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[Ryan]

Hi guys, been working on this laminate for Nick Saunders, just wanted to see if it was possible to make one out of two old battered bats.

Nick bought two old bats and asked me to have a go at making one massive bat out of them.

Here are the processed i had to go through;

Choose the best condition bat to use for the main part and decide which to use as the back
Chop off the handle and a little bit of the toe
Plane the donor bad face flat (give a better base to glue to the main bat)
Cut the back of the main bat to give a base to glue to donor bat to
Glue them both together
shape (using both drawknife and round bottom spokeshave)
Re-shaped the handle and re-bound
sand
Oil/ buff
Sticker
Enjoy 

fee free to comment, its not perfect but i found it very had to match the two together as the main bat had a slight bow to the blade.

[mattw]

How does it go? Looks a top effort! However I think you might be able to guess that this is a lam 

[Red Ink Cricket]

Looks like fun. Is it just me or is the bat thinner at the top as in width wise? Could just be the pics.

How do you think it will hold up against a ball? What shape were you aiming for?

[Ryan]

How does it go? Looks a top effort! However I think you might be able to guess that this is a lam 

really? whys that? 

[uknsaunders]

Big thanks to Pedals for the bats. I would of given the project a go but the wife banned me from using power tools (on account of my alleged dyspraxia). Glad I didn't as it's been a real labour of love for ryan!

Bat is slightly thinnner as Ryan needed to blend the rounded edges in on the top bat. Will give it a go with the bowling machine tomorrow.

We were aiming for a colly training bat but I think it tops out at 2'14-15? Edges are huge 45mm+?

[Ryan]

Looks like fun. Is it just me or is the bat thinner at the top as in width wise? Could just be the pics.

How do you think it will hold up against a ball? What shape were you aiming for?

i think its the pictures but ill check later on tonight. it should be fine against a ball but again will find out this weekend.

Wasnt really aiming for a shape as such. just wanted to keep as much weight in the middle as possible. I've been restricted on the shape due to the size of timer used.

[Ryan]

Big thanks to Pedals for the bats. I would of given the project a go but the wife banned me from using power tools (on account of my alleged dyspraxia). Glad I didn't as it's been a real labour of love for ryan!

Bat is slightly thinnner as Ryan needed to blend the rounded edges in on the top bat. Will give it a go with the bowling machine tomorrow.

We were aiming for a colly training bat but I think it tops out at 2'14-15? Edges are huge 45mm+?

i'll have to confirm edge size later but weight it about 2.12oz

[PedalsMcgrew]

Lovely work! Glad the old bats came in useful too....so nice to see them being recycled into something so awesome!

[Ryan]

Lovely work! Glad the old bats came in useful too....so nice to see them being recycled into something so awesome!

thanks, got another one to make now lol

[PedalsMcgrew]

I'd ask you to make me one if I had any old bats left.....

Seriously, top work, I'm really, really impressed, make sure to let us know how it goes in the nets. 

[peplow]

Looks like fun. Is it just me or is the bat thinner at the top as in width wise? Could just be the pics.

i think its a mixture of pic angles and the stickers dimensions top and bottom that cause this effect.

[Ayrtek Cricket]

how about putting some 6mm dowel rods into it at 45 degree angle to re-enforce the joint of the bubble section to the blade?

Could find that the back part falls off it the glue fails when being used against the balls

[uknsaunders]

ryan does have 2 spare but I'm not sure what he has planned for them.

Just thinking Ryan, regarding the rounded edges on any future bats - worth taking the top bat and planing flat the spine and turning upside down onto the handle bat? Need a decent size edge to make a spine or could do a smaller edged distinction lammy?

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Puts my Frankenstein effort to shame!!!....a true Monster from various body parts

[Ryan]

ryan does have 2 spare but I'm not sure what he has planned for them.

Just thinking Ryan, regarding the rounded edges on any future bats - worth taking the top bat and planing flat the spine and turning upside down onto the handle bat? Need a decent size edge to make a spine or could do a smaller edged distinction lammy?

could do but that would make the bat the same width as the edges then you would have to shape and make it even smaller.

only way to do it would be if the face of the bubble was planed even more or if the back was made out of a waste bit of willow or something. think im going to have a go at making a proper lam in the next month of so.