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When you fire it,
the only problem was

it had such a back blast,
it'd blow up dust everywhere.

You'll never believe this,
but here in Laurel

in our Veterans Museum,
is an actual piece

of the USS Arizona
from Pearl Harbor.

The Arizona is probably one
of the most pivotal points,

not only in US history
but in world history.

There are only three
private museums in the world

that have a piece
of the Arizona,

and we're one of them.

That's incredible.

The honor has been bestowed
upon me

to build a new display
for the piece of the Arizona.

Currently,
it's just sitting on a easel

with a chain across it.

What I want to do is
make it to where

anybody visiting the museum

can get closer to it
and see it.

This is a build
that preserves history.

This is my life.

History student
turned woodworker.

And now, I am doing
woodworking for history.

You gotta bring in
somebody cool for this,

so Scott Eastwood is the man.

Yes,
he's Clint Eastwood's son.

But Scott
is an incredible actor.

He is building this career,

he's passionate
about veterans,

he cares about America.

And bonus,
Scott lived in Hawaii,

which is where
Pearl Harbor is.

He's the perfect
guy for the job.

Hello.

What's up, man?

Howdy.

They told me you were tall.

They weren't lying.

- No.
- Jeez.

Have you ever been here?

I've never been
to Mississippi.

- It looks good on you.
- Thanks.

So I knew you did a little bit
of construction,

but have you done
some woodworking?

Pretty elementary stuff,
you know, building ladders,

- shoring up walls.
- Got you. Framing houses.

- I'm a terrible framer.
- Oh.

- Like, for houses.
- Yeah, I am, too.

- I'm really slow.
- Yeah.

How did you get
into construction?

- Uh, it was my first job.
- Okay.

Doing the grunt work,
you know,

demo, picking up trash.

- Carrying heavy things.
- Carrying heavy things.

You're trying to keep a roof
over your head, literally.

- Yeah, exactly.
- You wanna see

- what we're gonna build?
- Let's do it.

Okay. This is what...

we're gonna be
working with, okay?

- Okay.
- This is a piece

of the USS Arizona.

The aft quarter deck, okay?

These are actual bullet holes
or shrapnel holes in it.

So it's a really, really
special piece that we have.

When the Arizona went down,

more than half
of the soldiers

who died at the attack
on Pearl Harbor

were on the Arizona.

I know that you lived
in Hawaii.

Have you ever been
to Pearl Harbor?

I have, just an overwhelming

sort of emotion,
you can't really describe it.

It's, uh,
it's really powerful.

It's great
that you're doing something

to honor this,
and they deserve that honor.

- Yeah.
- And that respect, you know.

The reason
we are able to enjoy

the freedoms we have
every day.

My father was in the Army,

scheduled to be deployed
to go to the Korean War.

- And he was in a plane crash.
- God.

And, uh, the only reason
he wasn't deployed to the war

was because
of that plane crash.

My father being
a big supporter,

probably has,

you know, resonated
somewhere in my life.

- Yeah.
- That's where it started.

I wondered how long
it would take

before we talked
about your dad.

So we have

a picture of your dad
right over here.

- I saw that.
- And my truck

- is named Clint.
- Oh, okay.

Named your...
Named your truck.

- I like it.
- Awkward.

I'm a history student
turned woodworker

who grew up
on Eastwood movies.

Now, I get to build
a woodworking project

to preserve a piece of history
with an Eastwood actor.

Never in my wildest dreams.

Let's see here.

This is a telescope box
from the Navy

- from 1943.
- Wow.

Earlier in the War,

boxes were built
using a box joint.

- Yup.
- And it was just a way

to make it really fast.

All right?

What I'm imagining with this

is like a 5 to 6-foot tall cabinet.

The first thing we're gonna do
is our box joints

that will run down the front
edges of the cabinet.

The sides and the face

of the cabinet
will be heart pine,

reclaimed from a beam here
in Laurel.

