Tree to logs to bowls?

Yesterday we had the remnants of Hurricane Ike come raging through our area. It was an afternoon and evening of very high winds which caused a lot of electrical outages and tree damage. My neighbor lost a cherry tree that fell into another neighbor's yard and garden. Another neighbor helped cut the tree into pieces that could be moved around to the front of the house for disposal. I was fortunate enough to be offered several pieces of the trunk of the tree.

I got five log sections to be my first efforts at cutting bowl blanks. They are 10 to 16 inches long by 12 to 16 inches in diameter. Later this week I will make my first attempts at cutting them into bowl blanks.