Baseball Bat Display Case | Ask This Old House

In this video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows us how to turn a basic home-built box into a baseball bat display case worthy of any commemorative or championship bat.
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General contractor Tom Silva takes us on a house call. He meets a father to help him finish a case for his son’s championship baseball bat. The case needs a glass-front door and a way to mount the bat, and Tom has a few ideas.
Difficulty: ⅗
Time: 6 hours
Cost: Under $100
Where to find it?
Tom works with a homeowner to finish building a custom case to display his son’s commemorative championship bat and pins. Tom measures the case to help him determine how thick to make the rails and stiles. He uses a table saw to cut the stiles to match the length of the case and cuts the two rails to fit in between the stiles. Using a domino joiner and wood glue he joins the stiles and rails, then clamps the frame so the glue can dry. He uses an orbital sander to smooth the frame. To set the glass he makes a few passes around the inner frame using a router and a rabbit bit, then lays the glass in the routed space. Before securing the glass Tom drills holes for the hinges. He uses glass clips and screws to secure the glass in the frame. To mount the pat and pin inside the case he uses screws to give them a floating look.
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Materials:
CA glue and activator [amzn.to/3zHLCFh]
1x4 white oak board (or other species) [thd.co/3MX3DCm]
Brass screws [thd.co/3xUlEgq]
Stain [amzn.to/3MXFOud]
Glass pane [amzn.to/3NUldIq]
Quick biscuits [amzn.to/3mVU8Zq]
Dowels [amzn.to/3zHxvj9]
Screws [thd.co/3xWXsKo]
Painter’s tape [amzn.to/3NZhCZI]
Tools:
Tape measure [amzn.to/3mTbNkB]
Router (router table optional) [amzn.to/3mTQijF]
Chamfer bit [amzn.to/3QorLki]
Table saw [amzn.to/3tAWReE]
Miter saw [amzn.to/3xDoRQe]
Random orbital sander [amzn.to/3MZqs8z]
Drill and bits [amzn.to/3aYvHYB]
Biscuit cutter [amzn.to/3tGQwON]
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[@robertbamford8266]

What a great time. Tommy helping in the home shop. But screws through the bat? Oh, no!

[@rullywow3834]

Really liked that scenario where Tom gets to use someone else’s shop and their tools. Great episode, love the content. Keep it up!

[@Max-hw6lv]

I have a feeling Tommy brought those Festool tools with him :)

[@mortensonaaron]

He should use someone else’s barber shop ;) holy hippy, Tom!

[@bigsparky65]

Great project, very nice to see father and son .working on the project

[@loueckert4970]

Great project and a good kid. Thanks for posting.

[@BillyRamirez]

Drilling into the bat is the first Tom Silva thing I wouldn't do. Oof.

[@ryanm6394]

This guy could have done it himself, he just wanted to meet Tommy. Can’t blame him, though. 😃

[@ronevans852]

Wonderful job once again that young guy will be proud of that for year to come.

[@6996katmom]

That came out wonderful.

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

Cool episode,I always love to see the masters teaching.

[@davecurda2350]

Great job Tom you killed it.

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Men doing work and teaching the next generation!

[@Kevscancave]

Another Cool project! Great Job!

[@phillipbaker3860]

this was a great episode they should do more like this

[@andrewc6385]

Wow that was super cool

[@SerielThriller]

looks great

[@tjvohs1]

This is wholesome, it's great!

[@WhataboutTom.]

Love this great job Tom

[@dcbqb19]

Dad may wanna clean out the dust build up in that saw with it sparking like that in the motor housing so he doesn't have to build a house next

[@daveklein2826]

WHO CARES

[@faghihimohammad]

Cleaning the motor with air compressor will help a bit bud cheap saws(or anything with cheap brushed motor) usually spark especially when manufactures try to add fast stop feature to them. This can result in fire hazard especially in a closed space where solvent based finishes or paints are recently used! The least you can do is, using some acrylic sheets, glass or even aluminum foil on the surrounding area that can catch fire (so if a spark jumps out, cannot hit something flammable), clean the sawdust regularly to keep them from building up piles, and have a good ventilation to exhaust flammable fumes or vapors! Safer solution is using the saw outside The best solution is buying better tools that use better motors ,stop systems and overall design.

[@sharpshooter012345]

Looks awesome. I'll just have to modify mine a little in case of a zombie apocalypse.

[@zingman71]

one of my favorite's

[@PJJ196]

Really nice work .. good job on the championship bro!

[@wolfpacva]

Putting screws in that just ruined the value of the bat. The case looks awesome.

[@toddjasper1]

Pretty sure the value of the bat is purely sentimental…

[@danielelse3914]

Suggest tapping the frame screw holes with an identical steel screw before inserting the brass ones. Lessens the chance of stripping the softer metal for those of us who lack Tommy's skill.

[@daveklein2826]

Tommy had it figured out.... Relax

[@trevland1303]

Cool 👍

[@reaganks1376]

Cool

[@deanehill9730]

How good would it be to have Tom Silva come over to do some work in your workshop.Thanks for the video.

[@tonythetiger9839]

mind blowing

[@giuseppealberti3271]

Hi All, I had a question regarding the biscuits and the cutter used for this. I really love the idea of locking feature for my framing project. The links in the description are not for whats used in the video and the cutter tool link is dead. Is the only option the Lamello tool and P-14 biscuits? The tool is very expensive for a hobbyist like myself. Looking for other options. Thanks! Giuseppe

[@avalon449]

Thumbs Up!

[@jm100368]

yeah they never filled those screw holes

[@MKRM27]

What was Tom doing there?

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[@lteht6919]

Know I can complete my Fallout 4 collection...

[@akoznasovajusername]

I used to play baseball, but then I took an arrow in the knee...

[@avalon449]

I guess Tommy didn’t forget how to use power tools that don’t have lasers…….

[@txshah78]

If he built the box and has the tools, why did he not finish the rest of the project?

[@daveklein2826]

Watch the video again and LISTEN

[@JimDean002]

Let's see, choice One is to finish building your project which would be fun but not overly memorable. Choice 2 is to build a memory that your kid will never forget by having somebody that you grew up learning from come to your house and teach you and your son something. I'm pretty sure that 98% of the things that they do on these house calls the homeowner is probably capable of resolving but they ask for the help anyway just because it would be neat to be on that show. I mean some of these have some pretty neat tricks that it's very unlikely that homeowner would know but I'm pretty sure this guy and his son could figure out how to mount that bat.

[@daveklein2826]

@@JimDean002 you just love to hear you self talk and say absolutely NOT

[@81silvermj]

Great American pastime video. In a time of Dads trying to carry on great traditions and blue haired mothers marching the streets for their right to abort beautiful children like Timmy.