It's the middle of winter and baseball season's opening day is still months away, but at the New Jersey School of Woodwork, they are thinking of swinging a bat to smack a homer.
The school posted an entertaining video showing brothers Rob and Ken giving their father Bob a lesson in making baseball bats out of wood on lathes at the New Jersey School of Woodwork. They used lathes from Laguna Tools and Rikon and go through the whole turning process, starting with making beads for practice, cutting tapers, sanding and finishing.
Founded by Scott Severns, the New Jersey School of Woodwork is a non-profit educational workshop located in Washington, New Jersey. In a video on the school's website, Severns describes the insitution as a "passion project" for him to give back to woodworking. In addition to a wide range of classes, the program also includes an open shop. Scholarships are available for classes.
See the video below. For more information about the school, visit njsow.org.
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