Do you need to bone a maple bat like an ash bat?
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How do you "bone" the ash bat?
Soup bone, coke bottle or iron fence post?
My son, Robert is the Promotions Manager for the SSK maple and ash bats. Many players on the Cuban team, Korea, Japan and Venezuela teams use the SSK bats and gloves.
The maple bat is very hard wood and does not need to be "boned".
Bob
Soup bone, coke bottle or iron fence post?
My son, Robert is the Promotions Manager for the SSK maple and ash bats. Many players on the Cuban team, Korea, Japan and Venezuela teams use the SSK bats and gloves.
The maple bat is very hard wood and does not need to be "boned".
Bob
I've seen it done with bone and bottle. Bat needs to be sanded first or be raw wood. The idea is to close the grain, making the bat harder.
Not sure that I've ever seen anyone try to bone a maple bat. They're hard with different grain to begin with.
Not to change the subject, but I do know of a few professional players that had their wood bats treated cryogenically. Supposedly it changes the molecular structure of the bat making it harder. Unfortunately it makes the bat more brittle as well and when the bat breaks it pretty much disintegrates. This is illegal I suppose, but it is nearly impossible to prove a bat has been treated in this way. It would take a scientist to figure it out.
Cryogenics is more common in metal objects. However, there are a few places that have experimented with wood. I think it is used a lot with avionics and have heard it is popular with golf clubs.
Not sure that I've ever seen anyone try to bone a maple bat. They're hard with different grain to begin with.
Not to change the subject, but I do know of a few professional players that had their wood bats treated cryogenically. Supposedly it changes the molecular structure of the bat making it harder. Unfortunately it makes the bat more brittle as well and when the bat breaks it pretty much disintegrates. This is illegal I suppose, but it is nearly impossible to prove a bat has been treated in this way. It would take a scientist to figure it out.
Cryogenics is more common in metal objects. However, there are a few places that have experimented with wood. I think it is used a lot with avionics and have heard it is popular with golf clubs.
Bring me your bats....
quote:Originally posted by Bob Williams:
The maple bat is very hard wood and does not need to be "boned".
From the Marucci Bat company: bat boning
It doesn't specify ash or maple so maybe they only use this process on their ash bats?
What do you think about the study released today, which said that maple bats should be used to make contact on the flat side, not against the grain side?
MLB is ordering labels branded on the grain, so that hitting will occur on the flat side.
Apparently maple bats have irregular grain that has been contributing to the exploding bats phenomenon. This move is hoped to reduce that danger.
MLB is ordering labels branded on the grain, so that hitting will occur on the flat side.
Apparently maple bats have irregular grain that has been contributing to the exploding bats phenomenon. This move is hoped to reduce that danger.