31st January 2012
How to Effectively Perform Bat Rolling
Perpendicular Roll
You will need to run your bat perpendicular through a parallel bat rolling machine. I suggest rollers that are of a harder material than the regular nylon rollers, these rollers will not defo...
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25th February 2010
Bat shaving is a bat modification that decreases the thickness of a bat's inner barrel. The end cap is removed and a digital precision lathe "shaves" the inside of the barrel. The decrease of alloy or composite material allows the barrel to flex more at...
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25th February 2010
Only rolling perpendicular had been good enough in the past and was the industry standard in the infancy of rolling bats. That is until BigDawgBatRolling enhanced this older idea of rolling. Bat rolling perpendicular followed by parallel generates Optim...
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25th February 2010
Baseball bats are the most widely produced bat in the United States. In addition, composites have overtaken the top manufactured position that aluminum bats held for so long. With the new era of composite material, bats are more durable and better perfo...
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25th February 2010
Bat Rolling has been around for a few years and is just now starting to hit the mainstream in the baseball and fastpitch community. If you are interested in getting your bats rolled, you have probably read some information on the topic before you are rea...
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02nd December 2009
I did not want to attach my bat rolling company's name to just any brand of bat rolling machines. I decided to do extensive research on bat rollers, the physics of bat rollers, and all companies and their reputations. This was about a 5 month process....
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02nd December 2009
Bat rolling had been a guessing problem for most people who bat roll; what pressure to use, how long to roll, what bats crack easily and so on. There are quite a few more issues with bat rolling than just applying pressure A and rolling through B amount o...
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22nd September 2009
It depends on who you talk to. Composite bats are made of many layers of carbon fiber, resin, and glue. When a bat comes from the plant the resin and glue inbetween the fibers are rigid and less pliable. When a bat is hit by a baseball or softball th...
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17th September 2009
There has been a lot of speculation and buzz around the softball community concerning the new 2010 ASA bat mph standards. 2004 has the ASA standard at 98mph and bat companies stayed below this standard and as the bats were broken in or put through a...
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17th September 2009
Anyone who has played with an all-composite bat realizes that composite bats are often not as hot "out of the wrapper" as they are after about 500 to 700 hundred hits have been put on to the bat. This is the main reason that "artificial break-in" tech...
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17th September 2009
Composite bats are made of many layers of fiber, resin, and glue. When a bat comes from the factory the resin and glue between the fibers are stiff and less pliable. As a bat is hit by a baseball or softball the resin and glue begin to break, this is...
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17th September 2009
I have been around the game of softball for over 20 years now and I have used every kind of bat; from a Carl Rose Powercell to a 2010 Worth Resmondo Titan and all kinds in between. I am going to go over some of the bats that are goods to go after they h...
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17th September 2009
How to spot a novice?
People are sending $200 to $600 bats to companies to get rolled; a lot of that business is conducted on EBay. EBay would be the easiest way to start a bat rolling business. A bat roller can be purchased for around $300 and bam ...
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17th September 2009
It is clear that all associations believe that altering a bat not allowed as spelled out by their rules but let's clear the air; there is not any law that states a rolled bat is illegal. It would be hard for a prosecutor to prove that a rolled bat is a...
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17th September 2009
Perpendicular Bat Rolling
Perpendicular bat rolling is a process that rolls a softball or baseball bat through two nylon or hard rubber rollers. This rolling process will roll the entire length of the bat as it passes through the rollers on approxima...
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