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[scottish_slogger95]

Got a couple of cheap silverline spokeshaves from toolstation and just kept them sharp.

Hoping to get a drawknife so I can shape conventional shoulders on the next bat, need to get a better vice/work station as the Black and Decker fold out work bench is utterly terrible!

Yup I am using a black and decker at the moment too! its useless. I have to sit on it while shaving the bat to stop it moving its very annoying!

[wilkie113]

Yup I am using a black and decker at the moment too! its useless. I have to sit on it while shaving the bat to stop it moving its very annoying!

Pieces of crap aren't they lol! I've piled loads of stuff on the step on mine so it weighs it down a bit

[tushar sehgal]

Nice looking first attempt mate, Were the shoulders TT by design or just happened to be that way ...very impressive

[wilkie113]

I got tired of trying to do them normally with the spokeshave (school boy error) so just did them like the TT
Completely intentional Tush

[tushar sehgal]

haha nice work   how is the pick-up?

[scottish_slogger95]

If you sit on the bench when the bat is clamped in the it stabilizes it completely but limits the amount of work you can do! But yeah they are so bad I need to get a new one.

[wilkie113]

haha nice work   how is the pick-up?

Picks up nicely surprisingly, seems as theres so much wood at the bottom of it lol!

If you sit on the bench when the bat is clamped in the it stabilizes it completely but limits the amount of work you can do! But yeah they are so bad I need to get a new one.

I've weighted mine down with some odd bits of crap I've got in the garage. just lay it across the step mate

[Simmy]

what did u make that with lad a knife and fork?

[wilkie113]

Spoon it was simmy! Nice big table spoon

[Ryan]

Spoon it was simmy! Nice big table spoon

like lol

good come back wilkie

[109notout]

thats good for a first attempt! Im surprised its picks up well, look a bit sledgehammer esque at the bottom, but all in all for a first attempt, its good, wish I could do something half as good as that, I would end up with a hole through the middle of mine lol

[wilkie113]

like lol

good come back wilkie

Cheers mate , Simmy gets you to do all his bat making, I think he should have a go too!

thats good for a first attempt! Im surprised its picks up well, look a bit sledgehammer esque at the bottom, but all in all for a first attempt, its good, wish I could do something half as good as that, I would end up with a hole through the middle of mine lol

Cheers mate very much appreciated, I was going to use it tonight, but after hitting it with a mallet few times I decided against it lol, using the mallet and getting a few surface cracks probably wasn't a good sign, give it an hours knocking in first i reckon

[wilkie113]

Started my second stick yesterday, here is where I am so far!

[junter97]

Ooh this shape looks nice what's the weight on this one at the moment then? I look forward to seeing more TT esque shoulders Wilkie!

[wilkie113]

No TT shoulders on this one sorry bud!

It's around 2'13.5 at the moment just need to finish the shoulders and tidy up the edges then it'll be finished after binding obviously