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[buddyb]

So the last few months I've been scratching my head coming up with ideas and ways to press bats. In the end this is what I've created. It's not as easy as it looks and I've had some willing free help which has kept costs right down. Just a few tweets needed and a little bit of finishing but it works a treat. Now 100% a bat maker in my own right.

[Sam]

Nice!!!
Any chance of some larger pictures  ?

[buddyb]

Nice!!!
Any chance of some larger pictures  ?

Sure. I clicked the wrong link uploading

[Sam]

Go on then , how does it work  .

My assumption using extremely technical vocabulary : You twist the twisty thing ontop which inturn applies pressure down onto the roller. The bat is then manually twisted via the wheel through the press?

[buddyb]

Go on then , how does it work  .

My assumption using extremely technical vocabulary : You twist the twisty thing ontop which inturn applies pressure down onto the roller. The bat is then manually twisted via the wheel through the press?

That's the easy bit, it's the maths and the measuring to get everything perfect. Headache Central.

[Sam]

Yeh, had a thought over how to do it myself a couple of months back when someone else (banksy I think?) suggested they were going to do it but decided my engineering and maths skills weren't quite up to it  .

[buddyb]

Yeh, had a thought over how to do it myself a couple of months back when someone else (banksy I think?) suggested they were going to do it but decided my engineering and maths skills weren't quite up to it  .

Yea it is a lot of work and seemed advise from engineers to get it together. I nearly gave up at one point tbh. Worth it though

[Jacky]

Any chance of a video to demonstrate how it works?

[Number 11]

Would like to see how you get on with this, looks like it will do the job but also seems a lot flimsier than other presses I've seen.

[buddyb]

Once I've finished making a block for the blades to sit in ill make a video. It's pretty sturdy as we made sure it's been welded everywhere. It's all about the physics and the maths to make sure everything is distributing the pressure evenly.