Two brothers give dad a lesson in turning baseball bats
NJ School of Woodwork baseball bats

Two brothers showed their father how to make baseball bats at the New Jersey School of Woodwork.

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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William Sampson is a lifelong woodworker, and he has been an advocate for small-scale entrepreneurs and lean manufacturing since the 1980s. He was the editor of Fine Woodworking magazine in the early 1990s and founded WoodshopBusiness magazine, which he eventually sold and merged with CabinetMaker magazine. He helped found the Cabinet Makers Association in 1998 and was its first executive director. Today, as editorial director of Woodworking Network and FDMC magazine he has more than 20 years experience covering the professional woodworking industry. His popular "In the Shop" tool reviews and videos appear monthly in FDMC.