Baseball Bat Material?

[chris ormsby]

What is the best material to turn a bat? Solid or glue up?Please educate me? For 11 yr old girl corked?? Light weight bat for swing speed.

[Dennis Peacock]

Ash is the traditional bat material. Normally turned from a single blank of 3"x3" Ash. I was trying to remember what vendor actually sells Ash bat blanks.

[John Yogus]

The best is either ash or hard maple in a solid billet. Ash will be a bit cheaper than maple. For that age, most bats seem to be -10 to -14. This means they are 10 to 14 oz lighter than they are long. If you made a 28 inch bat, you would want it to be 18 oz or so. That's a pretty standard little league bat. 2.25 inch barrel is pretty common for little league and softball. Softball bats are -10, I think. You would have to check specifics for that age group. I've made about a dozen or so bats. I would recommend "renting" one from a sporting goods store for measurements for the first bat. I've ordered my billets through gonebatty.net and have had no trouble.

[Tim Thomas]

The only thing I know is that Rockler sells bat blanks in both maple and ash. I think they run around $28 each.

[William Bachtel]

Do a google search on baseball bat material.

[Pete Jordan]

I've bought nice blanks from: http://www.gonebatty.net/