Monday, January 25, 2021

Toy Workshop 1 (TWS2021-01) 1-23-2021

Toy Workshop 1-23-2021 (TWS2021-01)

This was our first official toy workshop held at the SHOP in the Club for Boys since March 2020.

Weather today: cold (it's January)

Results today:
Toys Traced:  840 / 25 patterns
Toy Blanks taken home:  185
    Toys completed, packed and sent to inventory:   0  
    Total Toys in inventory to date:  (see red book) 

Attendees (22): Danny, Mary, Patsy, Jerry H, Jim, Rick, Ed, Tony, Darwin, Lauree, Harley, Mary Jo, Lon, Al, Grant, