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[procricket]

Would love a few of those clefts

You are producing some lovely bats yourself but always nice to hear from fellow sponsors and cricket lovers.

[procricket]

Keep your eye out on the England v Scotland game B3 bats will be on show.

[The Palmist]

Ooh wishing I had saved up more for these beauties.

[ProCricketer1982]

Oh my. I'm on the hunt for a new match bat too.

[jwebber86]

they look awesome would love to own one.

[Mattsky]

So, say, if I was after a custom 2lb 8oz beauty that pinged like a trampoline, there would be a suitable cleft there? Those clefts all look as if they'd produce something heavier...

[junter97]

So, say, if I was after a custom 2lb 8oz beauty that pinged like a trampoline, there would be a suitable cleft there? Those clefts all look as if they'd produce something heavier...

I think you'd get a big bat at that weight, especially those clefts around 360

[procricket]

Matt may i call you this, the best example is this

if you like say a Will Bragg shape which at 400 density is 2-10.5oz and got the 353 which is on the shelf it would weight 2-5.5oz mate due to the density of the wood.

So if you wanted a 2-8 you would say only need a 375 or there about if you understand it.

[mini998]

Matt may i call you this the best example is this

if you like say a Will Bragg shape which at 400 density is 2-10.5oz and got the 353 which is on the shelf it would weight 2-5.5oz mate due to the density of the wood.

I was meaning to ask this..

Since you guys have a CNC machine, I would have thought it will be easier to have a desired weight from any cleft by slightly modifying the profile?
Say if you need a lighter bat then you take off one or two millimetres from the back of the bat through out the surface,on the other hand you can add few mm for a heavier bat.

In general you still keep a very similar shape to the original profile but importantly distribution of weight is identical to a bat which was made from a lighter cleft.

So is there any performance related issues which stop you doing that or mainly economical? (ie new design adds time and cost etc..)

[tim2000s]

For me what is interesting is the relative sizes of some of these clefts with the density written on them. The two 359s are massively different...


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[Kal]

Do you get oversized clefts in "crown" willow?

[sgcricket]

Wow. those clefts are amazing. need to save up. even with the vat off, add in shipping and it will be the same.

[kal_m]

Holy smoke....these are amazing....wish I was that good a player to use one of these. If you can, would love to see some finished pics as well Dave.

[GarrettJ]

For me what is interesting is the relative sizes of some of these clefts with the density written on them. The two 359s are massively different...


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It's a per unit density so no matter the size of the cleft the number doesn't change

It's a great process b3 have but it's very very simple maths and all bat makers do it just b3 use a computer and the CNC to get it down to near 99% accuracy weight wise every time they make a bat

Don't be too blinded by science.

Those clefts pictured are some of the best I've ever seen!

[smokem]

Yep from what I understand, the number is a ratio between weight and volume. So those 2 clefts will make the same sized bat for a given profile and weight.