Topic: Leachys isolation activity. (Read 46127 times)

Neon Cricket · « **Reply #135 on:** March 24, 2021, 08:22:05 AM »

Looking good Jake, sure the new owners will be very pleased

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #136 on:** March 24, 2021, 09:54:54 AM »

Quote from: Neon Cricket on March 24, 2021, 08:22:05 AM

Looking good Jake, sure the new owners will be very pleased

Thanks mate - Hope so!

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #137 on:** March 24, 2021, 09:55:45 AM »

Quote from: SOULMAN1012 on March 23, 2021, 11:23:29 PM

@LEACHY48 that BDM copy is a thing of beauty, stunning shape mate top work again.

Thanks mate - I love this shape, high swell but performance all over.

Thanks everyone for all the kind comments

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #138 on:** March 24, 2021, 08:07:52 PM »

Debut of one of our new sticker designs for this year on the butterfly.

suraj · « **Reply #139 on:** March 25, 2021, 09:21:02 AM »

Looks really lovely mate! Good face and enjoying the sticker too.

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #140 on:** March 27, 2021, 05:30:00 PM »

Now we are heating up....
2nd workshop space now all finished, and I�ve started shifting the machinery in. We�ve got a table plane, spindle moulder, and a bandsaw arriving soon, and then got 2 great sanders on their way too.

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #141 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:09:11 PM »

So, with all the new kit in the new workshop, I thought I�d do a video on pressing!

Here�s how I press clefts.

https://youtu.be/62CgEc9_2h4

AJ2014 · « **Reply #142 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:23:23 PM »

Appreciate video, nice set up as well. Can I ask how much pressing weight you use?

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #143 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:27:50 PM »

Quote from: AJ2014 on March 28, 2021, 08:23:23 PM

Appreciate video, nice set up as well. Can I ask how much pressing weight you use?

Hey mate - thanks very much. In terms of pressing weight, there is no set amount. The screw thread handle at the top applies tension to springs above the roller to compress the bat. I press each bat a different amount based on the clefts properties. This particular cleft needed a little more weight as it was softer due to being all sapwood and having fewer grains.

The press can achieve weights in excess of 2000lbs / square inch though so it�s an awesome bit of kit.

AJ2014 · « **Reply #144 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:35:38 PM »

Thanks,
Am I right you pressed it 3 times?
If you didn't do last pressing, how long would have taken it to be fully knocked in by normal wooden mallet? And how long would it take now, after last pressing, to be fully knocked in?

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #145 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:41:03 PM »

Quote from: AJ2014 on March 28, 2021, 08:35:38 PM

Thanks,
Am I right you pressed it 3 times?
If you didn't do last pressing, how long would have taken it to be fully knocked in by normal wooden mallet? And how long would it take now, after last pressing, to be fully knocked in?

I pressed this particular one a total of 6 passes back and forward. So 12 runs in all each at varying pressure.

Before my final pressing run. The bat would likely have taken a number of hours to fully prepare. There were spots that were under pressed, and spots that were just right. The skill to pressing is lightening off on the bits that are ready and applying more pressure to the softer parts within the run.

After the final pressing, I would say that to be on the safe side, 40 minutes on the toe with a mallet, and 40 minutes on the edges, then 10 minutes doing the remainder of the face.

I don�t believe in �ready press� whereby you can take a bat straight out of the packet and use it. All bats require some knocking in, but you definitely can over do it, so 40/40/10 is my recommendation

AJ2014 · « **Reply #146 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:47:20 PM »

Does 6 passes mean you're using lighter pressing machine than others,
as I've seen that max is 3, what they've shown.

AJ2014 · « **Reply #147 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:49:19 PM »

Does softer willow bats mean they could have pressed one or two more times? As they take hours to knock them in

LEACHY48 · « **Reply #148 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:54:44 PM »

Quote from: AJ2014 on March 28, 2021, 08:47:20 PM

Does 6 passes mean you're using lighter pressing machine than others,
as I've seen that max is 3, what they've shown.

I�m using the same press that Aldred currently does, as well as the one the H4L used to use.

I don�t know of any bat maker that just does 3 passes, I personally don�t believe that 6 total passes would be enough.

Pressing doesn�t give the same effect that knocking in does. You can�t achieve a fully knocked in bat by pressing it, and you can�t make up for under pressing by knocking in, they affect the wood in 2 different ways. There is a thread about it somewhere.

AJ2014 · « **Reply #149 on:** March 28, 2021, 08:58:07 PM »

Thanks

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