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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #60 on: September 07, 2010, 01:07:01 PM »
Ha more retailers after you sorry mate

I think it's where the highest point of the edge is in a different place to the highest point of the middle but may be wrong
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #61 on: September 07, 2010, 01:08:41 PM »
Quote from: Ayrtek on September 07, 2010, 01:03:49 PM
I still have no idea what an "offset edge" is so if i have I can assure you its purely by accident than intention! Ill get Andy after me for infringing his IPR rights if you carry on...and im already in his bad books today over stickers ;)

Whilst I like SAF stickers the best I believe SAF will not mind you using the Offset Edge Technologies [OET] by accident.  By accident I assume your drawknife slipped whilst listening to an interesting debate on Radio 4 [the radio station of choice for bat makers]
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #62 on: September 07, 2010, 01:25:22 PM »
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #63 on: September 07, 2010, 01:49:36 PM »
Talking of slips of the drawknife i have gone back to my 1st backmaking cleft that went wonky and made a hybrid of all sorts of styles and bat designs......weighing in at a whopping 2.6oz with 2 grips!!! ill get some pics of of "frankenstein" shortly!

No raido 4 im afraid mate had to make do with a playlist from my iphone :( perhaps thats where im going wrong!
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #64 on: September 07, 2010, 02:02:40 PM »
Behold...Frankenstein....a mixture of body parts from various things of beauty!





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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #65 on: September 07, 2010, 02:05:16 PM »
You should either be arrested for cruelty to wood or hailed as a genius for creating a new t20 style bat
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #66 on: September 07, 2010, 02:06:49 PM »
haha yeh the shoulders were uneven as it was my 1st cleft to try out dont think having blunt tools helped and thought i may as well go a bit crazy and see what happened to it when chucking in a few different features!
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #67 on: September 07, 2010, 02:34:01 PM »
That is very very odd but cool at the same time.
What sizes are the edges??
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #68 on: September 07, 2010, 02:34:37 PM »
I am strangley draw to that and it makes me feel kind of dirty :-[
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #69 on: September 07, 2010, 02:40:28 PM »
After a few Pm's enquiring about the proper bat i thought I may as well bang some stickers on it and give it a coat of salix bat wax to make it look a bit smarter and presentable at least.....




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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #70 on: September 07, 2010, 02:41:48 PM »
Quote from: Abighugeappl on September 07, 2010, 02:34:01 PM
That is very very odd but cool at the same time.
What sizes are the edges??

The edges arent anything to write home about as they are only 29mm :( does pick up well though and would like to give it a bash in the nets to see how it goes...shame the toe got so slimline!
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #71 on: September 07, 2010, 03:46:54 PM »

Sod the SCat...... I want a Milsom :)
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #72 on: September 07, 2010, 03:55:43 PM »
haha not sure I can charge £400 for mine though mate.... £4 maybe meaning quite a large loss on the price of making it!
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #73 on: September 07, 2010, 03:59:00 PM »
You drive a hard bargain Tom.....but think I may be able to just about stretch to the £4 you're after!
Go on then, bag it up for me then!  :(
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Re: Batmaking -1st effort.....
« Reply #74 on: September 07, 2010, 04:02:17 PM »
haha i thought your bat buying budget was blown too mate?!?! might see if mike has any clefts about and try and make a proper bat having learnt a few things from these two....that said it doesnt seem the best time to be selling bats!
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