Logan Oplinger on wed 27 dec 00
Repair suggestion for plasti-bats w/ worn positioning holes. (Best viewed using mono-spaced font).
Find metal tubing, (copper or aluminum) which just fits over the positioning pins (tubing I.D. = pin diameter). Cut two short lengths of tubing = bat thickness to make two rings. Roughen outer surface of rings. Enlarge/ Drill out positioning holes if necessary so rings fit snugly in the hole. Check alignment by placing bat w/ rings inserted onto the wheel head. If alighnment is proper, secure rings to bat with 2 drops super glue. Be careful not to glue bat to wheel head.
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If the holes in the bats are too large for the rings to fit snugly, secure the rings in the holes with epoxy. First place a waxpaper separator over the pins, then place the bat & rings onto the wheelhead over the pins. Again, don't glue the bats to the wheelhead.
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==#| |#=============#| |#== ____H_________________H____ pin ^ pin ^
I hope this is understood and works for you, good luck.
Logan Oplinger
Mike & Rose,
---- you wrote:
> Ron, et all;
>
> Quick question . . .
>
> We own Plasti-bats and have found that their positioning holes have "loosened up"
> over the past two years(and we only thrown a couple times a week)!
>
> I am now very close to "drilling new positioning holes." As they stand now, when I
> am centering, I can feel and hear their movement.. My current "fix" is to use
> tooth picks to take up the space.
>
> Have others had problems with their bat holes enlarging?
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> Mike & Rose - Throwing In St. Louis~
>
>
>
> Ron Collins wrote:
>
> > ----- For my two cents, if it were me, I'd buy some new plastibats....I love
> > mine-they never wear out, so it would be money well spent.
> >
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