Another quick project - Mini-bat and ball display

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  • LCHIEN
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    • Dec 2002
    • 20983
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    Another quick project - Mini-bat and ball display

    My daughter said her husband has been getting mini bat customized mementos from the teams for his coaching little league teams. She said a display was over $100 and could I make something similar.
    Here's the commercial ones:
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    I came up with my own design with a little better proportion and made one prototype out of scrap and a nice one in a couple of days

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    I used sets of vertical Keyhole slots on the back to allow hanging it flat on the wall. And used a 15° angled drilling jig I made before to make drilling go fast and uniformly.
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