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[Darbin Orvar: Baseball Bat from Rough Sawn Lumber] (Viewer #83,115)
Question for experienced lathe-users – would you really cut the grip first? I would think you’d do the deep cuts last and start with the barrel.
And yes, that’s an opinion based on nothing but pure supposition and the one vaguely-remembered wood-shop lathe project I did in high school.
Not necessarily. I’d probably start on that end and get the grip so it fits my hand just the way I want it first and then pare down the barrel to get the right size/weight. I’m more surprised she didn’t mark the diameters out with a parting tool first.