Saturday, October 22, 2016

2016 Toy Making Marathon - Week 7 - Oct. 22, 2016

Toy Workshop 10-22-2016 at CFB Shop – 9 to noon

Attendees (18):  Jerry Hood, Al Oines, Ed Pike, Danny Green, Rollie Lynde, Bob and Kathie Buchanan, Harley Schmadeke, Bel Felix, Lon Gose,  Paul Douglas, Gary Graves, Richard and Margaret Rasmussen, Steve Larson, Ron Fisher, Frank DiCesare and Rick Weisbeck.

Tasks to prepare for workshop:

  1. Sealer on wheeled toys (KB)
  2. Spray finish on wheels (RW)
  3. Spray finish on toys (BB)
  4. Sand and router remaining critters (BB)
  5. Build 102 tugboats (S Larson)
  6. Sew bags for critters and for blocks (Patsy, Mary, Kathie)
  7. Sealed, sanded and spray finish on Turtle Banks (KB/BB)
  8. Locomotives assembled (AO)
  9. Build more Cradles (4) (FD)

Tasks completed:
  1. Wheels installed on 57 Wheeled Toys, packed and inventoried.  Included large racers, large oldies, buses, small cars, helicopters, and an airplane.
  2.  Toys were cut on the scrollsaw, sanded, and routered:  
    • Comic helicopters were cut to shape on scrollsaw
    • Comic Helicopters were rounded over on router
    • Comic Helicopters were rough sanded on RIGID sander; now ready for sealer.
  3. Rotors were installed on 5 helicopters.
  4. Critters were sorted, eyes added as needed, then critters re-grouped, and put into cloth bags.
  5. Cloth bags with critters were filled.  Total of 75 bags were packed, and inventoried.
  6. Blocks were put into block bags (camo):  10 large and 10 small.  Total of 24 bags packaged, and inventoried.
  7. Comic helicopters - after cutting, routering, and sanding, rotor holes were drilled.
  8. Cradles received,  bring for final spray.


WHEELS ASSEMBLY




COMIC HELICOPTERS CUT, SANDED, AND ROUTERED




CRITTERS SORTED AND PACKAGED IN CLOTH BAGS








TOYS PACKAGED AND LOADED FOR STORAGE




LAST OF THE CRADLES ASSEMBLED - READY FOR FINAL SPRAY  


Toy Program Status. Toys completed and already in inventory at the beginning of the workshop:  1,649.  There were 155 toys moved to inventory after this workshop, bringing the total completed to: 1,804.

Tasks to complete before next week's workshop:
  1. Sealer on tugboats/comic helicopters.
  2. Sand tugboats/comic helicopters.
  3. Final Spray on tugboats/comic helicopters.
  4. Final Sealer/Spray Finish on cradles.
  5. Spray wheels for the comic helicopters.
  6. Cut more rotors for comic helicopters.
  7. Cut parts for Rockers.
  8. Sew 8 more big bags for blocks.
  9. Continue making parts for remaining toys.

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