Baseball – traditional American sport. It isn't less popular over the ocean, than hockey and American football. The main piece of equipment of each baseball player is the bat. To it players also kick the ball. As a rule, bits are made of metal and/or the tree. It is possible to make the bat independently as store baseball bats cost usually quite much.
Instruction
1. So, first of all stock up with all materials and tools, necessary for production of the bat. You need wooden bar. It is better to choose bars from the maple, the white ash-tree, the bamboo and the bitternut. Also get the most usual saw on the tree, the circular saw, the lathe, the emery paper, the ruler and tool kit for work with the tree.
2. Now decide on the sizes of your bat. For adjustment of bar under the desirable sizes you will need the round saw. Giving to bar of the form of the baseball bat by means of the lathe will be the following operation. If on the lathe you have no skills of work, it will be better to address professionals – they will save to you a lot of time and forces. If you work with the machine, we strongly recommend not to forget about individual protection equipment – protective gloves and points.
3. As soon as you give to bar more or less desirable form, take the chisel and begin to work with it. So you will be able to control quantity of the tree removed by you.
4. Now time to form the handle came. Measure by means of the roulette from the narrow end of preparation 4 cm – such is and there will be handle length. Further begin to clean off the tree with circular motions – so it will be more convenient to you.
5. After you create the bat handle, can consider that work practically approached end. It was necessary only to process the baseball bat the small emery paper for giving of ideal smoothness to it and to varnish to add to the bat gloss. It is possible to paint at first it, and already then to apply varnish.