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[Simmy]

like ryan said this is just an experiment we have no idea what tk does inside the bat when he takes off the face and glues another one on...

usually the wood is different but i cant see how that has an effect its got to me so magic voodo in the material between the two bits of wood...

i cant see how the massive double wood lams work .. because why not just get a big bit of wood to start with? the glue on them is smack in the middle of the bat so shouldnt have any effect on rebound at all...

this could turn into one big vibrating mess... or it could turn out to be a little bit better... but only time will tell! 

[Ryan]

I think you are right about the lamination, in fact you are dpot on........ but I am not too sure about the grain? I really think thats down to personal preference? Even the best players seem to differ in what they think on this subject.

I agree that its all down to personal preference. My match bat has around 10 grains and my net bat about 5 but they both go as well as each other. Its all down to the pressing as far as I'm concerned.

[uknsaunders]

ryan's original lammy - pics have been removed  though

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=15960.msg256724#msg256724.

[Ryan]

ryan's original lammy - pics have been removed  though

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=15960.msg256724#msg256724.

I cant seem to find the pictures on my computer 

[Simmy]

The reason they dont just make massive one piece bats is because the clefts are not bidg enough. Good luck with the experiment hope you hit sixes everywhere!

i disagree have u seen the size of oversizeds clefts u can get from H4l?

they have 75mm spines and 50mm edges

[Simmy]

ive never seen a lam using double wood as big as anything like that! lad at headingley cc has a boom boom lam and its big but only 40mm edges,

[Red Ink Cricket]

I thought the face was softly pressed then a thin slither of face was added then it was pressed again as one bat.  That is probably completely wrong though and it could well be the glue that makes it trampoline although I guess it depends on the glue. I remember reading somewhere certain wood glues when used are actually stronger than the joint they are glueing so when it fails its normally the wood that fails and not the glue.

Good on u for giving it a go. Your certainly showing us a few different things with the lams, grip cone etc. what's next mate?

[uknsaunders]

I cant seem to find the pictures on my computer 

samsung mobile you sent them by

[Simmy]

I thought the face was softly pressed then a thin slither of face was added then it was pressed again as one bat.

this is what i thought as well mate! but we shall see its all good fun!

[Red Ink Cricket]

this is what i thought as well mate! but we shall see its all good fun!

Glad I'm not the only one. Was starting to think I'd made that up. Anything bat making is fun so don't blame Ryan for giving it a go. Hopefully it turns out well, looking forward to seeing it

[Ryan]

samsung mobile you sent them by

I'll check my emails then.

[Ryan]

Glad I'm not the only one. Was starting to think I'd made that up. Anything bat making is fun so don't blame Ryan for giving it a go. Hopefully it turns out well, looking forward to seeing it

I think theres a few factors that contribute to a lam, the glue being just one of those. Lets see what happens.

[Kulli]

TK lams are glued with a certain type of glue from The Germany company Wurth.

Once you glue something with it, the bond can be stretched but will slam back when done so, thus creating the 'double bang', that enhances the 'ping'.

I used that same type of glue in my dissertation at UNO, can't remember which one it is but could probably find out.

[Simmy]

funny thing is not even planned to make a lam.. just took the bats round to show ryan, he  was like lets make a lam and took the bat haha

[Karan62]

what would happen if a guy stuck two bats together making a vry asianish lam but ... took the faces of both of them and glued them both on the front ? then youve got a super huge super springy bat