How Do You Safely Repair A Broken Baseball Bat?
Using a broken baseball bat can be dangerous. In any organized game at the high school level and above, it is simply not done. Whether it’s an aluminum bat or a wooden one, repairs to the barrel of the bat are almost never made. Those bats are simply replaced. Perhaps a big-league hitter will not want to lose a favorite bat with a hairline crack in it. He may repair it with glue, clear nail polish or liquid cement. But this will only work for minor flaws. However, repairs have to be made to youth baseball league bats and for games that are less organized in order to keep a game alive. Step 1 Use liquid cement or a very strong adhesive when a piece of the barrel has been sheared off a wooden bat. This type of repair can be very effective if the adhesive is spread evenly and then the bat is put in a vice for at least 24 hours. A bat can split on one of the grains of the barrel and as long as that piece is sheared at a thickness of less than an inch, the bat can be repaired to fairly good