BYSAM WISKE

Mid- Year Presentation

Goal

My goal for the 8th grade project is to build two baseball bats that I would be able to use.

Researching

I needed to research the type of bats I wanted.

The three main choices: birch, ash and maple.

Researching Cont.

Ash- softer wood, wood flexes, flakes

Maple- doesn’t flake, doesn’t flex, hard wood

Birch- flexes more than maple, more durable than ash

Buying the Wood

I bought my wood from http://www.woodbillets.com/.

I bought one birch billet and one ash billet.

Birch Wood

Ash Wood

Researching

Needed to find the dimensions for the bats.

From www.pennstateind.com, I got the needed diameters for a 32 inch bat.

Increment DiameterKnob 2”4” 1”8” 1”12” 1 1/8”16” 1 ¼”20” 1 ¾”24” 2 3/16”28” 2 7/16”32” 2 1/2 “

Graph

Planning

Measured out bat in increments of 4 inches.Marked each 4 inches with diameter.

Me measuring and pointing out increments with diameters.

Next Steps

Practice on smaller scale version of bat.

Start cutting my bat.

Tools Needed

LatheChiselsSandpaperFinishOther various tools

Conclusion

Only problem is with a lathe.

On schedule to finish both bats by May.

Works Cited

Birch, Ash and Maple Wood. Digital image. Spider Bats. Vorticy Sports, Inc., 2008. Web. 14 Dec. 2013.

"Turning Baseball Bat Blanks." Pennstateind.com. PSI Woodworking Products, 2005. Web. 15 Dec. 2013.Townsend, Troy. Personal Interview. Nov. 2013Townsend, Troy. Personal Interview. Oct. 2013

"Why Birch?" Birch Bats. Birch Bats, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013 "Maple vs Ash: Which Wood Type for Baseball Bats? | HittingWorld.com."HittingWorld.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. Bass, Carl. "Turning a Baseball Bat." Instructables.com. Autodesk, 2013. Web. 22 Sept. 2013.