Hey everybody. I wanted to show you what I have come up with for a thunder mug im working on. I have chamfered the base so it will drive itself into the earth and stick there rather than bounce off the ground and fall over. It works perfectly. What your seeing is a barrel set up in a lathe that's about to fall out after that stub is removed. There are many trade secrets in this photo and newbies can defiantly take some ideas from it.