Author Archives: Jay Bates

Vlog #167: It actually does make sense..

There were a lot of comments saying that wood movement is blown out of proportion and you shouldn’t worry about it. That’s just as loaded of a statement as saying that wood will break if you capture a solid wood panel and don’t allow …

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Vlog #166: Woah! This scared me

Just a quick follow-up on the osage orange bench. Osage orange is like padauk in that the dust is fine and gets everywhere. The bench turned out great and was definitely a conversation piece that weekend. I’ve got a lot of outdoor kitchen area st…

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Dog Bone Bench

In the summer of 2017, I went to an outdoor woodworking event in Skiatook Oklahoma. While there I received an osage orange slab from my friend Ted Alexander. Since then it’s been pushed around and kept out of the way in two different shops and a …

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