making of an all-wood table tennis blade

[mehdi.serghini]

excellent work.please post a review after you play with it.really interested in hearing how it plays

thank you , ill try to post a review later

 

[mehdi.serghini]

Great Job Man !!! Post pictures of putting the rubbers on and then playing it ....

thanks my friend ill do it tomorrow or after , for the review i guess next week (my elbow hurts me )

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Hope it plays well. Some information. Not sure which plies, of the woods you have access to are best. But the gluing process (the lamination process) is important and I don't know how that is done.

The thickness of the plies can make or break a blade. Often the core is sort of thick and the outer plies are super thin.

The head size can be a factor. A head size of 150mm x 157mm is very standard. Oversized head sizes feel great though, like 151mm x 158mm. The oversized thing though will make the blade feel more head heavy. There are blades with a small head like your 155mm spec also though. Not sure how well a smaller head would play. It should make the blade slower and have less feeling. But if the wood used and the gluing process cause the wood to start out with a lot of feeling and fast, it might be fine.

Last detail, thickness: 5 ply blades that are between 5.6mm and 5..8mm thick play pretty nicely although, there are plenty of good 5 plies that are thicker. 7 ply blades that are between 5.8mm and 6.2mm play really nicely and are good for looping and hitting. But there are a lot of 7mm 7 ply blades. They are stiffer and better for hitting even though you can still loop decently with them.

I will be interested to hear how your blade plays.

Congratulations on making your first blade.




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[mehdi.serghini]

thanks man i used a 4 mm samba core and 2 mm beech veneers , its 16 cm on 15,3 exactly , for the gluing i used just a normal wood glue and i pressured it , i guess its nicely glued , i just weighed it and its really heavy (135 grams ) ; i tried to juggle and the rebounce was pretty high i guess it will be a really nice blade

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

thanks man i used a 4 mm samba core and 2 mm beech veneers , its 16 cm on 15,3 exactly , for the gluing i used just a normal wood glue and i pressured it , i guess its nicely glued , i just weighed it and its really heavy (135 grams ) ; i tried to juggle and the rebounce was pretty high i guess it will be a really nice blade

Woe, an 8mm 3 ply blade. It should be pretty fast. Very stiff. Good for blasting the ball like a cannon. Der_Echte would like the weight if it is handle heavy at least.

6 - I weighed the bat without grip tape - 117 grams - THAT is BETTER

7 - I put on grip tape and bumped up the weight of the blade to around 120 grams

8 - Put on rubbers and overall weight 218+ grams! Hard to see with the light but it topped out at 218+ Gs

I took a couple of swings and MAN this blade is suddenly SOLID! Gunna try it out today with the rec crowd.

 

[weiren_lim]

Wow, great work mate. Do update on how it feels to play.

 

[mehdi.serghini]

just from juggling it seems fast , pretty stiff also , i weighed it with to Old rubbers tenergy 05fx and cornilleau pilot power and the result was 226

 

[mehdi.serghini]

Wow, great work mate. Do update on how it feels to play.

thank you my friend , ill put a review of it next Thursday or Friday

 

[Old School]

Over at the OOAK forum there is a great thread about making your own blade. http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=11969

 

[mehdi.serghini]

Over at the OOAK forum there is a great thread about making your own blade. http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=11969

yeah thanks man ill take a look at it

 

[mehdi.serghini]

hey everybody sorry i forgot to post this little touche :d

 

[Der_Echte]

That is serious old school style weight i hope.

 

[mehdi.serghini]

That is serious old school style weight i hope.

normally i play with not more than 75-90 gms blade but this one is made by just me , and i liked ur page

 

[Der_Echte]

Thanks now my cover is blown.

 

[mehdi.serghini]

Great Job Man !!! Post pictures of putting the rubbers on and then playing it ....

here are the pics

 

[mehdi.serghini]

hey guys , i just stuck the blade and i'll play with it this afternoon , ill post a review later

 

[BeGo]

Dear Mehdi,

Rubber info, please.

 

[mehdi.serghini]

The black one is cornilleau pilot power i guess 2,1mm and sriver fx for backhand its 2,1 too

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

The black one is cornilleau pilot power i guess 2,1mm and sriver fx for backhand its 2,1 too

Have you played with it yet? How does it feel.

 

[mehdi.serghini]

Yeah but not a lot , the feel is hard , its really fast , i think its faster than the boll tricarbon , but it needs soft rubbers for spin , its really cool to block with , nice control , the Only thing that for me is bad is just because its hard