
Ball-and-claw baseball bats, featuring Gothic styling, were created by MIT Hobby Shop instructor Hayami Arakawa. The Hobby Shop was featured in the October 2007 edition of American Woodworker magazine, including colorful photos and Director Ken Stone's written history of the 69-year-old shop. The facility is located in the basement of 120 Massachusetts Ave., Building W31, on the corner of Vassar Street. Photo courtesy / American Woodworker Magazine
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A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 31, 2007 (download PDF).