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[praguetaz]

This is a simple one I hope...

My beloved number one choice bat of the season - a Woodstock Curve Platinum XL with a fantastic middle got damaged in nets last week and I'm gutted.. it's the outside toe and it hasn't quite gone all the way through... the quandry is that i'm in Prague and have a quote of 25-30 to repair from John Newsome and 24 pound postage back.. assuming it'll cost me perhaps a little more to send from here that's virtually 75 odd pounds for a professional repair.. is it worth it based on your own experiences? Did the repair last? OR should I get someone here to do the best job they can and glue and tape it up?

P.s. sent an e-mail and photos to batrepair.com yesterday and a bump today but no response yet....where are you??? Ok.., just heard from Dom in the last few minutes and he recommended sending it to John....

[Joe]

Do it yourself mate, put some photos up and let the good people of CBF advise you.

[Buzz]

I think you should have a go at repairing it yourself, pva wood glue and some tape and away you go.
if you have a drill,  a vice and some hardwood dowling, about 5mm, you could even pin it too...

[praguetaz]

Do it yourself mate, put some photos up and let the good people of CBF advise you.

will do if I can remember how to do it...

[praguetaz]

I think you should have a go at repairing it yourself, pva wood glue and some tape and away you go.
if you have a drill,  a vice and some hardwood dowling, about 5mm, you could even pin it too...

The gentleman I bought it from advised never using wood glue but super glue!... Interesting...I was thinking of doing the repair myself with the super glue but need a vice and some cloth repair tape from Salix but unfortunately they aren't too quick with e-mail order replies either...it's been at least 4 or 5 days...

[Vulcan Cricket]

send it to me as long as you pay postage ill fix it for you

[praguetaz]

send it to me as long as you pay postage ill fix it for you

I'll send u the photos via e-mail for a quote and your first impressions... thanks for the offer.. The thing about sending to John is that I'll hopefully get the new stickers too but the photos are on the way...

[praguetaz]

Right.. hopefully here are the pics from photobucket for anyone interested..

http://s1048.photobucket.com/albums/s363/praguetaz/

A Huge thanks to Dean of Vulcan Cricket back in blighty for a very generous offer of assistance to do the work and madbtcricket too in Romania...  I love this forum...

[junter97]

If you're 100% confident you can do a good job then do it! If not, send it back to John and get a full refurb, it will be like you've got a new bat

[Red Ink Cricket]

Looks pretty nasty that. It would possibly need a dowel in it to really sure it up.

[praguetaz]

Do dowels affect the bat in any way e.g. add a bit of weight to the toe? Does anyone currently use a bat with a dowel in the toe? How long has it lasted?

[RossViper]

Do dowels affect the bat in any way e.g. add a bit of weight to the toe? Does anyone currently use a bat with a dowel in the toe? How long has it lasted?

It wont really effect the weight,  I have 2 dowels in one of my bats, its fine. Like all repairs like this, its hard to say, sometimes they last a season, sometimes a few weeks!!! Best bet is if its done well it should last a long time.

good luck
Ross

[Red Ink Cricket]

got to agree with ross on this. the wood you remove to fit the dowel is probably about the same as the dowels. wouldnt be noticeable anyway. they can be a very useful repair to keep a bat going but again as ross said they can prolong the life or of a bat for ages or only a few weeks. i would suggest no driving of yorkers for a while anyway

[ammo]

75 pounds, I personally would have a crack at fixing it myself, and i don't think superglue is right might be too brittle (not sure correct me if i'm wrong), glue it up, clamp and vice it, grab some dowell, drill a hole or 2 glue, shove the dowell in and good to go?!
But it depends on  the bat and what it is worth if its like 300 pounds and reasonably new get it fixed professionally

[Ryan]

I'd chop about 6 inch off...fits in the bit a little better then lol

but seriously its a bad one that is. you could dowel it but as its about half of the way through the wide of the blade, wouldn't think it would last that long even if its pinned. if you used a hard wood dowel then it would be slightly heavier than the willow removed but not noticeable.

love to see what its like once dean's had a crack at it (pardon to pun)