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[Washington]

Just been thinking about recent bat innovations such as the double sided bat, the mongoose etc and ive always had this idea about having a really big bat e.g. the Biggest Kahuna that picked up like a salix fera but the obvious question was how?

Then i had this idea . . .

drilling 100's / 1000's of tiny holes half way through the back of the bat thus reducing the weight considerably without comprimising the structural integrity of the bat (in theory).

So im just wondering if any of the resident bakmakers could give me their opinion on this?

[Master-Basterd]

Surely you would lose the feeling of solidity ? the feeling of solid shot when driving ?

[Washington]

Im not sure ive not put it into practice but it something to be considered, but i do have a newbery Uzi that i bought last season that im not too keen on that i might try it with as its a big bat. But by keeping the holes as small as possible im hoping it wont comprimise the feeling of solidity of injecting the holes with cork?

[Master-Basterd]

Im not sure ive not put it into practice but it something to be considered, but i do have a newbery Uzi that i bought last season that im not too keen on that i might try it with as its a big bat. But by keeping the holes as small as possible im hoping it wont comprimise the feeling of solidity of injecting the holes with cork?

How many holes you thinking off ?

[Washington]

Well in order to get the necessary weight off i would have to say it will need to be 1000's

[Master-Basterd]

Or about 50 tactically drilled holes ? Theory would say it would be the same as the scoop theorem. Would love to see this put into practise.

[slogger02]

i have a cheapo kashimr bat here so will have a go just for you pinchy!
pics tomorrow hopefully!

[Washington]

But the idea is not to have big ugly holes all over the bat that will detract from the bat, or to copy the theory of the scoop where the weight is transferred to the outer edges of the bat.

But slogger if your gonna do it would love to see the result, plus if you could feedback if does in fact lower the weight . . .hit a few balls too see if it breaks the bat??

[slogger02]

well i wont do it to look cosmetically good as me and my drill dont do pretty!  but will hopefully get some weight off!  will see what affect it has aswell.

[leeroy_acko]

M&H do the S6 which has holes in it refilled with lighter wood.

Also, Hunts County did a bat with some of the back taken out then refilled with some kinds of honey comb insert, it wasnt successful and the one i used was awful nad sounded shocking.

I cant see holes making that much of a difference, plus surely it would weaken the bat? might be interested in hearing what happens if you try it though

[Washington]

Yeah i know M&H did the S6 but they were 6 large holes roughly around the 'middle' and ive not heard of the hunts county . . do you remember the name?? I know puma also did the stealth but i think this is a different concept entirely.

How my idea is different is that involves drilling, very small holes, possible 1000's of them across the whole length of the bat maybe with the exception of the toe area, therefore hopefully not unbalancing the bat or weakening it by removing huge chunks of willow. . . its just a theory

[Tom]

Modulus.

[Washington]

Modulus?

[Tom]

Hunts County Modulus

[Washington]

Oh ok cheers . . . being a bat maker yourself Tom what do you think of the hole theory?