After setting up my 1912 wood lathe I had to make something with it. So, here we go! Possibly one of the most unneccesary things I ever made. I'm not a baseball expert by any mean, but I feel pretty safe to say this makes no sense. It's so HEAVY! Much more suited for demolishing I think. And let me tell you, it's good fun!
I wanted to try making a wood pattern on the lathe since I saw this video:
   • How To ALMOST Cast A Historic Bronze ...  
by "FarmCraft101"
And I can confirm this technique works very well. I think it's a very interesting process, and I hope you do as well!
The casting ended up having a little depression on the top side (relative to how I pour the aluminum) as the cooling molten aluminum shrinks a lot specially with a big cross section like we have here. I was hoping the large outfeed would have compensated but apparently a feeder was needed for the thicker part of the bat. Next time!

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Index of operation and materials:
0:30 Yes, no need to tell me, I don't know how to use this tablewas, I just bought this for super cheap to see how it works and try to use it for simple operations like this
0:57 Wood glue
1:10 Single newspaper page
1:41 Have you seen my lathe yet? Last week video, here:    • New To Me, 1912 Wood Lathe Back To Use!  
1:56 Turning to shape with the gouge I made a while back:    • Bearing Forged Into Fine Woodworking ...  
3:25 Add hose clamps to both side as safety measure in case the glue fais
5:30 Separating the two parts with the help of a sharp chisel
5:48 Talk powder
5:55 Petrobond sand (specific oil bonded sand made for metal casting)
8:30 Remove infeed, outfeed and flashing from the cast with metal cutting band saw
9:15 Turn the handle portion nice and smooth with the metal lathe
10:00 Sand nice and smooth up to 400 grit
10:17 Buffing with polishing compound on my new buffer:    • 1950s Italian Bench Grinder / Buffer ...  
10:47 Black spray paint for some nice contrast

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