As part of the meeting people donate items (Bring Backs) to be auctioned off during the meeting. Also brought in are items for a Show & Tell portion of the meeting where construction, design and problems concerning an item are discussed. This is a great learning experience as knowledge is passed down from those that have solved problems to those that are encountering them.
Here is a picture of the bring back items.
Jim Rutledge talked about sharpening a bowl gouge using an Elseworth sweep back style. Here is a video of his talk.
Our thanks to Jim for bringing in his grinder and demonstrating how to sharpen a bowl gouge and an skew chisel.