Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA): 2016 Toy Making Marathon - Week 3

Saturday, September 24, 2016

2016 Toy Making Marathon - Week 3 - Sept 24, 2016

Toy Workshop 9-24-2016 at CFB Shop – 9 to noon

Attendees (14): Al Oines, Jerry Hood, Ron Fisher, Grant Coffin, Ed Pike, Danny and Mary Green, Paul Douglas, Bob Buchanan, Lauree and Darwin Buus, Julian Wigen, Lon Gose, Harley Schmadeke and Rick Weisbeck.

Tasks to prepare for workshop: Sealer on wheeled vehicles, spray paint axles, finish wheels. Fabricate basketball backboards. Fabricate Helicopter Rotors on CNC. Sand Wings for Airplanes.

Tasks completed:

Wheels installed on 139 Wheeled Toys
Toys received ready for sealing
Toys rounded over on router
Toys rough sanded on RIGID sander
Traced-toys cut to shape on scrollsaws
Windows drilled in toys
Axles drilled in toys
Eyes drilled in push toys
Basketball backboards milled - routered edges, drilled post hole, and drilled hoop screws
Critters sanded and routered
Wheeled toys sanded by hand after sealing and now ready for final spraying.

Toy Program Status. Toys completed and in inventory at the beginning of the workshop: 793.
There were 139 toys moved to inventory after this workshop, bring the total completed to: 932.

Tasks to complete for next week's workshop:

Final Spray on 35 jewelry boxes made by Mary and Danny Green.
Final Spray on several boxes of wheeled vehicles/wooden toys.
Sealer on several boxes of wheeled vehicles/wooden toys.
Final spray on helicopter rotors.
Bring jig for drilling holes in airplane wings.
Spray wheels for the several boxes of wheeled vehicles and wooden toys that will be ready.
Mill the basketball back boards with a 1/16" deep x 3/4" groove for positioning the hoops during assembly.

JERRY HOOD