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They're all excellent boxes, I think I'll have a go at making some now I've seen yours.

Two more I've finished, the corian one has a piece of broom that was left from the broom pen and also a piece of the wood left from the golf club pen I made. I can't remember what the wood is for the other pen. hod&bodge yes the tools do need a quick rub on the grinder more often when turning...

thanks guys, straight pens are my preference but I gave the fat one a go, hod&bodge I used a 1/2 inch carbon steel skew that came with the DML24 lathe which i have to admit is my favourite most used tool. I use to turn all my pens and bobbins.

New Nail Gun, made by DeWALT. It can drive a 16-D nail through a 2 X 4 at 200 yards. This makes construction a breeze, You can sit in your lawn chair and build a fence. Just get your wife to hold the fence boards in place while you sit back, relax with a cold drink and when she has the board...

just done some more pens and experimented using up the bits that are left when cutting to the length of the tubes. The top one has 3 pieces glued together along with a piece of diagonally cut walnut, the middle one is different pieces of corian and the bottom pen is made from broom. I made the...

Try going over the permanent writing with the drywipe pen and wipe off immediately, worked for me in the past.

After reading about Ubuntu in Computeracitive I thought I'd have a try but it was a disaster, couldn't get it to load up, asked for help on linux forums and it seems that if your computer has the right hardware it'll work mine didn't Ubuntu doesn't like usb keyboards or mice apparently.

I went to the doctors. He said 'I'd like you to lie on the couch'. I said 'What for?' He said 'I'd like to sweep the floor' I went to the doctors. He said 'What appears to be the problem?'. I said 'I keep having the same dream, night after night, beautiful girls rushing towards me and I...

Phone answering machine message - "...If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key..." A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Clingfilm for shorts. The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts." I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find...

As a woman passed her daughter's closed bedroom door, she heard a strange buzzing noise coming from within. Opening the door, she observed her daughter with a vibrator. Shocked, she asked: 'what in the world are you doing?' The daughter replied: 'mum, I'm thirty-five years old, unmarried, and...

SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2...

I’m so fat and to make matters worse, I’ve just come out of a chippy eating an enormous pie and chips. A tramp sat on the pavement outside. He was very thin and said he’d not eaten anything for two days. My God I wish I had his f**king willpower.

A petrol station owner in Dublin was trying to increase his sales, so he put up a sign that read, 'Free *** with Fill-Up.' Soon Paddy pulled in, filled his tank and asked for his free ***. The owner told him to pick a number from 1 to 10. If he guessed correctly, he would get his free ***...

While in China , a man is very sexually promiscuous and does not use a condom. A week after arriving back home, he wakes one morning to find his p***s covered with bright green and purple spots. Horrified, he immediately goes to see a doctor. The doctor, never having seen anything like this...

Well I must be lucky or it's the build quality because my two speed Delta just sits on the bench and doesn't move about at all when I'm using it.

Irish Boy's Confession "Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl". The priest asks, "Is that you, Dicky?" "Yes, Father, it is." "And who was the girl you were with?" "I can't tell you, Father, I don't want to ruin her reputation." "Well, Dicky, I'm sure to find out her...

Nurses aren't supposed to laugh 'Of course I won't laugh, I'm a professional nurse. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient.' 'Okay then,' Fred said and proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the tiniest 'man thingy' the nurse had ever seen. Length and width, it couldn't have...

A husband walks into Victoria's Secret to purchase a sheer negligee for his wife. He is shown several possibilities that range from £250 to £500 in price -- the more sheer, the higher the price. Naturally,he opts for the most sheer item, pays the £500, and takes it home. He presents it to his...

I just fixed a piece of ply to the side of the grinder and put two marks to line up the chisels, the top one for the skews and the lower one for all the others

why not put the lathe in the cabin on the concrete floor and then build a wooden floor around it if it's a concern.