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[Ayrtek Cricket]

Lol uv let me down Joseph as well as urself!! Thought I'd be hitting many a 6 with that beast...who needs sandpaper...rough and ready is the way forward!!!

[Colesy]

Bowlers may use the scuffed up ball for swing

[Ayrtek Cricket]

I can see matty at h4l is viewing in admiration thinking how did he acieve such results in only 60 mins...think of me as the claire sweeny of the bag shaping world with my 60 minute makover! That's as close to a finished article as il get slap a grip n stickers on and she's gd to go

[Colesy]

I'm so glad someone supplies your bats and you don't make them

I just hope the new one lives up to expectations and perhaps beats the recently deceased

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Thanks for the vote of confidence mate lol I'm sure ul manage as lad at Somerset banged 94 with his on Saturday and has been taken on contract I'm sure Gareth will vouch for his lol

[Colesy]

Gaz his 51 off 17 scoring shots, Ben's yet to get a league run with his. My last innings with mine I got 1

All about a 2007 GM Purist 808 on Sunday

[Beachcricket]

I know it's not finished but I always find I have to shape the shoulders more aggressively than I initially anticipate. Don't go crazy though!

Looks like a great start, obviously the truth about KP is that he's really come home to pick up his bat. I can't believe they thought we'd buy that "he having a baby" line.

[SillyShilly]

Shoulders.......i hate shoulders.......i've watched a couple professional batmakers  just flick the shoulder shape in two or three pulls with a spokeshave.....i've found shoulders to be a real pain, beach what do you use for the shoulders and what shape do you prefer to go for?

[Beachcricket]

I try to make them flat as possible using drawknife, rasp, file, basically anything I can use effectively. Then I sand it down closer to the shape, getting them even is so hard.

[Ayrtek Cricket]

little update for all u boys who are waiting in anticpation to see whats come from todays 60 minute makeover!

any adivice on the toe? will the travisher make my life a bit easier to shape it up to make it look a bit better...havent used any sandpaper on it as yet so still rough and ready...managed to keep the 30mm edges as per our normal profiled bats but as you say making the sides look even and the spine straight is not easy



Any toe tekkers advice welcomed

[Colesy]

Toe looks thin......

Nice profileeee

[Ayrtek Cricket]

is a bit on the slim jim side mate as got a bit heavy handed with the drawknife hoping to beef it up a bit when sanding and adding some shaoe with the travisher.

[Ayrtek Cricket]

time for an update...after recieving a no. 4 travisher from SS i set to work adding some shape to the back of the bat to get the weight down at bit closer to what i was after....eventually got the hang of it after a while and ended up with the below...



Learnt some lessons whan making this one in regards to the edges as its got a bit of a curve of one side after getting a bit carried away with the spokeshave to remove a dent.

Given it a quick sand but hoping to tidy up/even up the edges tomorrow as trying to limit myself on time to an hour as iv got other stuff to do lol

Feedback welcome but be gentle....

[Colesy]

Not bad Tom, must admit I'm surprised, can I see it later?

What do you play to do with this bat?

[Ayrtek Cricket]

thanks joseph...i think???

yeh ill bring it over for you look at and hold in admiration lol ill prob end up leaving it in a dark corner somewhere lol

getting used to the tools and technique is prob the most difficult part and having a good eye to judge whats even etc is where the difficulty lies i think....as you can see im pretty useless at all of the above!