What sort of lathe did you buy Dan? I have a Nova 3000 one of the last made in NZ it is a medium size and has a swing of 16" over the bed, I have made many pens but find they are very hard to sell in NZ just now, I even tried dropping the price to get the cost of the iserts back with no sucsess, I have now made some of Steves pen stands and will try those, will post a pic later on
Jimbo