that and soft pressing?
New bats need to be knocked in for a further 5mil. Can you smell oil or wax on the willow ? If not oil oil the bat as its dry . Bat soft look for ball seam and mallet indentations also wouldn't recommend to taking a new bat to nets
Once you have smoothed and sanded the wood filler wrap with fibre glass repair tape.
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Well the balls we use in our league are pretty cheap about $15 a piece which could be part of the issue. Honestly, the edge had started to split at a different place during knocking in itself but I continued the process after glueing and clamping. Makes me wonder if the edge was brittle to begin with or if its something wrong I did.
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Well the balls we use in our league are pretty cheap about $15 a piece which could be part of the issue. Honestly, the edge had started to split at a different place during knocking in itself but I continued the process after glueing and clamping. Makes me wonder if the edge was brittle to begin with or if its something wrong I did.
There's very little you can do wrong with a new bat under prepare before use yes but even so that type of damage should not happen my money's on the willow not being properly pressed did it ping from ball one.
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There's very little you can do wrong with a new bat under prepare before use yes but even so that type of damage should not happen my money's on the willow not being properly pressed did it ping from ball one.
That's a very bold statement to make considering who the bat maker is. More likely it's under prepared and the balls are terrible. $15 wouldn't get you a very good ball I would guess.
You also need to consider its a natural product and the the edges and toe are always areas which are susceptible to damage. Even more so if it's not prepared.
It's very easy to blame the bat maker but worth considering all other options which are more likely before blaming them. Id be pretty confident that it was pressed properly and the damage is due to external factors.
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That's a very bold statement to make considering who the bat maker is. More likely it's under prepared and the balls are terrible. $15 wouldn't get you a very good ball I would guess.
You also need to consider its a natural product and the the edges and toe are always areas which are susceptible to damage. Even more so if it's not prepared.
It's very easy to blame the bat maker but worth considering all other options which are more likely before blaming them. Id be pretty confident that it was pressed properly and the damage is due to external factors.
Understand what your saying john wasnt a critism of the bat maker but have seen this this happen to bats that have not been properly pressed also the bat edge is splitting as he's knocking it in.
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Understand what your saying john wasnt a critism of the bat maker but have seen this this happen to bats that have not been properly pressed also the bat edge is splitting as he's knocking it in.
Depends how hard he's hitting it and at what angle. So many factors it's hard to tell
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H4L warbird G2 monster with 50mm edges
Whoa!
I have survived many $15 balls with my bats. I am surprised that H4L got chipped like that.