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zooken |
Longevity of Bats
Jul 12 2008, 1:32 AM EDT
I really don't know how much abuse a wood/aluminum baseball bat can take before breaking. Anyone know the effects polyurea (stuff used for truck bed liners) or carbon fiber wrapping would have on the life of a bat, and if there might be any added pros or cons to doing this.
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WiseChoice |
1. RE: Longevity of Bats
Mar 11 2010, 8:20 PM EST
"I really don't know how much abuse a wood/aluminum baseball bat can take before breaking. Anyone know the effects polyurea (stuff used for truck bed liners) or carbon fiber wrapping would have on the life of a bat, and if there might be any added pros or cons to doing this."Old Old Old post but oh well. I have tested a few different Aluminum bats. If they are hollow they do bend when swung hard enough at say a wooden stump or limestone. I compared crushing a human skull to coconuts. Since coconuts have an extremely close PSI until curshing that the human skull does it would make sense to test it on coconuts. I used one bat and threw one coconut into the air and the results were devestating (wasnt even a full force swing at all) and did the same thing with a frozen coconut (same results). This was with a hollow aluminum bat. For the second bat I filled the tip with concrete. Used the same 2 coconuts (one raw one frozen) and more impressive effects. So aluminum bats work well against say, a zombies head. But when swung against limestone or a wooden stump (on the side of the bat not the tip) it does bend (when not filled with cement). That was confusing. I'm sorry but I hope it helps. Do you find this valuable? |