We're gonna make
the drawer front

out of Koa wood,
which grows in Hawaii,

sort of the crowning piece

is the cabinet door,

the frame for the piece
of the Arizona.

I found salvaged teak

- from the USS Missouri.
- Wow.

Yeah, so I'm really excited
about the story

that the wood is gonna tell.

This is a piece of furniture

that will have promenades.

It is housing
a piece of history.

I've never gotten to build
anything like this.

- You wanna see it?
- Yeah.

- Let's see it.
- All right.

You got reclaimed
loblolly pine.

Okay.
So that's our Laurel tie-in.

You got Koa wood,
which is Hawaiian wood.

- Yeah, it's beautiful.
- Incredibly beautiful.

Yeah, and it has
so much character.

I mean, this is like the bark,

but it, like, runs
into the bulk of the wood,

- which is incredible, right?
- It's really expensive.

We ordered four pieces
about this size,

and it was $700,

- for those four...
- For four of these pieces,

- this size?
- Yeah.

- So...
- Wow.

- ...it's pretty special.
- Yeah, it is.

So, we're only
gonna use it

- for our drawer fronts.
- Okay.

But this is the piece

that I'm most excited about.

This is actually
a picture frame

that was made in Hawaii.

This is teakwood from the deck

of the USS Missouri.

- Wow.
- All right? Martin MacArthur

is a woodshop there
that actually teaches

the trade of woodworking.

When the Missouri
was restored,

all of the teak decking
that was salvaged

- was sent to them.
- Oh, wow.

And they built
pieces out of it.

So this is a frame
from Martin MacArthur,

and we'll build
the cabinet to fit it.

The USS Missouri was actually

where the articles
of surrender

were signed by the Japanese.

I see what you're doing here.

You're taking a piece
of the USS Arizona

for our piece
that we're displaying.

The beginning of the war...

And incorporating a piece
from the USS Missouri

signifies the end of the war.

That's right. Pretty powerful.

This is one
of my favorite pieces

- we've ever built.
- Yeah, this is cool.

Let's work
on our pine here first.

Okay? This came out
of a factory.

So, what we're gonna do

is actually just pull
the nails for now.

I could've done this

- before you got here.
- That would've been nice.

So, we're taking all the fun
out of it, then.

Think about a saw
that's designed to cut wood,

and then you run a 100-year
old nail through it.

It's gonna tear
something up, and so,

that is the biggest pain

in working
with reclaimed wood.

So, what was it like
growing up in Hawaii?

Lot of amazing things
about Hawaii,

I learned a lot about
the ocean, a lot about,
you know,

water sports, surfing,
fishing, diving.

I grew up in that,
what they call

Paniolo Country,

which is cowboy country.

I guess I'm kind of like

a surfer cowboy.

Surfing is probably
the closest we get to flying.

It's a whole experience,
right, it's a whole lifestyle.

Once it kind of bites you,

you're gonna spend the rest
of your life doing it.

I'd be worried about
what would actually bite you.

When you take a beam
from a factory

that, you know,
is over a hundred years old,

you clean it up,
it has inherent

historic value.

Color, and figure, and beauty,

they cannot be recreated.

Once we de-metal the wood,

then we can actually
work with it.

Have you ever worked
with a planer?

I've never worked
with a planer, no.

It's the most
satisfying thing.

- Really?
- When it comes out,

it will be so beautiful
and so smooth.

- You got it?
- Yup.

Oh, like scratching an itch.

- That is satisfying.
- There we go.

All those years
of dirt and grime,

clears it off.

How old were you
when you moved...

- back to Monterey?
- 16.

Got in a little bit
of trouble at school,

so time to go live
with my dad.

What's the worst trouble

you ever got into?

I don't know
if I should tell that story.

That's the thing.
It's his rules, which are...

Which is his way
or the highway.

- His way or the highway.
- As they say, yup.

He's not like
a Dirty Harry, right?

He's not like,
"Go ahead, punk.

- Make my day."
- If you...

