The people I work with know I'm a woodworker. I hope to buy a mini lathe this year (I'm thinking Jet VS). The marketing director just came by and asked me if I'd like to make about 125 mini baseball bats for a conference. Our slogan has a baseball theme, if you're wondering about the connection.
I told her I didn't have a lathe yet, so I didn't think I could do it in time. She said she's found companies online that will charge $5 or $6 per bat (5 or 6" long, I believe).
My question is does that seem like a good price (don't know what kind of wood will be used)? Do you have any suggestions for vendors and would any of them be able to engrave a company logo as well? I guess that would require a laser.
If you're interested in the work (engraved or not) let me know via PM, and I can provide more detail if she is still shopping around.
I am interested in your general thoughts about this as well. Given enough time, it could be a cool thing to do for my company in the future - altho making 125 of anything would probably get boring pretty quickly.
Happy early Thanksgiving, btw.