Topic: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine (Read 9820 times)

SAF Bats · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2009, 08:53:44 AM »

Tom is right

Yep you can put your exact measurements into the machine but how do you know how it will pickup and what the weight would be. These machines dont weigh the cleft, measure the volume and density of the cleft. You punch in numbers, a shape comes out and the cleft becomes a cricket bat. I haven't seen a machine, in any aspect of life yet, that can replace something that is hand crafted.

e4sby · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2009, 12:49:38 PM »

Got to agree with you there, the more bats i make the more i appreciate the skill in producing a bat which is well balanced, picks up well and still has a nice shape to it.

Obviously Norbs i aint as geeky as you when it comes to all aspects of willow, i feel embarrassed reading some of your posts not knowing what your on about when maybe's i should!

SAF Bats · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2009, 01:00:44 PM »

Easby as Zoombats once put it

"Take a piece of wood, willow from Essex preferred,shape it, press it, shape it some more, sand it polish it then try it. If it doesn't work, throw it in the fire place and start again.When I started making bats I didn't think I needed a wind tunnel or a degree in physics to do it. My past experience with engineers is that they can't even use hand tools, they can only sit around and talk about designing a better one."

You know what he's right apart from the hand tools bit mind you

edit:Oh and I would use Kashmir clefts if you are going to throw them in the fire, they burn better due to being brittle

Talisman · « **Reply #18 on:** January 15, 2009, 10:43:40 PM »

Seen a Zoom bat today, Norb, you have to get your (No Swearing Please) in the car...... bikini clad production lines don't sort themselves.

SAF Bats · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2009, 09:19:16 AM »

I'm pretty sure I told you 2 to stop mentioning your Salix Mystery Tour

Talisman · « **Reply #20 on:** January 16, 2009, 11:16:35 AM »

I'm absolutley serious, you have to come out for the day, this could be big, masssssive.

e4sby · « **Reply #21 on:** January 16, 2009, 01:12:58 PM »

I hope its not just me here that gets seriously confused by these two lovers ;o)

Howzat · « **Reply #22 on:** January 16, 2009, 01:14:35 PM »

Quote from: e4sby on January 16, 2009, 01:12:58 PM

I hope its not just me here that gets seriously confused by these two lovers ;o)

Nope it happens to us all. I think these two should take their pipe,slippers and chat up lines to Personal Messages

Tom · « **Reply #23 on:** January 16, 2009, 07:58:18 PM »

This was in a local paper the other day:

FORMER England captain Michael Vaughan uses Gunn and Moore bats. So does South African skipper Graeme Smith. And Notts and England bowlers Ryan Sidebottom and Stuart Broad prefer the Nottingham-made bats to any others.

The firm has manufactured cricket bats for more than 120 years. And now the process has been made much quicker after a �500,000 investment in the Colwick factory.

Where previously the pieces of willow had to be left outside for up to a year so the moisture content could be dropped from 45% to around 10%, a new kiln is now used. This reduces the process to just two-and-a-half weeks. A climate room has also been brought in to store the willow and keep the moisture levels the same until it is ready to be designed.

And a computerised programme is now used to shape the bats. The new systems have been devised after a four-year study by consultants the Building Research Establishment which looked at how technology could be used to improve bat manufacturing.

Gunn and Moore managing director Peter Wright said: "The four years of research pointed to a more long-lasting and cost-effective way of sourcing and converting English willow into cricket bats."

The company has been producing bats in Nottingham since 1885. This is the first noticeable change in the system since 1904. But Mr Wright added they still use craftsmen to finish off the bats. "The company has been able to develop even further the art of bat making," he said. "Though there still is a fair bit of handwork." The 45-strong workforce produces around 35,000 bats a year. Many top players visit the factory and have their bats personally made to suit them. The rest are shipped to retailers.

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