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[Kulli]

Each bat pressed individually and tested all the way through the pressing process. Didn't see Easbo had already replied to this thread - thanks Chris!

Mostly playing devils advocate, but what's the difference between checking pressing with a mallet/ball and handpicking with a mallet/ball?

[Red Ink Cricket]

I work on the same process, press individually and check with mallet and ball. Mallet can give you a harder strike to check firmness of the cleft and simulate a ball travelling where as tapping up a ball is more of a performance thing for me once handled so you get an idea of how well the ball rebounds across the blade. I press about 80-90% capacity is guess before handling and then fine tune once the handle has been fitted. I think this gives me a better opportunity to get that performance and longevity balance. Clefts always feel different when handled/Un handled

For me it depends on the mallet as some sound awful no matter how well the cleft is pressed.

[Simmy]

didnt know you had your own press lad!

was it easy to pick up? trial and error i would have thought?

[Red Ink Cricket]

didnt know you had your own press lad!

was it easy to pick up? trial and error i would have thought?

Yeah had it a while now.

It was a little trial and error to start with but I just take my time and build up the pressure slowly. Find it easier to do and stops me going to far too quickly.

[FattusCattus]

Mallet at the press and then ball once the handle has been fitted.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why this way round?  Is bouncing a ball on a handled bat a much better way of testing responsiveness?

[Red Ink Cricket]

I use the mallet to test the firmness of the blade as I can get a better strike. I do use a ball pre handling but just to give an idea on performance. I use a ball after as it gives a better indication of performance. Plus it's fun and puts a smile on your face when it's not taking much effort to hit the ceiling, can't do that with a mallet!  It's just something that works for me.

[well past my peak]

 Doc can a bat be over pressed??? the reason I asked here in Australia it is common practice for cricket specialist to press a bat at time of purchase.
It seems odd to me that the bat makers have gone to all that effort to get the press correct, then to have some part time shop assistant press the bat behind the counter.

Fortunately for me the only bats I have purchase for those retailers have been GMs ( they say they are hard pressed) which they don't re press however anything else which doesn't have a scuff sheet on gets the treatment.

Do any retailers in the UK press at time of purchase???

[The Doctor]

Doc can a bat be over pressed??? the reason I asked here in Australia it is common practice for cricket specialist to press a bat at time of purchase.
It seems odd to me that the bat makers have gone to all that effort to get the press correct, then to have some part time shop assistant press the bat behind the counter.

Fortunately for me the only bats I have purchase for those retailers have been GMs ( they say they are hard pressed) which they don't re press however anything else which doesn't have a scuff sheet on gets the treatment.

Do any retailers in the UK press at time of purchase???

I think one retailer might Press at purchase, the thing to consider here is the manufacturers warrentee will be null and void if it gets pressed again, but I guess from a customers point of view as long as the shop takes it on the chin then it is OK. The danger of over pressing is it can lead to face delamination.

[Kulli]

How would the manufacturer know it had been repressed, or would they all just automatically say no to this shop because they know they do that?

[smilley792]

Doc can a bat be over pressed??? the reason I asked here in Australia it is common practice for cricket specialist to press a bat at time of purchase.
It seems odd to me that the bat makers have gone to all that effort to get the press correct, then to have some part time shop assistant press the bat behind the counter.

Fortunately for me the only bats I have purchase for those retailers have been GMs ( they say they are hard pressed) which they don't re press however anything else which doesn't have a scuff sheet on gets the treatment.

Do any retailers in the UK press at time of purchase???

Which retailers are those??

I discovered that one shop in aus use a press with a special made roller to round the edges as part of there knocking in, but it does not touch the face so to speak, and the face  was knocked in by a knocking machine after.
Can't remember which shop that was though.

[WalkingWicket37]

Is that The Greg Chappel Cricket Centre?
I saw on youtube they put bats through a press to kick start their knocking in process.

[well past my peak]

yeah GCCC is one of many in AUS which presses the bats at time of purchase, its free when the bat is purchase there or $25 for a bat brought into them.
I just think it strange you pick out a $700 bat then the shop assistant who knows nothing about bat making rolls it through the press.
Kind of insulting the bat maker, as to say he hasn't done his job right we better press it again,

[procricket]

I have had a bat through the "press" in Sydney by GCCC. Infact it was Melbourne

In truth it is not a press with the force of a proper press more of a roller which rounds the edge.

It was not a industrial press at all which certainly didn't have the force of the presses bat makers have.

[Nmcgee]

That's why, when the GCCC boys offer to prepare your bat, you politely decline.