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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: InternalTraining on May 08, 2018, 02:29:18 PM
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Love my TKs. I am using one without stickers and has 22 grains, Newbery Blitz profile! The ping on that thing...wwwooooooo! It has de-throned my SM autographed CA and that bat is bloody trampoline. I had my current match bat knocked with a knocking machine. Initially, it had no affect but this bat opened "bigly" after many nets. I am thinking about starting to net with another TK as backup to this bat.
What is your prep method for TK pressing? Mallet? Soft balls in nets?
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Round the edges on the bath, apply a scuff sheet, wack it with a mallet until I'm bored (never more than half an hour) then think "sod it, that will do" and use it against whatever.
This method isn't just for TK made bats, but anything you buy! ;)
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Round the edges on the bath, apply a scuff sheet, wack it with a mallet until I'm bored (never more than half an hour) then think "sod it, that will do" and use it against whatever.
This method isn't just for TK made bats, but anything you buy! ;)
Pretty much right, except neither my wife or next door neighbour will let it go on for half an hour!
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Knocked a recent new bat on a machine plus with a mallet by hand for a couple of hours.
Used in nets briefly twice and was beginning to thing it was sorted....till...
hit a full toss (not really hard) and now ive a big dent in it with cracking around the dent. Gutted.
Inspected the ball that was bowled and it was an old match ball so not a rock.
Puts me off buying new bats :(
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Knocked a recent new bat on a machine plus with a mallet by hand for a couple of hours.
Used in nets briefly twice and was beginning to thing it was sorted....till...
hit a full toss (not really hard) and now ive a big dent in it with cracking around the dent. Gutted.
Inspected the ball that was bowled and it was an old match ball so not a rock.
Puts me off buying new bats :(
That's really bad luck. Fixable? Put a couple photos up here, for sure there will be plenty of advice for how to sort it out.
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Put a scuff sheet on it and boom it’s ready to go
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Thought I'd share something with you. I was talking to an old hand and he mentioned that oiling then knocking in (when dry) creates a type of paper mache effect where you are actually binding the fibres together.
Would the paper mache idea be right or is it codswallop?
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"paper mache"? Could it lead to delamination?
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Round the edges on the bath, apply a scuff sheet, wack it with a mallet until I'm bored (never more than half an hour) then think "sod it, that will do" and use it against whatever.
This method isn't just for TK made bats, but anything you buy! ;)
I am not using excessive mallet because it delaminates the bats. With this bat, I have been very patient by just using it in the nets. Only after it had seen significant net time, I applied some mallet to it - few whacks to areas that were not pinging well. This bat has a looooong sweet spot though.
My thinking these days is that good bats don't require a lot of knocking. Let them play out and they come alive.
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Thought you only used the big SK bats? What’s happened?
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Thought you only used the big SK bats? What’s happened?
I do.
I was primarily using my TK for nets (to protect my SKs from the harsh environment that is a clubbie net :D ) but it grew on me: it is beautifully balanced, sounds amazing, has a big bow, and the pressing is perfection!
My SKs are about raw power. When I use my XP-2000, I just want to swing every ball out of the park. With my TK, I feel I have more control over myself and the ball. :D
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Put a scuff sheet on it and boom it’s ready to go
What he said, personally I just net with mine when new, Bola machine only for the 1st 2/3 net sessions then at nets as we only use a bag of quality old match balls and when I’m happy off to games. Personally though I will
Add iv been using GM bats the last 2 seasons and they come “match ready” so not like some companies I guess in that some work has already been done for me. Also not like I ever swing from the hip
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Round the edges on the bath
Can you share options on how to do that? I need to prepare a new bat and I was planning to use the mallet with bat held at an angle to knock in the bat.
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What canners said. They are pressed for performance by one of the best in the world at doing it. Don’t knock the life out of it. Round the edges and scuff sheet and away you go.
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So after spending £500 on a keeley superior “pop a scuff sheet on it and away you go” madness lol not sure I could do that
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^ Right on!
This is what I have found: great bats don't require much knocking.
SK are ready to go out of the box, though :D
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So after spending £500 on a keeley superior “pop a scuff sheet on it and away you go” madness lol not sure I could do that
The true madness is spending £500 on a bat...
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I am not using excessive mallet because it delaminates the bats.
If it delaminated in knocking you are hitting too hard too early, too dry, Not oiled correctly, not pressed correctly.
A bat should not delaminate in preparation unless you or the bat maker did something wrong.
I use the same process on all bats and regulate the amount of knocking accordingly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkBpC6ff60&t=1s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkBpC6ff60&t=1s)
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The true madness is spending £500 on a bat...
Yes perhaps
But if someone was happy to do so I don’t think just putting an anti scuff sheet on and then start using it is good advice - that would surely go with any bat
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Yes perhaps
But if someone was happy to do so I don’t think just putting an anti scuff sheet on and then start using it is good advice - that would surely go with any bat
Think it depends what you mean by start using it straight away is. If you get a new bat scuff it go in the nets swinging at anything and people, are using cheap rocks than yes that's stupid but using straight away against Bola machine set at half volleys at 60mph for a few sessions and then against quality used balls is fine and always has been for me. Don't get me wrong if it's a full on Yorker with a new bat in the nets I'll just leave it but personally I think you get better results also getting used to your new bat in terms of weight pick up etc. No 2 bats ever feel the same even if the same weight so as long as your sensible it's always been ok for me, I'm an opening bat and I wouldn't take a bat Iv just bought straight out against a new ball simply because I want to get used to how it feels and performs not because I'm worried it will get a crack etc
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If it delaminated in knocking you are hitting too hard too early, too dry, Not oiled correctly, not pressed correctly.
A bat should not delaminate in preparation unless you or the bat maker did something wrong.
I use the same process on all bats and regulate the amount of knocking accordingly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkBpC6ff60&t=1s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkBpC6ff60&t=1s)
@sarg is a bat prep guru......i like the way he prepares bats and try to emulate it as closely as possible.
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@sarg is a bat prep guru......i like the way he prepares bats and try to emulate it as closely as possible.
Thanks mate.
It is all commonsense and freely available information, found on this forum and all over the internet. Anyone can prepare the bat, just most leave it too late and rush the job to get it out to the middle. I did it too.
Some really strange ideas about preparation out there. Don’t ask a pro, they don’t pay for the bat. Scuff and play is just taking a unnecessary risk and a shortcut.
Buying a new bat is exciting. I have listened to lots of people, read and practiced and come up with this process I use on all bats and continue to improve. Knocking a bat is not a chore it is a way of learning about your new bat. You buy a bat that may have crafted especially for you or it is the result of hours of grading and production, 3-4 hoirs of patience is a fair trade off.