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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on June 28, 2017, 08:34:47 PM
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Now a brief bit of history on this one. It belongs to a teammate who works in financial services, and he used to be friendly with a few of the Hampshire boys.
This bat was supposedly sourced from Chris Tremlett while he was at Surrey. It has RHB written on the handle so may have been one of Rory Hamilton Brown's (equally it could be any old bat, as I have now way of verifying).
Anyway, it's been in my mate's possession for a few years and has had a lot of use! It arrived to me in this state:
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170618_130856_zpsqass5tjj.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170618_130856_zpsqass5tjj.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170618_130909_zpstqk25pn4.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170618_130909_zpstqk25pn4.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170618_130903_zpsrxspk9gz.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170618_130903_zpsrxspk9gz.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170618_130900_zpsn77ht1oj.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170618_130900_zpsn77ht1oj.jpg.html)
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you tease Cam, no after pics !
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First things first I decided to glue the (rather extensive) damage.
My theory was to get the bat into one piece again, then try sanding it down.
The middle had delaminated.
Both edges were cracked.
The toe has split.
After a few rounds of gluing, I had the bat back together and all the delimitation repaired.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170622_180504_zpseavo0qxt.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170622_180504_zpseavo0qxt.jpg.html)
I then gave it a quick rub down with white spirit to remove the remains of fibreglass tape.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170622_185124_zpsqiaddzun.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170622_185124_zpsqiaddzun.jpg.html)
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Once it was nearly clean, I gave the whole bat a sand.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170622_191347_zpsoveticym.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170622_191347_zpsoveticym.jpg.html)
The delimitation to the middle of the bat was now solid, but there were a few areas that needed some attention.
I packed these with glue and used fibreglass tape as a clamp.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170622_193348_zpsh0s1iehi.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170622_193348_zpsh0s1iehi.jpg.html)
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Oh, Oh, keep going, upload faster
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And finally, once repaired I was asked to apply some genuine Newbery stickers, so the bat matched the rest of his kit!
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170623_212337_zps8qusgiyb.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170623_212337_zps8qusgiyb.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170623_212340_zpshk1rwyyv.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170623_212340_zpshk1rwyyv.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170623_212343_zpsad5aagb7.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170623_212343_zpsad5aagb7.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/20170623_212346_zpswbp8uqqn.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/20170623_212346_zpswbp8uqqn.jpg.html)
I'll admit this wasn't the best looking repair in the world, but considering the condition I received the bat in I'm rather pleased I managed to save it.
The owner is very attached to it, and has clearly used it a lot. Hopefully this will prolong it's life for a couple more seasons for him :)
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Cam, looks like a really good job!
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Bravo sir bravo very impressive. We have a couple of kids at our club starting to repair bats this would certainly inspire them.
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That's one hell of a repair job!!
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Nice work mate, that one looked like it was on its last legs and now it has a few more runs in it.
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Wow.. as good as new...
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Good job sunshine. These massive refurbs really do float my boat.
Now where's me superglue.
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Wow !!! well done mate.
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Good work!
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Awesome stuff!
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Cudos to you , a righthanded player will love using it
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Awesome job with that!
Enjoying seeing some of these refurbs and it has given me the urge to start sorting out my own bats. Bought sander, bench and clamps and cant wait to get going with mine! will post some pics up of my bats hopefully coming back to life!!
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That's pretty good . Pretty , pretty , pretty , pretty good . :D
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Wow, fabulous job. How does it tap?
If you don't mind me asking, where did you source those Newbery Uzi stickers? Thank you.
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This post actually made me sad.. I will NEVER score enough runs to actually get one of my bats to look like that
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This post actually made me sad.. I will NEVER score enough runs to actually get one of my bats to look like that
It is about the use - you can actually reach to this point if you persist with one.
Maybe I need to contact someone to confiscate all of your bat except one? ;P
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This post actually made me sad.. I will NEVER score enough runs to actually get one of my bats to look like that
Are you saying you'll never get a bat to match your username ? :D
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Are you saying you'll never get a bat to match your username ? :D
He will, if he uses same bats against all balls...
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Are you saying you'll never get a bat to match your username ? :D
my username is more of a goal.. i mean look at the bat in these pics - even the shoulder area has extensive surface cracking!
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Another season of use and abuse down and this bat is in my possession once again, this time with a rather nasty split down a shoulder.
I'll get some pictures tonight and update as I go, but I fear it may have got to a stage beyond repair! :(
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Another season of use and abuse down and this bat is in my possession once again, this time with a rather nasty split down a shoulder.
I'll get some pictures tonight and update as I go, but I fear it may have got to a stage beyond repair! :(
yes please do. do you work with your hands for a living, I presume it's not true you are an insurance assessor who goes round denying people new carpets when a pot of paint got tipped on it...that sort of thing.
you get my drift.
youre far too nice to be one of those people.
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Anyone old enough to remember the six million dollar man??
This bat reminds me of the opening sequence,,,,’we can rebuild you’
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Salute to the immense patience required to do this job, a crafty batsman's asset I guess...
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Okay so here it is, back with me again for another possible repair job.
I'll upload these in the sequence of events as I did things, so you can discover things as I did!
As you can see it's had some more use, it's definitely had a few runs through it!
(https://i.imgur.com/O7pF9vCl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HyKXumfl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dtqgeH0l.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hiCLpW5l.jpg)
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Unfortunately there's a split through the toe that runs up the back
(https://i.imgur.com/xV1PnoHl.jpg)
The slice seems to have opened around the hands
(https://i.imgur.com/CQnx259l.jpg)
And there's a split through one of the shoulders
(https://i.imgur.com/i5hMwp0l.jpg)
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To see how bad the damage was I removed the binding from the handle.
It's not good news, as one of the tabs/ears/lugs (delete as applicable) has seemingly shattered
(https://i.imgur.com/Qe44BNPl.jpg)
Removing the binding has given another potential clue to the bat's original identity (well, maker at least)
(https://i.imgur.com/YehJiiAl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OvvI9ILl.jpg)
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And now as far as I've got. As the toe has split I decided to remove the scuff sheet to see how bad the blade was.
The heartwood is looking like crazy paving with cracks and wobbly bits of willow
(https://i.imgur.com/B6kvx3jl.jpg)
There appears to be some delimitation in the middle (not seen in the photo), and there's a corner fallen off!
(https://i.imgur.com/Tdzey3pl.jpg)
All in all this one may be beyond repair now.
I'll speak to the owner tonight about how (or if) he wants me to proceed, and update this thread when I know what's happening
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To use a cliche that bat has had a very good innings but i think its time it was retired i think!
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Wow. Good luck with that. To be fair, youve done well to keep it going for two years. I realise its only stickers but i always faniced a blitz.
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The handle sticker is type sg/kookaburra use?
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The handle sticker is type sg/kookaburra use?
Correct