Saturday, June 28, 2014

Toy Workshop - June 28, 2014

Reminder - we will be having our Toy Workshop this Saturday at the Club for Boys Shop from 9 am to noon.  Knock 3 times on the blue double doors closest to the west parking lot.  Hope to see you there!  Bob B
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Attendees today (11) included Greg Todd, Bel Felix, Harley Schmadeke, Ed Pike, Grant Coffin, Al Oines, Frank DiCesare, Julian Wigen, Gary Graves,  Bob Buchanan and Ken Wright.

The tasks at hand today included tracing and cutting Superman Emblems on 1/4" thick red Plexiglass for use by the Club for Boys kids during Shop.  A total of 72 were traced by Harley and Bel and cut by our newest member Ed on Bob's Dewalt scrollsaw.

The next task was final sanding of the Hills Alive vans in preparation for the toy giveaway during a Day in the Park on July 19, 2014.  Harley, Frank, Greg, and Ed sanded the routered edges of the 215 small vans and declared them ready for the event.  The event will be Saturday morning July 19th, from 8:30 am to Noon at Memorial Park in Rapid City, SD.  Children attending the event will be given the opportunity to decorate their individual vans and then members will assemble the wheels to the vans for each child.  Members will be bringing the crayons, glue, wheels, axles, wheel presses, shims, and small hammers to the event .

The effort to complete 400 race cars for the Club for Boys Derby for 2014 (CFB Cars - 4 configurations of Racers) was planned for today.  However, the 18" Craftsman bandsaw was in dire need of maintenance.  Grant Coffin spend over two hours cleaning, adjusting, and repairing the bandsaw.    The remaining cars that have been traced on 2x4s will be taken to a members shop next week and cut into individual pieces ready for initial sculpturing/cutting on a bandsaw and/or scrollsaw.

The "Using a hole saw to make wheels effort" for wheels for the CFB Derby continued today.  Wheels are being made using the 1/2" thick  pre-finished wood from the RCWA supply.  After locating the proper chuck keys for the drill presses, the drill presses were once again set up and drilling began.  Julian and Al worked for over two hours each and made just over 156 wheels (partial).  Ken will drill out the other sides during his time at the Club for Boys Shop during the week.

Frank and Rick have been working in their own garages on a number of cradles in preparation for teacher/classroom kits.  The kits will be given to selected YFS pre-school classrooms in the near future.  Kits may include sets of blocks, a cradle, small cars, a few larger vehicles, bags of critters.

Gary Graves brought in a box of completed race cars (with drivers), along with 12 heart boxes, and 35 chalkboards completed are ready for inventory.   Grant transported them offsite to our holding point for completed toys.

Greg brought in two boxes of cars that are ready for final sanding, sealing, and finishing.  Greg took home two more boxes to work on in his shop.

Ed returned two boxes of critters ready for moderate sanding.  He took home two more boxes of critters to cut.

Grant brought in a router and table for use by the group.  Bob will be customizing it and getting it ready to use for making 3/16" roundovers on all vehicles currently in the manufacturing process.

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Monday, June 16, 2014

Benefit Tool/Garage Sale - June 21st

Fundraiser for Toy Program:  Garage Sale

Saturday 21 June 2014  7:30 am

Location:  4013 W CHICAGORAPID CITY, SD

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TOOL SALE
[A Benefit Garage Sale for the Rapid City Woodworkers Association Toy Program]

WOODWORKING TOOLS
POWER TOOLS
OLD TOOLS and more

Saturday JUNE 21ST, 2014   7:30 am

4013 W CHICAGORAPID CITY, SD

Bring your truck or trailer!  Don’t miss it!

(605) 355-0323


The garage sale is at 4013 W Chicago St - it is the Yellow house in the middle of the school crosswalk.  There’s only one crosswalk on W Chicago St.
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To read an article published in the Rapid City Journal on 7-6-2014 about the fund raiser, click here:
https://sites.google.com/site/sdguildrcwa2/toyprogram/newspaper-articles 

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Major action in the first hour!  This photo was taken an hour after the sale started.  When the sale started there wasn't any more room on the tables for sale items, so lots of stuff was under the tables.  Check it out now!



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RCWA Family Potluck Picnic - 14th June 2014

Next Shop Tour/Event:  Family Potluck Picnic – 14 JUNE – 2 pm to 9 pm








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Sunday, June 8, 2014

General Meeting June 9th, 2014

General Meeting Monday June 9th  - 7 pm at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City.

Our next general meeting will be held on Monday June 9th, 2014 at 910 Wood Ave at 7 pm.  This will be in the fellowship hall at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rapid City, SD.  
We will be planning for the June 14th Family Picnic, the June 21st Garage/Tool Sale, and the July 19th Hills Alive event at this meeting.  This meeting will cover Toymaking status, Announcements, Post Woodworking Show Discussions, the June 21st Garage/Tool Sale Planning, A Day in the Park Planning, and Club for Boys Assistance Planning.  This will be followed by Show and Tell of current projects. 

