Saturday, October 26, 2019

Toy Workshop 10-26-2019 (TWS2019-20)

Toy Workshop 10-26-2019  (TWS2019-20)

Results today:
    Toys completed, packed and sent to inventory: 136
    Total Toys in inventory to date: 136 + 2201 + 5 = 2342


Weather today:  Windy, temperature at game time:  50 degrees with temperatures expected to drop to 38 degrees by noon, and wind gusts up to 45 mph in the afternoon, with snow expected.

The sanding team moved inside to sand and router wheeled toys.

Attendees (21):  Kathie, Bob, Danny, Mary, Paul, Gary, Rollie, Julian, Grant, Patsy, Jerry, Jim, Tony, Rick, Ed, Ralph, Gloria, Steve, John, Harley, and Mary Jo.

Activities today:

    Rough sanding of toys
    Routering of windows and edges of toys
    Gluing hoops to back boards
    Miniature routering of critters
    Cutting CFB PINEWOOD Derby cars to shape on scroll-saws for 2020
    Hand-sanding finished toys (12 more boxes were ready to be sanded at game time)

This photo show boxes that were sealed and/or finished in preparation for this workshop.



Results today:

Four boxes of toys are now ready to be sealed:


Twelve boxes of toys are ready to be spray finished:


Homework this week:
    Rick returned 2 boxes of critters ready for bags.
    Frank took home a box of rabbit toys to sand and router.
    Keith returned a box of wheeled toys ready to be sprayed during the week.
    Danny returned a box of caterpillars and trucks ready to be sealed.
    
 Photos from today's workshop:

 Wheel line did double duty by sanding toys after finishing up wheel installs:





Cutting Love Bugs and CFB Derby blanks






Round over routering of Critters


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