Who am I

[durham2015]

Newbie woodworker in Morrisville / Cary area.
I make sporting equipment (cricket bat) for hobby

 

[ScottM]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[red]

Welcome to the forum.

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[Graywolf]

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[mdbuntyn]

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[rcarmac]

Welcome

 

[golfdad]

Welcome to the sawdust pile Rookie

 

[HITCH-]

Welcome aboard Rookie!

 

[Mrfixit71]

Welcome.

 

[Mike Davis]

Welcome,

We have a wide assortment of hobby crafts and projects here but I don't think I've ever seen anyone make a cricket bat.

Not a common game in North Carolina, I would guess there is a yearly demand for maybe one bat?

 

[John Jimenez]

Welcome Rookie!

 

[Ricksmi]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[durham2015]

Welcome,

We have a wide assortment of hobby crafts and projects here but I don't think I've ever seen anyone make a cricket bat.

Not a common game in North Carolina, I would guess there is a yearly demand for maybe one bat?

I agree the demand for cricket bat is very limited in this part of the world, however Cricket is big in North Carolina. Three are more than 100 teams in Wake county alone. Check out trianglecricketleague.org

 

[LeftyTom]

Welcome to NCWW.

Have you considered expanding, and making hurleys?

 

[Oka]

Welcome !

 

[durham2015]

Welcome to NCWW.

Have you considered expanding, and making hurleys?

For now just focusing on getting consistent with cricket bat making process

 

[Hmerkle]

Welcome Rookie.
You should post some pictures, guessing the standard shape is the same, but guessing there are some intricacies to the bat?

 

[durham2015]

Welcome Rookie.
You should post some pictures, guessing the standard shape is the same, but guessing there are some intricacies to the bat?

While the general shape of cricket bat is the same, every bat is slightly different because it’s customized to individual players preference and also customized to playing conditions due to variations in bounce in different parts of the world.
Fun part is it has an irregular shape, so don’t use power tools much. Pretty much hand tools like draw knifes, and curved blade travishers & spokeshaves & gutter planes are used to make cricket bats.