Bat repair
James Matthew Rice
Has anybody out there ever tried a minor repair of a bat?
My bat has a couple of hair line cracks in the toe and I want to
head them off before the bat dies (the last time I noticed these
sort of cracks in a bat a piece of the toe was off in no time.)
I was wondering what the best glue would be.
It must be liquid enough to get into the cracks and strong enough
to take the punishment of a cricket ball.
the 2 suggestions I have been given are:
1) epoxy resin (the one that you mix from 2 tubes)
2) elmer's carpenters glue (mixed with a little water to make it a little
more liquid)
Which would be best? any other suggestions?
thanks
matt
Ashish Banerjee
In <4n8de5$d...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> jm...@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu
I'd use the epoxy resin, and after it dries, I'd tape up the toe.
BTW, did we play each other in the Columbia vs. Princeton game? (I'm
the tall leg spinner who took 3 wickets, including your skipper Wood's
- c&b on a blinder).
Good luck with the bat.
-Ashish Banerjee
Jack Bramah
In article <4n8de5$d...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, James Matthew Rice
<jm...@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu> writes
>
>Has anybody out there ever tried a minor repair of a bat?
>
>My bat has a couple of hair line cracks in the toe and I want to
>head them off before the bat dies (the last time I noticed these
>sort of cracks in a bat a piece of the toe was off in no time.)
>
>I was wondering what the best glue would be.
>It must be liquid enough to get into the cracks and strong enough
>to take the punishment of a cricket ball.
>
>the 2 suggestions I have been given are:
>1) epoxy resin (the one that you mix from 2 tubes)
>2) elmer's carpenters glue (mixed with a little water to make it a little
>more liquid)
>
>Which would be best? any other suggestions?
>
>thanks
>
>matt
Creeping Crack Cure" seems to work. I think it's basically a resin based
wood glue which is thin enough to be sucked into the depths of any tiny
crack by capillary action. I've done a couple of small cracks on a
couple of my bats, and none of them have come apart again (yet).
--
Jack Bramah
Peter M Lamsdale
You can get toe caps for bats or you could be more ambitious and "pin"
your Bat.
I have done this with wood screws. You can either do this or I have seen
Sharpened matches insert into thin holes into the blade of the bat to hold
the face together quite successfully.
One thing is don't go for a Rock hard resin or the bat may well break from
the bottom upwards. You might be better advised to sand the crack as best
you can and simply use some glass tape.
Best of luck.
On 14 May 1996, Ashish Banerjee wrote...
> In <4n8de5$d...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> jm...@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu
> (James Matthew Rice) writes:
> >
> >
> >Has anybody out there ever tried a minor repair of a bat?
> >
> >My bat has a couple of hair line cracks in the toe and I want to
> >head them off before the bat dies (the last time I noticed these
> >sort of cracks in a bat a piece of the toe was off in no time.)
> >
> >I was wondering what the best glue would be.
> >It must be liquid enough to get into the cracks and strong enough
> >to take the punishment of a cricket ball.
> >
> >the 2 suggestions I have been given are:
> >1) epoxy resin (the one that you mix from 2 tubes)
> >2) elmer's carpenters glue (mixed with a little water to make it a
> little
> >more liquid)
> >
> >Which would be best? any other suggestions?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >matt
>
Bob Down
In article <0VEfXMAu...@catland.demon.co.uk>, Jack Bramah <ja...@catland.demon.co.uk> says:
>
>In article <4n8de5$d...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, James Matthew Rice
>>
>>Has anybody out there ever tried a minor repair of a bat?
>>
>>My bat has a couple of hair line cracks in the toe and I want to
>>head them off before the bat dies (the last time I noticed these
>>sort of cracks in a bat a piece of the toe was off in no time.)
>>
>>I was wondering what the best glue would be.
>>It must be liquid enough to get into the cracks and strong enough
>>to take the punishment of a cricket ball.
>>
No, No, NO!!
Those types of glue would be the worst thing you could start injecting
into the face of a cricket bat, because English willow does not cope
well with anything except a specific type of adhesive. When the glue
dries it makes the surrounding willow brittle, which only hastens the
collapse of the wood when struck with the ball.
The best thing to do would be to get hold of some fibreglass adhesive
tape, or failing that, some strong electrical tape. Give your bat a
liberal oiling, then bind it tightly around the area starting to crack.
This wont fix any hairline cracks, but will help to prevent their
expansion and prolong the life of the bat considerably, provided that
the present cracks are not too advanced.
I did this with my present bat three seasons ago, and its still going
strong. I would STRONGLY recommend you did this, instead of messing
around with glues, epoxies or wood putties.
Cheers, Steve
IRC Nick: Stemmo