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Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« on: January 14, 2009, 06:59:04 PM »
Just been watching my local news and there was a news article on the new Gunn & Moore machine.

Try the link below to catch it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7828829.stm
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 07:05:23 PM »
Good find! Interesting to see what an International thinks about it all.
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2009, 07:17:12 PM »
Stuart Broad wants five bats for the West Indies tour alone? And he's not even a batsman.
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2009, 07:19:53 PM »
that was great cheers. wonder how many bats he will come back with?
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2009, 07:44:58 PM »
Arthur, he is a good batsmen so i dont see why not?
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2009, 07:47:51 PM »
It's probably worth him taking more than he'll need as if he does happen to have a couple break or get one damaged in transit there's still some spares. If you only take a couple and they break it would be difficult for GM to ship a replacement out in time.
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2009, 07:49:13 PM »
Interesting that 5 bats out of a machine are good enough for Broady but some forum members wont touch a bat thats not made by a human ;)
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 09:18:39 PM »
Good point leo !
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 09:24:06 PM »
Remember this is pretty much an advertisment from GM, just because he says they're machine made doesn't mean they are. But of course they may well be made by machine.
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2009, 10:47:31 PM »
I've been told that the County boys have machine made bats but the International boys have hand mades.
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2009, 10:55:45 PM »
are there anymore machine bat making companies apart from GM??
 
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2009, 11:07:27 PM »
Newbery, Impala, GN, I think most of them do to be honest; just some companies machine to different stages. E.g Newbery will handpress, Impala use a basic copier.

Impala video is here:
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2009, 11:09:15 PM »
More than if you count the ones using a furniture copy lathe, only 3 have the big purpose built ones.
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2009, 12:31:09 AM »
I know i'm not a bat expert, but if you can program a machine to manufacture the exact shape you want etc. I think hanging on the the whole handmade obsession is all a bit romantic...
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Re: Gunn & Moore Batmaking Machine
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2009, 12:38:45 AM »
A piece of willow is almost always different though, how would a machine know how to press that individual bit of willow or to remove a knot in the blade.

Machines have been able to copy shapes for years, yet people still rave more about handcrafted bats.
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