heck thats pretty danged good for doing it freehand lol.....i figured you rigged something up since you bought a cut out pot....using a lathe isnt all that hard..my shop teacher was the kind that taught us saftey and how to turn the machines on...other then that he had a seat lol.....so i taught myself...he wouldnt let me turn strikers though....we had a full sized lathe and the speed wasnt very adjustable....when i turned strikers it would whistle or hum when i got down thin.....he told me not to go any thinner for saftey reasons...which i understand....he was a great guy..just not a teacher....but i carve my own strikers with a knife....but i dont have any college shop classes lol.....so ill be ordering from custom sawing sometime soon......