Topic: Northern monkey batmaking (Read 174704 times)

Northern monkey · « **on:** March 17, 2018, 11:36:15 AM »

procricket · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2018, 11:55:13 AM »

looks good 3rd picture that profile looks great.

Northern monkey · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2018, 12:21:18 PM »

Yeah it's a weird one that
Just kinda evolved
The cleft was big enough just to work on pick up.

It's also got every cheat in the book on it
The edges taper back, the bat width tapers up, shoulders dropped slightly etc
But it is a long blade, and 2.14.5 finished

Northern monkey · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2018, 12:23:32 PM »

I'll post up the round bottom plane modifications and the forging of a drawknife soon
Also got the press to show

Northern monkey · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2018, 06:14:40 PM »

Northern monkey · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2018, 06:23:38 PM »

I�ll drop this off Friday to it�s lucky owner

Northern monkey · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2018, 06:28:48 PM »

Using the chuck from an old lathe to string a handle

edge · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2018, 06:31:11 PM »

Quote from: Northern monkey on March 19, 2018, 06:28:48 PM

Using the chuck from an old lathe to string a handle

Now that I need!

Northern monkey · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2018, 06:37:19 PM »

Loads on eBay
I�m lucky in that I work all over the U.K., so I can pick things like this up easily.
This was off an old submarine! Got it off a bloke down in Havant, I�d know idea that it was collectible until the bids went a bit stupid.
I only wanted the lathe bed and screw for my bat press, but I�ve ended up using quite a few parts off it

Northern monkey · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2018, 06:45:21 PM »

This was modified from a smoothing plane , again bought off eBay, very cheap
Tbh I didn�t have a clue what I was doing with this, but it seems to concave the bats perfect and for under a fiver, it�s a damn sight cheaper than buying a travisher or similar

Gotta be honest too, I just can�t get the hang of either spokeshaves or hand planes.
I can do the work of both with my random orbital sanders and an electric plane
I know it�s not the fashionable norm, but it works for me

Northern monkey · « **Reply #10 on:** March 19, 2018, 06:51:51 PM »

Gives a good idea of different stages of batmaking
Bat on the left just needs final finishing etc, but the bat on the right still has a lot of shaping,(spine into the toe) and finishing

Northern monkey · « **Reply #11 on:** March 19, 2018, 07:01:49 PM »

All finished

Northern monkey · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2018, 07:02:27 PM »

Northern monkey · « **Reply #13 on:** March 19, 2018, 07:03:07 PM »

Northern monkey · « **Reply #14 on:** March 19, 2018, 07:03:46 PM »

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