Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
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Chad

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Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« on: July 29, 2012, 10:01:50 PM »

So, my friend decided not to take my advice to prepare his bat properly by oiling and knocking. After having a big swipe at a ball, the bat sounds a bit weird, but he plays on with it. Then he attempts to drive my yorker and found his bat like this... I think these pictures speak for themselves...














I will be trying to repair this for him, although it looks unlikely it will last. I did warn him though! Poor bat... :( Has 40mm edges and about 60mm spine at 2lb 9.75oz with 7 very nice evenly spaced out grains.
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2012, 10:10:36 PM »

Its a shame, what are the chances that it was overdried?
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2012, 10:11:19 PM »

Ive seen a few ca's split like that
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2012, 10:14:51 PM »

It's not a brand I would ever feel totally comfortable buying.....

Looks really, really dry.....ugly crack...all in all a bit of a mess!

An expensive mistake I imagine?
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2012, 10:19:29 PM »

Chances are pretty high, but I think the fact he hadn't oiled it and had it for a year probably dried it even more! A very stupid mistake indeed! I will post up pictures when I have finished the attempted repair and sanded and oiled it. It went like an absolute gun as well... :( Now that I have found my handle preference, I would never buy a CA unless it was on a very good offer. You would think that they would make an oval handle version for these (especially at prices around £200), but I hear players in Pakistan play more wristy shots, so I guess it's what is best for them. :)
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2012, 10:38:38 PM »

That is very broken lol
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2012, 11:10:50 PM »

Ive tried a few CA, super bats and play fantastic from day one. Great if you want something for a quick thrash as they are huge.
Too pricey for me and they dont last very long either for what you pay for a top end model. Incidently the CA lam I have has taken some punishment and is going strong!!
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2012, 11:11:09 PM »

That is very broken lol

Indeed, and you thought your Hattori was bad! :P This was done by a proper cricket ball too!
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2012, 11:40:06 PM »

You can easily get oval handl bats in Pakistan.
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2012, 12:10:43 AM »

Yup. Looks really dry.

It's not a brand I would ever feel totally comfortable buying.....

Looks really, really dry.....ugly crack...all in all a bit of a mess!

An expensive mistake I imagine?
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2012, 12:14:50 AM »

Ive tried a few CA, super bats and play fantastic from day one. Great if you want something for a quick thrash as they are huge.
Too pricey for me and they dont last very long either for what you pay for a top end model. Incidently the CA lam I have has taken some punishment and is going strong!!

Yeah, they are far too pricey. I would rather go with a sponsor on the forum than buy a CA tbh! I agree that they do hit well, but I have seen about 4 broken CAs so far. MB Malik are the worst though; I have seen many of them break. However, I don't know why, but everytime I used an MB Malik, all I could think about was hitting the ball as hard as I could! I guess it's because I think of them as sloggers bats, although some of them are very nice indeed. Wouldn't really ever think of buying one though!

You can easily get oval handl bats in Pakistan.
I'm sure you can! I just find it odd how they never really make CAs with oval handles. None that I have seen anyways...  ???
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2012, 01:11:45 AM »

Right, here are pics of the bat in my house, and what I have done to it...

















 Will post up pics later on after the glue has dried. :)
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2012, 10:49:03 AM »

I wouldn't totally write it off. A carpenter that I know reckons that glued wood is stronger than the parts that are not glued, and breakages usually come in other areas. Mind you, he wasn't talking about cricket bats. But I suppose the bottom line is that it might go again somewhere else.
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2012, 10:54:33 AM »

guys from Kippax told me the same thing. The glue is stronger than the wood so if it binds ok it should hold. I glued up a bat for a team mate in worse condition pre-season and it's still going strong.
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Re: Damaged CA 12000 TRD Repair Attempt
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2012, 11:26:01 AM »

Plenty of runs left in that bat, i have fixed alot worse.

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