Truman posted:I got so tired of son breaking bats, especially the more expensive ones he sometimes insisted on, I decided to repair those that were only cracked and and reinforced them. Being a skilled woodworker (a hobby of mine) I glued the cracked bats together along with wood dowels I inserted through the cracked area. Volah, the bats were actually little strong and seemed to last a little longer, but eventually . . . they too got busted.
I'm thinking this is illegal.....in a lot of ways....but in reality, if your son is a 14U player playing in a wood bat tourney, I'm not sure why anyone would care. My son played in wood bat tourneys for 3 summers. Almost every college coach my son ever talked to HATED THEM!!! They see absolutely no good in recruiting kids based on seeing them using bats they will NEVER use in a college game. My son was a pitcher and played SS all 3 summers. Depending on whether he was pitching or batting determined whether or not he was happy that we were in a wood bat tourney....