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Comment by Walter Ambrosch Master Turner on Tuesday

Wow... this site has died.

Comment by Christine Bednark on April 18, 2012 at 5:58am

Dipping bats does not put on thick coats,many thin ones. Many of the very glossy,heavy coatings on import bats are most likely uv cure spray finish. The uv flash cure only takes 30 or so seconds to be "dry" or cured. A very tough,durable coating with the ability to get several coats on very quick. Often used in the pre finished wood and bamboo flooring market.Only MLB has a " hardening " rule,but that is not a big problem as coatings do add weight and we have all been there. Tom

Comment by Buck Watford on April 17, 2012 at 10:07pm

I was looking at some new bats some of the guys got shipped today.  Is it just me, or do the dip coatings some companies are putting on bats seen to be getting thicker and thicker?  I like shiney new toys too, but how thick can the coats be before we are just applying a wrap to the bat?  When does this push the bat to being illegal?

Comment by Chet Fowler on April 9, 2012 at 9:59pm

I am looking for someone with a CNC lathe to rough out some groups of bats for me. I have a few orders for high school senior player gifts and I am hoping to save some time by having some already roughed out that I could finish. I'm small and turn everything by hand still. These would not be game use bats, so B grade billets would work. Please shoot me some prices.

Comment by Walter Ambrosch Master Turner on March 17, 2012 at 2:23pm

re: Champeau used to supply fair quality Maple and Birch, but I'm not sure that is true today.

re: Fiberglass sleeves:  We used to place a Fiberglass sleeve from under the trademard to the knob on Engineered bats... never had one break.  But it is a messy and expensive process.  would never do it again.

Comment by Christine Bednark on March 15, 2012 at 5:56pm

The wraps are nothing new. The Voit brand had glass wraps 40 years ago on wooden bats. Our longest hitting wrapped bat has about 20,000 contacts and is really beat up. It is all a bit of luck, a great piece of wood , a good wrap and good players. The bats are in the "stiff range" as to feel on contact. Tom at Barnstable Bat

Comment by Michael Paes on March 15, 2012 at 2:00pm

I remember about 12 years ago, companies started coming out with fiberglass wrapped wood bats.  They had a thick cover (enough that the clear wood appeared whiteish), and had a 1 year warranty.  Later they made them with thinner covers, with shorter warranties.  I guess that is some ancedotal evidence that they worked pretty well when properly made.

Comment by Roland Hernandez on March 15, 2012 at 1:46pm

As long as there is good "composite action" between the wood and the fiberglass -  and the fiberglass wrap has good elastic and strength properties,  then YES, this can significantly "increase strength".   

 

INCREASED STRENGTH can REDUCE BREAKS - but that doesn't mean the bat is unbreakable.   The bat may still be hit by a fastball that it going to break it - no matter how much wrap is on the handle.    - but the wrap DOES help.

 

 "Composite Action" means that the fiberglass wrap absorbs more of the stress - and the wood sees less stress.

 

When I was a researcher with the Forest Service, we did this reinforcing with large glued-laminated timber beams.   We glued-in a fiber-reinforced plastic layer on the bottom of a large glulam beam -  and the increase in design strength was sometimes 1.5 to 2 times that of wood.   The increase in stiffness was also a percentage higher than just wood.

 

Here is that report...

http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplrp/fplrp554.pdf

 

The key is how good the composite action is between the wrap and the wood.

Also, the difference in stiffness between the wrap and the wood.

 

By the way, you can get significant increases in strength and stiffness simply by gluing different woods together.   So it doesn't just have to be fiberglass wrap.

 

I hope this info helps.

 

Roland Hernandez, Founder

http://www.rockbats.com/

 

 

Comment by Martin on March 15, 2012 at 12:52pm

Does adding a fiberglass sleeving over the handle really help to reduce breaks?

I see some manufacturer adding fiberglass all over the bat.  How adding fiberglass over the barrel helps?

Comment by Roberto Escamilla on March 11, 2012 at 3:55pm

Can anyone tell me about Champeau out of Quebec Canada. If they sell good billets. And there prices are good . $19.45 for pro select. Thanks Bob

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