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Book

From wood to baseball bat

Call Number

  • J 688.7635 NELS (CEN)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2015]

Physical Description

24 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm

Summary

"How does a piece of wood become a brand-new baseball bat? Follow each step in the process from cutting the wood to shipping the bat to a store in this fascinating book!"--Amazon.com.

Contents

  • First, trees are cut into logs
  • Then the logs are cut and shaped
  • Next, a worker chooses a billet
  • A machine carves the wood
  • Then the bat is sanded
  • Next, workers check the bat
  • Machines add logos
  • Then a worker stains the bat
  • Finally, the bat is shipped.

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