LOL...
I was going to get a lathe and make Jonbuoy at set...he wisely declined.
My father-in-law made many things with his metal lathe. He was very good. Made miniature steam engines and all types of very cool things.
He got some timber that was removed from a mine shaft. I can't recall what type but it is the beams
down the side of the mine shaft that the "safety dogs" of the cage would dig into should the cage freefall.
He made my us two baseball bats from that wood that are as same diameter but only about 16-18" long.
He said they were Eskimo baseball bats....short days, short games...short bats.
No doubt they are very tuff headbangers.