The agenda for the meeting includes:
1.                   Guests/new members
2.                   Treasurer’s Report- Reminder about Dues – $25/year
3.                   Sign-in / Email / Newsletter check
4.                   Next Shop Tour/Event:  Family Potluck Picnic – 14 JUNE – 2 pm to 9 pm
5.                   Next Toy Workshop – Saturday  June 7th, 2014 – 9 am to noon
6.                   Next SS SIG – at Roger’s – look for email
7.                   Next General Meeting
a.       Date:  July 14th, 20147 pm
b.       Refreshments Person:  ________
8.                   Unplugged Woodworking – on summer vacation – until September
9.                   Woodworking Show – comments/lessons learned
10.               Toy Program
a.       Day in the Park – July 19th, 2014 - Memorial Park
                                                                                                               i.      Time/Personnel/Tables/chairs/tent
                                                                                                             ii.      Need to bring:
                                                          1.       Cars – 220 - Frank
                                                          2.       Wheels/Axles – need 880 of each (paint axles, spray wheels)
                                                          3.       Sandpaper/Crayons
                                                          4.       Wheel Assembly Fixtures w/Jigs(2) / Small Hammers (2)
b.       Teacher/Classroom Kits (suggested) for 4 teachers by Aug 15th; 4 more by Oct 15th
                                                                                                               i.      Contents of Teacher/Classroom Kits
1.       Bag of blocks (10 large/10 small)
2.       Larger Vehicles (eg log truck) (1 or 2)
3.       Smaller vehicles (6)
4.       Doll Cradle with quilt and doll
5.       Rocking chair
6.       Bag of critters (with 12 animals)
c.       BOYS CLUB Assistance – look ahead planning
                                                                                                               i.      Pinewood Derby (2 per year);  80 x 2 = 160 cars
1.       CFB racers – cutout profiles (160) , drill out wheels (320)
                                                                                                             ii.      Santa’s Elves (1 or 2 evenings per month)
1.       Help us build toys
2.       Help them build something for someone else
3.       Projects – e.g.  catapults w/experiment in design/construction
4.       Mini woodworking Show – an evening to give them ideas on what they could build with wood
11.               Garage Sale:  Saturday 21 June 2014 - Fundraiser for Toy Program
a.       Location:  Wes Murphy:  4013 W CHICAGORAPID CITY, SD on W. Chicago
b.       Time:  7:30 am til done
c.       Ad in Newspaper:  Mary Coffin
d.       Items to be sold:  Bring list to this meeting
e.       Julian – marking method
12.               Woodworking Display Cases – Knechts
13.               Wood Recovery Project – on-going - for all members
14.               FUTURE DISCUSSIONs
15.               SHOW and TELL

                                    See you on JUNE 9th - Monday at 7 pm!

To catch up on all the happenings at meetings of the Rapid City Woodworkers Association, click on the following link for meeting minutes:

https://sites.google.com/site/rcwa004/meetingminutes/meeting-minutes---2014

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Toy Workshop June 7, 2014

All - we will have a toy making workshop tomorrow morning Saturday June 7th from 9 am to noon at the Club for Boys Shop.  Hope to see you there!   Bob B

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Attendees today (10) included Lon Gose, Levi Woodard, Greg Todd, Bel Felix, Harley Schmadeke, Ed Pike, Grant Coffin, Bob and Kathie Buchanan and Ken Wright.

The effort to complete 400 race cars for the Club for Boys(CFB) Derby for 2014 (CFB Cars - 4 configurations of Racers) continued today.  Grant cut out racers on the bandsaw.  The unofficial count for today is somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 and 200 cars that have been "rough-cut" to date.

The "Using a hole saw to make wheels effort" for wheels for the CFB Derby was continued again today.  Wheels are being made using the 1/2" thick  pre-finished wood from the RCWA supply.  Three members set up three drill presses.  Ed, Lon and Bob worked for over two and a half hours each and made just over 150 wheels (partial).  Ken will drill out the other side during his time at the Club for Boys Shop during the week.

Kathie sewed a number of larger size bags using drapery material prior to the workshop.  Today she packed the larger bags with an assortment of various sized blocks for the teachers kits.  These blocks were sanded and routered by various members over the last six weeks in home shops.

The inventory of traced and cut vehicles was reviewed, and those items needing axles holes were lined up and drilled by Harley, Levi and Kathie.

The remaining tasks completed today included preparation of the ball/string sub-assemblies to attach to wooden balls for the basketball games and cup and ball games.  A total of 145 string/ball sub-assemblies is now ready for use.  Strings were also attached to wooden rings in preparation for attaching to the ring toss game.  A total of 50 string/ring sub-assemblies is now ready for use.

Harley brought in 3 cardboard boxes full of pre-finished wood that he has generously been storing since Dec 2012 in his shop.  Other members will be using this wood as needed for additional non-wheeled toys.

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