How Do You Make A Pro Baseball Bat?
In a movie called “The Natural,” a freak lightning strike inspires young Roy Hobbs to make a baseball bat out of the tree that bore the brunt of the bolt’s blast. While Hollywood certainly embellished the tale for dramatic effect, the fact is that baseball bats actually do grow on trees. It just takes a little elbow grease to get them into home-run hitting form. Acquire wood like maple, ash or hickory. Strap the wood together into six-sided bundles or billets. Paint the ends of the billet with a protective preservative to keep the wood from fraying or rotting. This process is sometimes called “power-bonding.” Turn and sand the wood until it forms the appropriate shape. It should have a knob at the base to grasp the bat, a thin handle, expanding outward into the “sweet spot” or barrel. Make sure the bat meets the major league baseball guidelines, having a total length no greater than 42 inches, with the diameter of the barrel no greater than 2.7 inches or 70 millimeters. Bats come in va