If you have to see that,

you've gone too far,

and that's not good.

You're not gonna give me
a story?

- Nope. Nah.
- Come on!

After we cleaned the wood,

we split the joints
to make the sides

for our box joints.

All right.
So this is our sled.

- Yup.
- It's a way that we can make

hundreds of cuts
that are exactly the same.

- Sure.
- With box joints,

it's just squares cut out.

During the war effort,

this is something
that would have been

vital to them
being able to produce so much.

So you gotta tie it
against here.

And you see that?

- Yeah.
- You set it over it.

Ah, so now it's locked
into place.

On the sled,
we include a key

so that when you make
your first cut

and you slide the board
over to the key,

it locks it into place,
you make your next cut,

and then you're off
to the races.

And it's just one cut
after next.

There is no room for error,
it just works.

- So you see?
- Got it. Yup. It's super easy.

- Pop, pop, pop, pop.
- Ain't that pretty?

- Yeah, it's beautiful.
- If you just miter a corner

or you, uh,
butt joint a board.

There is so much room
for error

in getting that joint perfect

that it takes time
to actually build it.

When you do something
like a box joint,

you just slide it together
and it fits.

During the war effort,

our nation
had to speed everything up

to be able to catch up
to the rest of the world.

I wanted to pay tribute
to that era.

Using the box joinery technique,

this piece will actually
end up looking like

an ammunition box.

It will look like
a piece of history.

Did you always wanna go
into acting?

I'm like,
"Uh, maybe I could do this.

Maybe I could do this job."

- Yeah.
- Can do it okay.

Yeah, I'll give it a shot.

And my goal was
if I can make it happen

and make a living at it,
by the time I was 30,

I would continue to do it.

And if I couldn't,
maybe just thinking about

being a firefighter, paramedic.

You'd be on a calendar
for sure.

Mr. January right here.

♪ I want power ♪

♪ I want fame... ♪

Do you have a role

that you're really proud of?

I don't watch my own work.

Once you're done with it,
you're done with it.

- You leave it, you leave it.
- Really?

You put all your heart
and soul into it,

you drop the mic,

and you're onto
the next thing.

- Dang.
- Yeah.

♪ I want fame ♪

♪ No time to lose... ♪

It is sort of a modern thing

to show your joinery.

Pre 20th-century furniture,

you couldn't see them.

But it's become
a thing where,

yes, this is really
fine joinery.

But I want you to see
what I did here.

We like to show it off.

These are going to be
our cabinet front,

which is called
the face frame.

We'll have to adjust these
a little bit, see?

- All right.
- Looks great.

- Isn't it pretty?
- Yeah.

♪ Yeah, I've got style ♪

♪ I got grace ♪

♪ I got everything You need ♪

♪ Babe, don't walk
In my shoes ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

For building the face frame,

we're actually gonna trim off

our excess.

Did you have any odd jobs?

I valet parked cars,

bartended, bussing tables.

- Really?
- Yeah, in my 20s, yeah.

- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
- You had to have those jobs

in order to be pursuing...

To be pursuing what I wanted
to do as an actor.

So it's a credit to you
like that you went out,

and worked, and earned,

- and you know what I mean?
- Well, yeah.

If you didn't,
then you wouldn't...

- You wouldn't get anywhere.
- Right.

Yeah.

Scott's a handsome hunk,
all right?

And he's a movie star.

But he's just a regular guy.

So where did
you live on a train?

Oh, that was in
Encinitas, California.

He comes
from Hollywood royalty,

but nothing
was ever given to him.

He had to audition.
He had to work.

He had to scrape by,

working towards
what the next thing is.

Okay. So this is where
we're gonna domino.

- Domino.
- We're going to dominate

- the domino.
- Okay.

It's a joinery machine
that cuts a hole

that this will slot in to.

So it makes
a really strong joint.

It's so fast.
It's like the box joints.

- Okay.
- Of the early 20th century.

And it's brand new...
It's relatively new?

