Monday, July 9, 2012

July 9, 2012 RCWA General Meeting


The July 2012 general meeting was held at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church on July 9th, 2012. 
The main item for discussion was whether to take a month off during the Motorcycle Rally - which was an easy decision.  Then we did our Show and Tell to share current projects with other members.







 










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June 16 2012 Toy Making Workshop

The RCWA Toymakers held a Toy Workshop on June 16th.  We met on Saturday morning from 9 am til noon at the RCWA Shop at 910 Wood Avenue in Rapid City, SD.


We recently implemented the use of an operations sheet (referred to as an Assembly History Tag) for every box of toys in work.  We adapted this from a "high tech" aerospace production line (similar to General Motors) for use on our toy production line.  To date, every box in work has been tagged with its own AHT.  We hope this will make it easier to keep track of all operations performed on a given box or group of toys.
Typical Operations
1
TRACE SHAPE

2
DRILL HOLES/CUT WINDOWS

3
CUTOUT SHAPE

4
SAND FIRST TIME (BELT / OS)

5
ROUTER EDGES

6
SAND SECOND TIME (MOUSE)

7
SEAL

8
SAND THIRD TIME (HAND)

9
FINAL FINISH

10
SAND LAST TIME (WHITE PAD)

11
INSTALL WHEELS / QA CHECK

12
FINISHED - ADD TO INVENTORY


First order of business at the workshop included unloading and sorting/stacking two pallets of cutoffs purchased from Magnum Enterprises, transported to the RCWA Shop by Rick W and his trusty trailer.  Activities at the June 16th workshop were performed by six members who worked at installing wheels on wheeled vehicles, painting axles, spraying sealer on wheels, and second sanding on soon to be wheeled vehicles.  Many members took home boxes of wood to finish in their workshops/garages.  This included operations such as first time sanding, the roundover routering, second sanding using Mouse sanders, the sealing of the toy, and some piece part fabrication.  A few boxes of traced items were delivered to Roger Bares for cutting as well.  Members participating in this month’s workshop included Rick, Lon, Larry, Richard, Kathie and Bob.



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