Hi, good start, don't be shy. Keep showing us your work and ask as many questions as you like, someone will always give you an answer or point you in the direction of the answer.
Eric...
I just started these tiny bands. There actually two strips of veneer. My kids go to a private school and I've been selling pens for their school fundraiser. I'm sick of turning acrylics (cause that's what all the women at the wife's work want) so I got out In the garage and rummaged thru the cut off box and this was what I came up with. (Sold about $500 worth of cheap slimlines in 3 weeks)