Happy late birthday Ben. Ben actually showed me how to turn a pen at a wood show in late January or early Febuary of this year. I bought a Jet 1014 the next day, about 350 pens later I started posting on this site. Wednesday I got my 2nd lathe, a 1236 and I blame it all on Ben.LOL that's my story and i'm sticking to it. Hope you had a good day all kidding aside.