how did you do the side turnings?? just curious.....if you have a lathe i dont see why you bought the pre cutout pots...ive delt with custom sawing before....great company...i ordered my slate and glass from them...i broke the glass though lol.....i turned my own pots from scratch...and made a glass over glass...the inside glass i glued a pic of my first turkey in it...it looked awesome....but i forgot to order the washers...so i made some little pieces of dowel rod for it to sit on..some turned out a hair longer and shorter then others...so when tuning id pop it out with a pencil through the sound portsinthe bottom..wasnt a good idea...after a couple times it broke lol..but ill order more one day....and ill have it fixed lol..i want to put a piece of glass under my slate too...it has a real high pitch to it...but they both look alright for being my first turnings on a lathe