Cool looking pen lathe on ebay

Stumbled on this, the seller/creator has a neat looking lathe for pens.  Down sides, its $315 dollars and doesn’t look stable enough to handle light metal or maybe heavy wood.  Oh and its not CNC.  Me, I thing I would build one that is CNC based.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beall-Pen-Wizard-ornamental-lathe-watch-the-video-/350894887144?_trksid=p2054897.l4275