- Relatively new.
- You've got a little bit

of a mix between, like,
old school joinery.

Mixed with this sort
of modern flair.

That's right.

I like it.

Domino, baby.

For the face frame
of our cabinet,

we're gonna use what's called
a domino joiner

and it's a fairly
new technology

in the woodworking world.

It's a piece of equipment

that mortises out

a perfect relief

that then has a piece of wood

that's shaped like a domino

that fits into that relief.

So once we join it together,

we'll have a really strong
durable face frame

for our cabinet,

that then gets box jointed

to the actual cabinet.

I like this domino action,
it's fast.

- Yeah.
- Just like, boom, boom, boom.

So like, what's the job

that you're most
impressed with?

- In film?
- Yeah.

Stunts
and stunt coordination.

What movie did you ride
a bull on?

That was for The Longest Ride.

I wouldn't advise
riding a bull,

2,000 pound animal.

If I had a nickel
for every time

someone said that about me.

- Look at that.
- It's beautiful.

- What is this piece called?
- Face frame.

Frame? Oh, yeah.

Bring out the big clamp,
the big dog.

Oh, yes.

This is the most
gratifying part, right?

Yeah,
seeing it come together.

Pretty cool.

Our face frame's gonna have

the box joints
down the outside edge.

And then our side panels
are gonna have

the box joint
on the front edge.

So when it comes together,

it's all locked together.

It's perfectly square.

To make the side panels,

we'll glue up wood

to those box jointed pieces.

The sides are gonna be
more of the heart pine,

but the guts of this thing,
the back, the bottom,

it's gonna be plywood.

We're working
with really expensive,

really rare woods here.

So, let's not use it in places

that you're not
going to see it.

- These are drawer boxes.
- Okay.

This is a local company
called Morgan Brothers.

That build hundreds
of these a day.

We are going to face them
with Koa.

- Yup.
- It's beautiful and it's rare.

The saw looks like
a professional,

and I think you're just
the man for this.

We're cutting it down
to three-eighths thick.

We're using a piece
that we can get

all three drawer fronts
out of.

This is very rare wood.

All right? We're not
getting anymore, okay?

Because again,
$700 for four pieces.

So Koa means bravery,

warrior in the native
Hawaiian tongue.

Pretty great, considering

we're doing
a military piece.

If you think about
the USS Arizona,

it forced us as a country
into World War II.

Everybody picked up

and served the country
where they needed to.

They had to...
We had to band together

to support our country.

And I think we can do the same

whether we're in war or not,
you know,

we can be supportive
to our neighbors

- and the people around us.
- You have a brand,

a clothing company, a...

- Beer company.
- ...a beer company.

- Mmm-hmm.
- Called Made Here?

Every point of the process
is A to Z American.

We wanted to celebrate
the American worker, you know.

Just like you celebrate
this company.

- Yeah?
- Morgan Bros. You know,

they're local made,

and you support
your neighbors.

- And that's what it's about.
- I love it.

We're just gonna rip
that edge off,

and then we'll cut them
to length on the miter saw.

Keep on pushing forward
with your hand.

So this is actually my first
time working with Koa wood.

When the light hits them
certain ways,

it looks almost like
it's on fire.

Perfect.
You're making some stuff here.

It's some of the prettiest
wood I've ever seen.

That's our drawer fronts.

So, I've got
one more surprise for you.

- Okay.
- In keeping with our theme

for today
of Veterans appreciation.

Here, hold that.
You're strong.

Check this out.

Oh, wow.

- Very cool.
- Isn't that cool?

- Now, what year is this?
- This is a '72 model,

- so Vietnam War era.
- Okay.

I mean, I think that
if we're gonna be delivering

a piece of furniture
to the Veterans Museum,

we're gonna use
a veteran jeep.

- I like it.
- Yeah?

I like it.

Is there a role
that you wanna play?

I'm doing different stuff.
I just did a comedy,

did a heist film,
I'm doing a drama.

So the goal is to just...

