Glad you stopped and interjected about your bespoke bats. I was looking to learn best practices to precisely add bat pins for store bought bats, which seem to have industry standard locations of predrilled holes.

Thanks Nicole, great video, much appreciated. It's a great beginner's wheel, I'm enjoying it as well

Do NOT use hammer action when drilling metal or wood. Its not necessary, the drill bits are not designed for it and you stand a very good chance of snapping the drill bit with possible damage to the surface of your wheel or yourself!

I know people have pointed out don't use the hammer mode on the drill but it didn't sound like you were using a hammer mode(hammer is much louder) and when pausing the video it looks like the drill doesn't have a hammer mode and is just on drill mode unless im being blind :p Normal drill mode at full speed and not too much force is the way to go with metal from what I know. Awesome video though. I have a varient of the same wheel and might attempt this. Im suprised that all wheels dont come with these built in.

Fantastic information !

@NicoleHerrickDIY

3 ай бұрын

🥰

This is great, thank you! When will you be posting how to make the bat system?

@alysonmakesnoise

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Super interested as well as I have a similarly small wheel and the systems I can find premade are too big!

Thank you so much Nicole for your video, it’s amazing how help me to do the same.💗😀🙌

@NicoleHerrickDIY

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome, I’m glad it was helpful.

Would love to see the bat system!!!

I’m trying to find the tutorial on how you made your own bats? Looks like I have the same wheel as yours. That tutorial, along with this one, would be really helpful!! :)

@NicoleHerrickDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Ohh sorry I haven’t edited it yet. Basically all you need to do is cut out circles of Masonite and add holes in the right spots for the bat pins. Super easy.

@meilingpatfield6657

Жыл бұрын

Is the video up yet of how you make your bats?

Hi! nice idea, been looking to do the same with mine. How is it holding up since you drilled it?

@NicoleHerrickDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Still working ✌️

Thank you. But I wonder why you'd need to use a wing-nut. I think you only need to drop the screw down, which would hold it just fine because of the 90-degree torque motion of the wheel. Any thoughts? Cheers from Japan.

@NicoleHerrickDIY

7 ай бұрын

So that when you take the bat off, the screws stay there and don’t come with the bat. I’ve generally got clay covered hands and just want to lift it off and set it down easily.

What kind of drill bit did you use? Just something for metal?

@NicoleHerrickDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was a regular metal drill bit, nothing specialised as the aluminium is quite soft.

Hi we are just adding the pins to ours! Did you coat your Masonite with anything and did you have any troubles centreing using the diy bats?

@NicoleHerrickDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Oh cool. No I didn’t coat the Masonite bats, they surprisingly stay waterproof. I thought they would puff up. No trouble centring, you could add some rings with a sharpie maybe if you need some visual circles.

I don't find your video about the bats.. can you please tell me what material do you use for them?

@NicoleHerrickDIY

10 ай бұрын

Hi sorry I never got a chance to edit the video. I made them from Masonite which you buy at the hardware store. It is waterproof. Just cut with a jigsaw and drill holes to match your pins.

Can't find the video on how you made the bats, was it ever posted??

@NicoleHerrickDIY

Жыл бұрын

Ohh it wasn’t, I’m so sorry. Basically I just cut out circles of Masonite with a jigsaw and used a template to mark where I needed to drill the holes for the pins. Masonite is used for bats as it doesn’t absorb any water and is super smooth on top. I also made some that have an inner cut out for mugs etc. Hope that helps.

@TheIdolLife

Жыл бұрын

@@NicoleHerrickDIY Thanks so much it does. 😊 If you don't mind me asking, it's been a year since you put up the video, how have the bats held up for you??

@NicoleHerrickDIY

Жыл бұрын

@@TheIdolLife bats are holding up great! Used many times over.

😄

Please avoid the hammer function on a drill when drilling into metal. to avoid over heating a small ring of wet clay [1" diameter] around the hole site, filled with a little water, will avoid over heating if your wheel head is very thick. Obviosly the correct drill bit helps as well. i.e. not wood or masonry bits.

@NicoleHerrickDIY

9 ай бұрын

Good point. My wheel head is aluminium so like butter to drill through so I wasn’t worried about overheating but if people have steel wheel heads then that’s definitely the way to go. Thank you. Yes I used a drill bit for metal.

That type of screw is called a "socket head cap screw".

@NicoleHerrickDIY

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it says that on the package :)