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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: slcric on May 15, 2010, 07:19:36 AM

Title: Is this going to work?
Post by: slcric on May 15, 2010, 07:19:36 AM

Hi,this question is to all the bat makers out there.I know this might sound stupid but i want to know if this could actually work.
I know the bat handles have 3 rubber pieces between the wood to minimize the shock from the Cricket ball,but still there is some shock you get which is really annoying,i was thinking what if you put 2 pieces of rubber on the "V" of the bat where the bat handle would fit in?so this will stop more shock,or would it?is this possible?

Title: Re: Is this going to work?
Post by: Vantage Cricket on May 15, 2010, 10:40:54 AM

I have cut half moon's out of each side of the handle just above the shoulders and inserted rubber strips then glued the bit i had cut out back in. re-shape and jobs a good-un. Extra shock absorbtion and gives some extra whip.

Title: Re: Is this going to work?
Post by: Tom on May 15, 2010, 11:13:42 AM

Vantage, the sounds like the old County Contraflex. Do you have any pics?

Title: Re: Is this going to work?
Post by: Vantage Cricket on May 15, 2010, 11:41:28 AM

Nah, i did it ages ago to a bat that the rubber didnt go very far down the handle on.

Title: Re: Is this going to work?
Post by: Mortimer on May 15, 2010, 04:25:28 PM

I thought that you need such a tight fit between the handle and blade, that the rubber would be so compressed that it would have little or no damping effect.

Title: Re: Is this going to work?
Post by: Tom on May 16, 2010, 10:56:18 AM

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i29/02thoeva/halfmoon.jpg)

Like this Dan?