diff --git a/minerva/__init__.py b/minerva/__init__.py
index d1318eb..5fbad8a 100644
--- a/minerva/__init__.py
+++ b/minerva/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from .s3       import S3
 from .docker   import Docker
 from .machine  import Machine
 from .pier     import Pier
+from .pool     import Pool
 
 from .minerva  import Minerva
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "cluster_pool",
     "load_template",
     "load_sql",
-    "AWS_INSTANCES"
+    "AWS_INSTANCES",
+    "Pool"
 ]
 
diff --git a/minerva/athena.py b/minerva/athena.py
index fcd0227..e600de9 100644
--- a/minerva/athena.py
+++ b/minerva/athena.py
@@ -67,24 +67,6 @@ class Athena:
         return e
 
 
-    # FIXME bad sql, can't drop multiple tables in athena
-    def delete_tables(self, db_name, tables):
-        e = Execute(self, f"drop table {', '.join(tables)}")
-        e.run()
-        e.finish()
-
-        try:
-            self.glue.batch_delete_table(DatabaseName   = db_name,
-                                         TablesToDelete = tables)
-        finally:
-            pass
-
-        for table in tables:
-            s3_uri = os.path.join(self.output, table, "")
-            #print(f"deleting {s3_uri}")
-            self.handler.s3.rm(s3_uri)
-
-
     def cancel(self, query_id):
         return self.client.stop_query_execution(QueryExecutionId = query_id)
 
@@ -106,7 +88,11 @@ class Athena:
         e.run()
         e.finish()
 
-        # 2. In chunks
+        # 2. Run the Glue ETL job
+        return self.glue.start_job_run(
+                    JobName   = 'convert table to delta',
+                    Arguments = {'--from': table,
+                                 '--to':   to})
 
 
     def describe_columns(self, table):
diff --git a/minerva/pool.py b/minerva/pool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3e3683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minerva/pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from threading import Thread, Lock
+
+class Pool:
+    def __init__(self, worker, num=1):
+        # TODO can move the creation into a thread, but that might be too
+        # many concurrent requests for AWS
+        self.machines = [worker(i).create() for i in range(num)]
+        self.mutex    = None
+
+        for machine in self.machines:
+            machine.join()
+            machine.login()
+
+    def run(func, data=[]):
+        if not data or not func:
+            return
+
+        # We'll be modifying this, don't mess with the original
+        self.mutex = Lock()
+        data       = data.copy()
+
+        # All threads are sharing the same `data` and access is controlled by a mutex
+        threads = [Thread(target=self.process_queue, args=(machine, func, data))
+                   for machine in self.machines]
+
+        # Start the threads
+        for thread in threads:
+            thread.start()
+
+        # Wait for the workers to finish
+        # TODO maybe return STDOUT from everything?
+        for thread in threads:
+            thread.join()
+
+
+    def process_queue(self, machine, func, data):
+        self.mutex.acquire()
+        while data:
+            item = data.pop()
+            if type(item) == type([]):
+                print(f"i'm doing work with [{min(item)}..{max(item)}] on {machine}")
+            else:
+                print(f"i'm doing work with {item} on {machine}")
+            self.mutex.release()
+
+            # do the work
+            func(machine, item)
+            #time.sleep(0.5)
+
+            # prior to return to the while-loop check
+            self.mutex.acquire()
+
+        self.mutex.release() # we're done!
+
+
+    def terminate(self):
+        for mach in self.machines:
+            mach.terminate()
+
+
+    def cost(self):
+        return sum([mach.cost() for mach in machines])
+