- Mix it up.
- ...mix it up.

If you were to build
a cabinetry everyday,

- you'd be pretty bored.
- That's right.

We're gonna use
a lacquer finish

on the unassembled pieces,

the pine and the Koa.

Then, we'll put it altogether.

We'll sand it all again,

and clear the entire piece
one last time.

Ready to go.

Okay. All right.

- You got this here.
- Yup.

So, we're gonna set
the face on it.

This is just a dry fit.

- Okay.
- What do you think?

It looks beautiful.

- All right.
- Wow. It's beautiful.

- It's beautiful, isn't it?
- It's amazing.

Because we don't want people
actually handling

the piece of the Arizona.

We wanted the drawer
so that, you know,

people can interact
with the piece

they can open it up,
see the pieces

that soldiers brought home
from the war.

I'm gonna slide the velvet in,

it's gonna hide our plywood.

There you go.

Navy blue,

significant
of United States Navy.

The teak from the Missouri,

pine from Laurel,
Koa from Hawaii,

and steel from the Arizona.

Boom.

Gosh.

We're building a piece
for the Veterans Museum.

We're gonna deliver it
on a veteran.

That's pretty cool.

- Ready?
- Let's hit it.

Come on. Start, baby.

Good to go.

Let's take it to the museum.

Woo, that air feels good.

Yeah.

All right, partner.

Hot delivery.

So this is the museum.

- Thanks for doing this, man.
- Yeah, it's awesome.

For Scott and I,
this is really cool.

The fact that we got to build

this piece of furniture together,

and he and I are getting
to deliver it

to the museum and present

a World War II hero with it.

Jimmy Bass was a sailor
during World War II.

He knows what it was like,
he was there for it.

- How you doing?
- Good afternoon.

- Good afternoon to you.
- Appreciate you guys coming

and help us out
with this project.

We just can't tell you
how much we appreciate you.

Thank you for having us.

Love it. Love it, love it.

The piece of the Arizona
was actually gifted to him

by the United States Navy.

And he has it on loan
with the museum.

All right,
the fact that he is

who we get
to present it to, is...

Just means the world
because not everybody

gets to do that.

There you go. Look at you.

- Beautiful.
- Beautiful.

Fantastic.

Work of art.

It's not bad.

I wanted this to be something

that was not just a display,

but something that was
a special piece of history.

It's pretty neat.
I mean, we've got Laurel,

and the pine.

This is Koa wood from Hawaii.

- Okay.
- And the Arizona

representing the beginning
of the war

for us as a Nation,

and then this is teak
from the USS Missouri,

represents the end of the war.

That completely covers it
right there.

The goal was to not just build
something to display it in,

but something
that would tell a story.

And for the kids
so they could get close enough

- to touch it without...
- Right. Yeah.

...possibly knocking it over.

It's a hands-on
without being a hands-on.

I know every time I walk by
this display, you know,

from now on,

I'll think about those guys
that were buried on that ship.

Almost a thousand of our men

died on that ship.

And, uh, I can't help but...

Every day I see it,

- I think about those guys.
- Absolutely.

They will never be forgotten.

- Jimmy, it's a pleasure.
- Scott, thank you, bud.

- It's a pleasure to meet you.
- Appreciate you doing it.

Hey, thank you very much
for everything.

That's a great, great job.
Great job.

Thank you.

- Thanks, Mr. Jimmy.
- Thank you, Ben.

- Appreciate you, buddy.
- Absolutely.

For Scott and I,

this is a really
special moment.

We both have
a profound respect

for the men and women
who serve our country.

To be able to do something

that honors fallen soldiers.

That is really special.

I enjoy so many freedoms

and do something that I love

because of these men
and women.

You all really get
a history lesson, boys?

This is a piece... Metal piece
of the USS Arizona.

Yes. This is a piece
that is displaying

a piece of world
and American history.

But also, this is a really
beautiful piece of furniture.

And so, to be able
to combine all of that

into one thing,
that's why I love doing this.