How Do You Make An Aluminum Baseball Bat?
A wooden bat is the only kind of hitting tool permitted throughout professional baseball. At the school level and in little leagues, softball leagues and pick-up games, the aluminum bat that is king. More than 90 percent of all bats used in the U.S. are made from aluminum. While woodworking hobbyists with the proper hand and power tools easily can craft a wooden bat out in the garage or woodshed for their children and grandchildren, delivering the aluminum version is not considered a do-it-yourself project. The process and the liability issues involving these bats have figuratively stamped a “Do Not Try This At Home” label right on the barrel. This article, however, will provide a list supplies you would need and procedures you would have to follow should a home version of an aluminum bat become possible. Slide a sheet or tube of the metal over a tapered spindle. Hydraulics will force the metal through a die (a device for cutting or forming material in a press, stamping or forging mach
