May Show & Tell meeting:

The May meeting was held Virtually via Zoom. This meeting was hosted by Silicon Valley Woodturners on the first Wednesday in May, also attended by members of West Bay Woodturners.

See photos of the turnings shown.

May Program - Stone Inlay by Bob Bley

The May meeting was held Virtually via Zoom. This meeting was hosted by West Bay Woodturners on the second Monday in May, also attended by members of Silicon Valley Woodturners.
Bob presented a comprehensive tutorial on creating a stone inlay in a wood truning. He started by describing stone, how to get it, how to prepare it, how to store it. He described how to carve a design into a turning, how to place the stone into the wood and how to cement the sone to the wood. Following that he showed grinding and sanding the stone flush with the surface. Finishing was discussed. The result was interesting and artistic.
The program consisted of a slide presentation and a hands on view of Bob creating a piece in his shop.

The slide presentation is available here
Aditional action photos of the process are here.