Topic: Bulldog Pedigree (Read 17939 times)

Bulldog Cricket · « **Reply #75 on:** June 17, 2009, 05:38:59 PM »

Your one of the stars Tills. Whats it like playing with Mark Garaway ? he must be a different class.

Yes its nice to back home. Thought the time was right and the travelling in those top divisions was too much. Leaving home at 9.00am and having a 200 mile plus round trip on some games to get home at 10.00pm was tough.

Now a home game is only 5 mins down the road for me. Standard is not great but its good fun.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

Kier

Mark Tilley · « **Reply #76 on:** June 17, 2009, 06:54:50 PM »

Kieron

must admit playing with Mark Garaway is something else. I have played with some good players in my many years, like James Hildreth and Wes at Glastonbury and against some very good players in the days of the old Somerset league but never seen anyone with so much time! Even at 35 he can still teach you a hell of a lot about cricket. He had us doing an old England training session a few weeks back, great but nearly died!! How is Bulldog going?

Tills

SAF Bats · « **Reply #77 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:55:24 PM »

Quite interested in the we had not press bit... So did you hand knock in bats?

SillyShilly · « **Reply #78 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:15:02 PM »

No press, no saw, no drum sanders........Ivor clearly loves a challenege!
Can i just ask a rather naive question - but with no press, how can they make the bats? You need the press in the early stages of batmaking to compact the blade, then as some batmakers do, use the press again to simulate the knocking in process - without a press surely batmaking becomes an impossible task???

hell4leather cricket · « **Reply #79 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:33:33 PM »

i think the blade can be knocked in by hand ,what a task that would be!

SillyShilly · « **Reply #80 on:** June 17, 2009, 10:43:34 PM »

so are you saying that you dont need a press at all? surely you must need one in the initial pressing process......are you telling me that a person knocking a bat in can simulate several tons of pressure??? i find this very hard to believe.

Apple · « **Reply #81 on:** June 18, 2009, 05:23:45 AM »

im guessing the clefts would be pressed already . . . maybe . . .

Mark Tilley · « **Reply #82 on:** June 18, 2009, 05:57:27 AM »

Hi

Ivor now has the clefts pressed before they get to him. The cost of a press is enormous! Yes he does like a challenge and everything else is left to him.

SAF Bats · « **Reply #83 on:** June 18, 2009, 08:02:16 AM »

Press cost are not really that enormous in fact way under a �1000

Sillyshilly yep you can hand knock in bat you should get better performance from an unpress hand knock in bat

SillyShilly · « **Reply #84 on:** June 18, 2009, 08:48:39 AM »

Fair enough - sounds like a rather monotonous job!
Mark, it would be good to see some of the horns bats and gear - perhaps you could post some pictures up in a seperate link?

SAF Bats · « **Reply #85 on:** June 18, 2009, 09:36:02 AM »

Quote from: SillyShilly on June 18, 2009, 08:48:39 AM

Fair enough - sounds like a rather monotonous job!

Yep it is

SillyShilly · « **Reply #86 on:** June 18, 2009, 09:43:53 AM »

I'd imagine this is said from past experience, i feel sorry for you if it is - how long does it take?

Out o curiousity, has it been difficult getting hold of the appropriate machinery and tools for the batmaking - i cant imagine a decent workshop would materialise over night, have you gradually accummulated or went crazy and got it all from the start?

SAF Bats · « **Reply #87 on:** June 18, 2009, 01:09:44 PM »

handle and pressed cleft...Vice Drawknife and plane is all you need so it doesn't take long....

You do accumulate stuff though - bandsaw / convex spokeshave / flat spokeshave more planes, more drawknifes... finally that elusive press

edit: and I have knocked in from scratch 2-3 unpressed bats and yep it is a pain

SillyShilly · « **Reply #88 on:** June 18, 2009, 01:33:23 PM »

you make it sound very simple - vice, drawknife and plane. I got two out of three (lots of plains and plenty of vices - how difficult is it to get hold of a drawknife - having finished uni and not looking for a job quite yet, i would love to spend a bit of time just trying it out (im sure there will be many people telling me i should stay away but you have to try everything once!)

SAF Bats · « **Reply #89 on:** June 18, 2009, 01:47:07 PM »

It is simple... Talisman has one nick his or ebay or oldtools.co.uk or try Tom, Axminster tools also do one but I found it to thick...

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