My dad needs a hobby BIG TIME... he was visiting so I gave him a shot at using a roughing gouge on a piece of firewood (We have been cutting trees down like crazy in my yard).
After we got it to round I turned it down to this rough goblet just to show him what you can do with a little lathe like mine:
I think one of my neighbors said these trees are all Blackjack Oaks? I know they are oak at least. Unfortunately for the yard a lot of them need to go because they are about to fall on my house. At least I get plenty of wood to play with.