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[procricket]

well have just finished making my 1st ever bat it is not great and critizism is due i think but for somebody who never did woodwork at school and only got the idea from here i think it a ok effort....

not polished it up it in the sanding stage....


i will not lie the cleft came with the shoulders done all i had to do is shape the back and do the edges and spine....


The shape is not one i preticular like it reminds me of a warsop i got off liam a while ago but hey i tried my best pictures coming up

[procricket]

first pictures of my tools

Travisher number 5
small plane
medium plane
belt sander black and decker
sheet sander
spokshave

[tim2000s]

first pictures of my tools

Travisher number 5
small plane
medium plane
belt sander black and decker
sheet sander
spokshave

Is the last of those very rare and only used by Vulcans?

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[Ayrtek Cricket]

thats some low middle davey good start tho mate

[procricket]

agreed tom i could do with some advice on the toe not quite got the hang of it

[Ayrtek Cricket]

yeh i found the edges the hardest to even up on my 1st effort....wasnt bad at the old woodwork or raw materials at school so being fairly hand on helped i think. just a case of picturing what u want and then not getting to carried away with taking off too much.

[Ayrtek Cricket]

the binding is now the worst part....takes forever lol

[procricket]

the polishing was wondering what other have used i could get somebody to proffesionally polish them up but want to do it myself any help???

got some more clefts coming grade 2 so best start learning fast...

[Ayrtek Cricket]

yeah the buffing is where im lacking too to get it up to a decent finish

[procricket]

yes got a compound here a special ingredient all i need now is one of the mop head tool things or might get a stand alone buffer...

got to say the travisher is a top tool in my eyes i enjoyed whittling this beast down to the tooth pick might need a drawknife and possibly a number 4 travisher

anybody got any other tips

[Ayrtek Cricket]

i only use a draw knife and travisher mainly.....not that im by any means know what im doing!!! but the last 2 part mades i got off of mike that needed some shaping and the handles finishing were pretty easy in comparism to starting from scratch i thought

[procricket]

i mainly used the travisher and sanders the spine was a bugger i found things towards the end fell into place

[arif786]

good on ya mate, worth a try i reckon, i wouldn't mind having a go myself, when you want me to come round then?