Create your own blade.

[bobpuls]

Grat video, really clear and inspiring me to try a carbon layer. It would be great to see how you make and shape your handles.

Thanks ...
For the handle shapes ..... hmmm this part i was not sure i want to show .... not because is secret but because is dangerous in the way i`m doing it ......
But i will try to do something about it and i will change the process a little bit so it can be seen as reference ...
Im not sure i can do it in this month (lots of business traveling) but i will try
Thanks once more.
Robert.

 

[rokphish]

Please... Please... Don't stone me...

 

[BeGo]

Please... Please... Don't stone me...

You should use this to teach your students the proper way to grip table tennis blade, Rokphish, if You dare. [emoji48]

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[MDP]

I can't view the image. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[bobpuls]

Neither can I

 

[GinjaNinja]

Thanks ...
For the handle shapes ..... hmmm this part i was not sure i want to show .... not because is secret but because is dangerous in the way i`m doing it ......
But i will try to do something about it and i will change the process a little bit so it can be seen as reference ...
Im not sure i can do it in this month (lots of business traveling) but i will try
Thanks once more.
Robert.

I've developed something similar to Ross Leidy which I might share with some pictures or video. Mine don't look as good as yours but they are ok. I'd be interested, not just how you shape them, but how you have put the design together especially for the more complicated handles. Also how do you align them, I spend considerable time trying to make sure they are in the right position. Yours look so perfect! MDPs are the same too, it makes the blade look really professional.

 

[MDP]

practice makes perfect, I guess?

 

[GinjaNinja]

practice makes perfect, I guess?

Fair point and I did wonder that. I know each one of my blades looks and plays better than the last. I have no idea how long you guys havie been going at this and how many blades you've made.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I can't view the image. Anyone else have this problem?

Neither can I

Consider yourselves lucky. [emoji2]

Rokphish, you have a dirty mind.


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[rokphish]

Owww, cmon now... It's kind of funny...

I really wondered if they do really use it to play...

 

[Liten]

Well, using that blade might just be why you ain't getting any points.. If you hear your coach mumble something about a weird "swing"... switch..

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Owww, cmon now... It's kind of funny...

I really wondered if they do really use it to play...

It's totally funny. But that doesn't change the other things I said. Hahahaha.

And we wonder why the table tennis ladies out there aren't joining us on the forum. Hahahaha.


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[MDP]

I had the same problem when posting the images to my sales thread.
I uploaded them to postimage and linked them to the post. But it always gave an "404-image not found" error.
I had to upload the pictures to another hosting site for it to work.

Now I see the same 404-error. Is this some kind of forum-bug?

 

[rokphish]

Hey, ladies use that too...

I saw the photos awhile back from other local forum. Seemed to be locally made here.

I posted the photo straight, not using other hosting site. Sometimes I can't see other people's posted photos on my Tapatalk but they will show when I look with my PC.

 

[rokphish]

Well, here's my peace offering...

My latest instagram photo of blade: The Mad Dragon

Okay, let's resume with the thread's topic. Cheers!

 

[GinjaNinja]

practice makes perfect, I guess?

Here's how I make my handles. For this one I was inspired to try and replicate those by Siam blades. It's not perfect but it's the best that I've been able to do. It would be great if anyone would like to share their method so I can learn from them as I'm still very new to this and keen to develop.
1) I pieced together my handles to get an idea of how it may look. Most of the material is bits of left over wood.

2) I then glued then pieces and set with elastic bands. I then used a belt sander to smooth them out.

3) I then route them using a template inspired by Ross Leidy. I use a trim bit to get them to the right shape before using a rounder bit. I find this way safe as my hands are nowhere near the cutter.

4) Using a round over bit I then shape the edges. This is done on a much slower router speed as it's stops any router burn - I learned this the hard way! I take very thin strips and probably pass the handle 10 times past the bit.

5) Routed handle

6) With a quick coat of danish oil to see how it will look when finished:

 

[bobpuls]

This is much safer then I'm doing it..... Great post... I will update somehow the first post with this so it is all on one place.
Thanks

 

[bobpuls]

BTW nice handle... I wish I have more time to play this way.

 

[GinjaNinja]

BTW nice handle... I wish I have more time to play this way.

Thanks Bobpuls, much appreciated. Could I ask about the resin glue you use in the video? Is a specialist glue for hardening carbon in the same way as people make car or bike parts or is it a standard 2 part epoxy resin?

 

[bobpuls]

im using LG 285 as resin and HG 285 as hardener .And yes you can use them also for cars or other stuff.
but you can use different one ... for me it was important the ability to get fully strong without heating .... practically to be used in room temperature.