Hi there from Chapel Hill

[benwise]

Hello everyone. Man, this website is full of really nice people. I think I mainly just joined so I could be friends with yall. My name is Ben, I'm a historian, I live in Chapel Hill and just moved down from Boston. Before that Houston, before that Auburn, with a stop here and there in London, Montana, and a birth in Atlanta a ways back. I worked for a rustic furniture maker who used a lot of locust and mt laurel, and learned by just trying things out. I'm afraid that's still mainly how I operate. Sometimes I cuss a lot in the woodshop.

I'm working on a walnut dining room table that's as big as a bus. I started a thread today and have already gotten lots of great advice.

Here's some pics:

me and my little rocknrollers:

 

[TracyP]

Ben, Welcome aboard. It is great to have you here. I look forward to your input in the forums and to seeing some more of your work. I see you already have the picture thing down pat! Your rock and rollers are precious!!

 

[woodArtz]

Hi Ben... great to have you with us! :icon_thum As you have already noted, there's a bunch a great folks on the forum. What kind of history do you specialize in? I'm a history buff, so I'm just curious :wink_smil.

 

[thrt15nc]

Welcome Ben!! Have to ask. Where in Montana? I'm born and raised there and still have "moving away from there" withdrawls every day.

Cute kids!!!

Tom Swortzel

 

[Partman]

Welcome to the NCWWer and NC. Glad to have you join. :icon_thum

Danny

 

[Tarhead]

Welcome Ben from a former Chapahellion! Lots of great folks here waiting to share.

I guess you haven't introduced your darlings to the classic Rock n Roll song: "No more Monkeys jumping on the bed" huh? :gar-Bi Mighty cute!

 

[McRabbet]

Welcome to the site, Ben -- happy to have you part of the experience. Mighty cute kids you've got -- cherish the time you have with them as they grow up fast! My little girl just turned 37...

 

[Bas]

Welcome Ben, take two pieces of lumber out of the scrap bin for including pictures in your first post! Great to have you here on the site.

 

[RandyJ]

Welcome, Ben! Cute little rockers you have there.
We look forward to your contributions and seeing pictures of your work. A Bus-sized table sounds like quite a project!
There are plenty of helpful, friendly people here. Don't hesitate to jump in any time.
Take care,

 

[ScottM]

Welcome to our sawdust covered family. Come in and set a while.

 

[Splint Eastwood]

Welcome,

Great pics! can't wait to see some of your work!

 

[Tar Heel]

Welcome from one Chapel Hillian to another. We look forward to your input and pics of your work. It looks as if you have two little munchkins that probably cut into your shop time. Enjoy them while you can...they grow up fast. :cry_smile

 

[scsmith42]

Hey Ben - welcome to the asylum! Great pix, can't wait to see photo's of your projects.

Scott

ps - one of my favorite authors is Stephen Ambrose; it's nice to have a historian in the group!

 

[benwise]

Hi Ben... great to have you with us! :icon_thum As you have already noted, there's a bunch a great folks on the forum. What kind of history do you specialize in? I'm a history buff, so I'm just curious :wink_smil.

Thanks Bob! I do 20th c US history, but especially southern history. I'm workin' on a biography of a guy named William Alexander Percy, a plantation owner and writer from Mississippi. Give me a few years and I'll give you the heads up when its done! peace, bw

 

[benwise]

Welcome Ben!! Have to ask. Where in Montana? I'm born and raised there and still have "moving away from there" withdrawls every day.

Cute kids!!!

Tom Swortzel

Hi Tom, I lived in Clyde Park, just north of Livingston and Bozeman. Worked at a place called the Crazy Mountain Ranch, which was a cattle ranch when I was there but has since morphed into a sort of shi-shi dude ranch. I truly had no idea what I was doing and broke lots of tractors and probably scared the cows more than I helped them.

 

[Don Sorensen]

Welcome, Ben, from a former Houstonian...well, Clear Lake City, anyway.. close enough to get annexed if you know what I mean.

 

[DaveO]

Welcome Ben, it great to meet you. I see your kids dance like mine....in their underwear :gar-La;:gar-La;:gar-La;:gar-La;
Dang Tom Cruise for starting that fad

See you around!!!!


Dave

 

[farmerbw]

Ben, cute kids and welcome a board. We're glad to have you join, good luck with that huge table and keep the pics coming. :icon_thum

Brian.

 

[sapwood]

Hi Ben and welcome to NCWWer!
Another Chapel Hillian (we gotta work on that spelling) here. Of course, I couldn't actually afford to live there after working 30 years at UNC-CH. Luckily I wasn't born during your specialization era, so you won't find much about me :mrgreen:

Enjoy the forum,
Roger

BTW, I did work with HG Jones a bit and William Powell was my history prof when in school . . . man I'm old :swoon:

 

[cskipper]

Glad you joined us! We LOVE pictures, including the "in progress" ones!