Recent content by Fotodog

Nice knife Ron, and nicely photographed on that weathered wood. Are those brass pins in the handle? I haven’t worked with brass yet, but interested in learning. Edit: Sorry for the double post, this forum had problems accepting my reply.

Nice knife Ron, and nicely photographed on that weathered wood. Are those brass pins in the handle? I haven’t worked with brass yet, but interested in learning.

Great job on that vise Ron, I’m sure you will put it to good use. I want to let you and the other woodworkers here know about a good website, https://craftisian.com/ You and I are both members at Lumberjocks, but since it was sold last year it’s not as user friendly and doesn’t seem to have as...

Thanks, there was actually a knot hole in the center that was just small enough for a clean opening for the tissue box, thus creating the swirl. I could never find a suitable use for this piece of wood before this project.

Thanks gentlemen!

Tissue Box It seems that cardboard tissue boxes are getting uglier all the time, so I decided to make a nicer one from wood. The sides are Walnut with Maple inlay. The attached top is an off cut from a previous project of figured Walnut that was too nice to discard, with Wenge trim. The...

I just watched that game, amazing! I love how much fun these guys are having. Now that my Tarheels are out of the race, I’m rooting for NC State all the way. I grew up in Raleigh, and my last year there as a teenager I was a bartender at Daryl’s, very close to campus. Fun times!

Carolina ran into a buzz saw to start their game against Michigan State. Their shots weren’t falling and MS was making everything, looking more like their pre season #1 ranking. Down by 12 points early, they didn’t panic and started playing great defense. It was an impressive turnaround, and...

Yeah, hats off to NC State for winning over my Heels. They deserved it, playing smothering defense and hitting a lot of big shots. But after coming home from a round of golf today it’s great to see Carolina with a number one seed. Maybe the loss will make them that much more focused. They have...

Euro, good on you for coming back here, every sports fan knows your pain.

Harllee, I just noticed that you live in Chapel Hill, aka Blue Heaven. No wonder you’re a Carolina fan. I agree with you on that non-call on the trip, I assume that the refs just didn’t see it. But in general I much prefer a game where they let them play without too many whistles. They could...

March Madness is always a blast when you have a team in the race. I have lived in California for many years after coming for photography school in my youth, but I still bleed Carolina blue. Big game today with Duke, one of the biggest rivalries in sports. They have the potential to go all the...

Nice box Ron. I use Osmo Polyx as my go-to finish but haven’t tried their top oil. Do you prefer the top oil?

Well said, I haven’t heard that. I guess when it comes to skin cancer you need something that’s mean and nasty to fight it.

This is a timely post. I saw my dermatologist 3 weeks ago, had a spot on my arm biopsied which showed a small melanoma. It was removed 2 days ago using a burn and scrape procedure which can be done in office. He also has me on a 28 day Fluorouracil treatment for my face. It’s a cream that is...