Introduction

Dear Reader,

My name is Brennen and I am a senior at Ithaca High School and I am starting my WISE project soon. WISE is a class at Ithaca High that has an entire semester dedicated to independent student learning through a self guided, 16 week project. For my project I have decided to learn how to woodwork a baseball bat. I have no experience woodworking so I am a little bit nervous how my bat will turn out but I am ready for a new challenge. I hope to tackle this with tons of research and learn a lot about woodworking, baseball bats and even how mass the production of wood products has made hand turning wood a dying art. I have been a baseball player for most of my life and when I was thinking about what to do for my WISE project, I figured what better field than the sport that I have loved my whole life! I am excited to get started on this project and eager to explore the world of woodworking and hopefully learn lots of new things.