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Odd question. I have been using a wooded stick to periodically airate my compost pile, from the top, down to a solid base. The 'sudden stop' of hitting the solid ground causes pain in the hand.
This reminded me of the home-made cricket bats we used to make from a piece of 4×2 as kids . They certainly resembled cricket bats, even with their "Herman monster" squareness.
What was also certain, was the pain that went through your hand when a speeding corky cricket ball hit the improvised bat!
So this is the same sort of thing I am experiencing 50 years later.
I have progressed a bit, in that I now happen to have a length of M10 bronze/brass laying around?
What can I do with this non ferrous rod to cushion the impact I describe? 'Propper' cricket bats have some sort of rubber in the hand to cancel out the shock wave.
This reminded me of the home-made cricket bats we used to make from a piece of 4×2 as kids . They certainly resembled cricket bats, even with their "Herman monster" squareness.
What was also certain, was the pain that went through your hand when a speeding corky cricket ball hit the improvised bat!
So this is the same sort of thing I am experiencing 50 years later.
I have progressed a bit, in that I now happen to have a length of M10 bronze/brass laying around?
What can I do with this non ferrous rod to cushion the impact I describe? 'Propper' cricket bats have some sort of rubber in the hand to cancel out the shock wave.