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[yvk3103]

Got this from a UK based bat supplier.

Our process is as follows:
 
- we select the willow matching your grain structure
- we then dry the bat out for 7 days naturally
- The bat is then hand made in house
- Once the bat is shaped it is then pressed
- The cane handle is then fitted
- The bat is then wax finished and professionally checked.

[Tom]

If it's being CNC manufactured it's not far away, but think it's usually pressed before CNC'ing.

By hand though, usually is pressed and handled before any major shaping.

[Number4]

If it's being CNC manufactured it's not far away, but think it's usually pressed before CNC'ing.

By hand though, usually is pressed and handled before any major shaping.

Why doesn't your head explode from all that knowledge stored in it Tom? 

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Drying naturally maybe different with some brands as they each identify a different optimum moisture content for the clefts meaning some use kilns etc

[tim2000s]

If it's being CNC manufactured it's not far away, but think it's usually pressed before CNC'ing.

By hand though, usually is pressed and handled before any major shaping.

Yes, was looking at that, and I don't know any handmade bats that are made that way - all iI have seen are handled prior to shaping due to shoulder shaping requiring the handle being in place...

[Dan W]

7 days drying? I thought it was much longer than that?

[petehosk]

The clefts are cut and then dried for around 12 months normally.
I assume they mean after this natural drying process has taken place? Although not sure why they would need a further week to dry?

[Six Sixes Cricket]

Laver re dry there clefts to an optimum moisture level.

[yvk3103]

first time I have heard that the cleft is pressed after shaping

Understand the handling part if the bats are CNCed, but they say hand shaped.

What will 7 days of natural drying achieve - at least in the UK it will possibly put moisture back in the willow - so not drying. Unless these bats are imported from India/Pakistan, I don't see the 7 day drying process doing much.

[tim2000s]

first time I have heard that the cleft is pressed after shaping

Understand the handling part if the bats are CNCed, but they say hand shaped.

What will 7 days of natural drying achieve - at least in the UK it will possibly put moisture back in the willow - so not drying. Unless these bats are imported from India/Pakistan, I don't see the 7 day drying process doing much.

There is often a final press post shaping, so it's not that unusual.