About

Background

Hello everyone, and welcome. My name is Jason Bent and I am the man behind Bent’s Woodworking. A little about myself. I served 20 years in the Army as an Infantryman and recently retired in May of 2023. I have been all over the world, have seen many things, and built some incredible friendships. In 2012, I was assigned to Ft Benning to be a Drill Sergeant. It was this assignment that I came to the realization that I had a passion for teaching. In 2016, I was reassigned to North Georgia where I would again find myself in a teaching role, this time teaching Cadets.

Before we moved in 2016, my wife looked at me and said, “Jason, I want you to build us a table when we get our new house.” I looked at my wife and said, “Okay, I will need some tools for that.” Not knowing where to begin, I watched a YouTube video that my wife sent me for the table that she wanted from DIY Pete. In this video, it listed exactly what I needed to do and even what tools I would need to do it. I went to the store, bought the tools it said I needed, and built a table…….. I was HOOOKED. This led to me starting a custom furniture business, which led to a well-equipped workshop.

About a year later, I was in my shop one evening and decided that I was going to make a YouTube video talking about how I got started in woodworking. It was a terrible video, but it was a start. Since that day, December 31, 2017, I have committed my time to making more videos with the hopes that it inspires someone else to do the same thing. I even stopped building custom furniture as a result. My goal now is to provide my audience with as much knowledge and information that I can all in an effort to make YOU a better woodworker.

Thanks!

Jason

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GO BUILD SOMETHING PODCAST

Check out my guys appearance on the Go Build Something Podcast hosted by Brandon Walker of @walkers_woodworks, Jesse Mullen of @mullenthemaker, and Jesse P. of @penaltyboxwoodshop. I was on episode 8, “Embracing the Grind”. We had a great conversation and dove pretty deep into the social media side of things and how our businesses and ideas have changed over time as a result of it. Click on the picture below to give it a listen.

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ANOTHER WOODSHOP PODCAST

Check out my guest appearance on Another Woodshop Podcast hosted by Mike Coffey of @coffeycustombuilds, Peter Caper of @ptreesworkshop, and Daniel Dunlap of @danieldunlap.woodworks. I was on episode 23, “Metric Conversion Therapy”. It was a great time and definitely worth a listen. Great dudes and an even better podcast! To listen, click the picture below.

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WORKBENCHCON 2020

In February of 2020 I was fortunate enough to be a speaker at Workbenchcon in Atlanta. This video is the entire speech that I gave and it also includes multiple questions from the audience. The purpose of the speech was to highlight how diving right into something like YouTube and making mistakes will lead to learning and growth. This was a great conversation and was a wonderful event to be a part of.

THE MAKER MINDED EP 106

Donnie Carter from The Maker Minded Podcast (previously known at The Green Woodworker Podcast) was gracious enough to invite me on his Podcast. This podcast will give you and idea on my backstory and how I got started with this whole woodworking and social media world. It also covers some of the ideas that I have for Bent’s Woodworking in the future. Click the link below to listen now.

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INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR

This article shares my actual job in the Army. While serving in Cadet Command as an ROTC Instructor at the University of North Georgia I competed in the Instructor of the Year Competition. If you want to find out a little more information about my job in the Army, this is worth the read.

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WOODWORKERS GUILD OF GEORGIA

In August 2019, the WWG of GA asked me to come speak during their monthly meeting about how I grew my business using different social media platforms and give some back story to how all of this got started. If you are looking for ways to utilize platforms like Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, etc. to help grow your business or increase your presence take a look at this video.