My life over the past 4 months… - May 26th, leave to the hospital to have our baby! - House gets hit by tornado 30 minutes later - We find out our house got hit by the tornado and 10 minutes later, baby arrives! - Next day, leave hospital and drive around for 6 hours getting turned away from multiple hotels because they were full with other displaced families - Drive to stay with in-laws - A couple days later we get a 24 hour notice that we need to move all the belongings from our house/shop for demo to begin - Get settled into a short term rental and I go back to work - Almost blow up from a gas leak at the short term rental - Realize first short term rental has bed bugs - Decontaminate all personal belongings to avoid carrying bed bugs - Move back to in laws - Go on a vacation we had planned months prior and try to figure out new place to stay - Trapped in Florida the day of the global flight shut down. - Drive 18 hours home in a rental car with a 7 week old baby - Back to the in laws - Move into a short term rental (bed bug free) - No more insurance money for the short term rental, back to the in laws - October 2nd finally move back into our house But most importantly, I built a bench
Love the bench!! Beautiful design. It's so refreshing to see woodworking done that doesn't of a shop full of tools I wish I owned. Glad others like me have to work in the yard or driveway.
Been following you on Insta for a while, but didn’t realize you were on YT until this popped up on my feed. So sorry to hear about the saga regarding the tornado. That was a nasty one. As a fellow NWA woodworker, I’m thoroughly impressed you attempted (and nailed) this build in the humid Arkansas summer heat! Unique design and beautiful finished product. 👏🏼
Absolutely beautiful great job for working with what you had and the conditions. So sorry about your family’s loss 🙏🏻🙏🏻 hope your back in your house soon
Sweet piece, love to see power carving and curves go into a piece. From the Bentonville area and have been doing furniture apprenticeships for the last 4 years, love to learn more about your history and how you got started!
Just found your channel! Love it. NWA?!? I was just there a few weeks ago in Centerton. I'm from California but thinking about moving there for retirement. Our sons lives there with his family and we love it. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to following your progress and projects. Sorry to hear about the tornado. Our son was hit by it as well but fortunately he didn't get too much damage. I heard all about the storm when I visited him and how they took a family in that lost power. I think he said there was something like 5-7 tornados that night.
My life over the past 4 months…
- May 26th, leave to the hospital to have our baby!
- House gets hit by tornado 30 minutes later
- We find out our house got hit by the tornado and 10 minutes later, baby arrives!
- Next day, leave hospital and drive around for 6 hours getting turned away from multiple hotels because they were full with other displaced families
- Drive to stay with in-laws
- A couple days later we get a 24 hour notice that we need to move all the belongings from our house/shop for demo to begin
- Get settled into a short term rental and I go back to work
- Almost blow up from a gas leak at the short term rental
- Realize first short term rental has bed bugs
- Decontaminate all personal belongings to avoid carrying bed bugs
- Move back to in laws
- Go on a vacation we had planned months prior and try to figure out new place to stay
- Trapped in Florida the day of the global flight shut down.
- Drive 18 hours home in a rental car with a 7 week old baby
- Back to the in laws
- Move into a short term rental (bed bug free)
- No more insurance money for the short term rental, back to the in laws
- October 2nd finally move back into our house
But most importantly, I built a bench
Wow! Sorry all of that happened to you!!
Praying for yall
Love the bench!! Beautiful design. It's so refreshing to see woodworking done that doesn't of a shop full of tools I wish I owned. Glad others like me have to work in the yard or driveway.
Thank you!
Haha tool envy is real! Reality is, you can make some pretty cool pieces without too many tools, but it does go much slower
Working outdoors feels so nice, I wish you good health.👍
Working outside is definitely a nice change of pace. Thanks for watching!
Been following you on Insta for a while, but didn’t realize you were on YT until this popped up on my feed. So sorry to hear about the saga regarding the tornado. That was a nasty one. As a fellow NWA woodworker, I’m thoroughly impressed you attempted (and nailed) this build in the humid Arkansas summer heat! Unique design and beautiful finished product. 👏🏼
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Absolutely beautiful great job for working with what you had and the conditions. So sorry about your family’s loss 🙏🏻🙏🏻 hope your back in your house soon
Thank you!
We just moved back into our house, so life just got a whole lot easier 🙌🏼
Sweet piece, love to see power carving and curves go into a piece. From the Bentonville area and have been doing furniture apprenticeships for the last 4 years, love to learn more about your history and how you got started!
Great build brother you gave me all kinds of ideas . Thanks
hope your back in your house and shop soon !!
I appreciate it!
Beautiful piece and a great choice with the brass rod it’s made it look high end. Congrats on your new baby too
I appreciate it!
Brass rod definitely was worth it
Wow that came out great. I don’t know if I could even do that in my shop. 😅
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Btw I love how much of your personality you bring to these videos. You’ve really got what it takes! Keep up the good work my man
That’s good to hear! Thanks for watching 🙌🏼
Now that’s one beautiful piece of furniture. Well done as always lad!
Well thank you lad
Just found your channel! Love it. NWA?!? I was just there a few weeks ago in Centerton. I'm from California but thinking about moving there for retirement. Our sons lives there with his family and we love it. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to following your progress and projects. Sorry to hear about the tornado. Our son was hit by it as well but fortunately he didn't get too much damage. I heard all about the storm when I visited him and how they took a family in that lost power. I think he said there was something like 5-7 tornados that night.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I do live in NWA! The storms that came through were pretty wild. Glad your son is okay!
Really nice piece, especially under the conditions. - Chris
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed this build. Gave me an idea for a book shelf I want to build. Also love wood carving.
Glad you liked it!
Wood carving definitely adds a fun element
Very nice design and execution. Liked and subscribed.
I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the video!
nice
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Lovely build! Any concerns on movement between the top and the base? I guess is narrow enough not to be a huge issue?
Thank you! The grain orientation of the base and the top all match. It should expand an contract together in theory!
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Dust is Man Glitter.... the chicks dig it.... lol
Haha that’s what I’ll tell myself