Bikerdad,
I just noticed your location. Yeah it is a long journey. They picked it and shipped it within a few hours last Friday. According to the tracking code the box looks heavy. Then from Utah to Aurora, Illinois and then reboxed back to Utah. Kind of funny.
yeah, I was actually over there yesterday during lunch, picking up a kit and Fiji blank for a gotta get it done pen (Mom's b'day) as well as some tooling, one of the new Exemplar kits (Josh convinced me), and assorted tubes. I'd head back again this week to pick up a 23/64" Fisch Pen Maker's Bit, but Fisch doesn't make one in that size, so no point. The discount in the group buy makes waiting a smidge well worth my time, and the shipping about cancels the sales tax savings.
I do like going over there and ogling the lathes, as well as the pens in the rotary case, and the blanks in the lathe showroom... plus chatting with Josh and company. Good people. If anybody has an opportunity to take a class with 'em, do it.