Hi, my name is Charles Chaloupka, twice retired new AAW member. I spent twenty-two yrs with the United States Air Force and 18 years as a business owner. I learned woodturning from my Ag teacher in high school in Riviera Texas in 1974-6, thanks Jerry Malin. Bought my first lathe used, a Jet 1442. Great machine, used it for the first two years. Joined Emerald Coast Woodturners nearly 3 years ago, and what a great bunch of people. I still have several challenges I cant seem to overcome. Getting pieces to turn true, and finishing. As a plumber for 40 plus years, my only challenge was getting pipes to run and not leak. So I will look forward to mentoring on both those fronts. I am also having issues with downloading pictures to the AAW site. Despite all efforts I still get an error message saying image is too big. I have converted my ipad pictures to jng and jpg format to no avail. Im sure im not the first to encounter this issue and would greatly appreciate any help.