I had to try out my lathe I have had it for 6 months. I did not know if turning would be for me, so I pickup a cheep lathe off of eBay. I meet Eric Laudenbacher and Dozer (Mike Romano) at the Woodworkers expo. Eric had some of his pens and looked very good. :icon_thum So here is my first! I used Japanese Pagoda blank and a hut-516 pen kit, After turning and sanding I used Mylands Polish.. I make pullouts for cabinets and butcher blocks and now PENS :lol: