joes87 posted:Truman posted:pabaseballdad posted:Truman posted:I got so tired of son breaking bat, especially the more expensive one 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 long, but eventually . . . they too got busted.
Is that legal? And do you take orders ?????
I tried to find the answer to the legality at the time, but couldn't find anyone that knew one way or the other. And I never felt a need to disclose this before the games since the bat was still all wood in the all wood games. After I repaired the bats I painted them to look like the new one and no way to tell the bat was repaired unless one removed the paint . . . at least, not until one got cracked in the same place revealing the dowels.
Sure, I'll do orders . . . only $150 per bat (including shipping).
I would guess the repair of the bat would in some way change it characteristics. The seem caused by the glue along the break line along with the dowels would have to have an impact on the bat. Not sure if it would be for the good or bad, but my guess is it would somehow alter the sweet spot as well as have some affect on the density of the wood. This would either make the bat better, or worst. Can't seem to work out in my mind which one.
The only characteristics I estimate was changed in the repaired bats was the strength in flexibility of the bat below the barrel. There wouldn't be any altering of the sweet spot as weight proportions did not change (or were not enough to hardly even be measurable). Since the cracks/breaks in the bats were with the grain, the dowels were inserted perpendicular to the grain, which resist typical cracking along the grain. The only change in performance in the bat would be the resistance to breaking along the grain. And as I mentioned, the bat did eventually crack/break again, but didn't fly apart due to the dowels.
Being a long time skilled woodworker, I'm confident my assessment of the bat's physical properties is pretty accurate. 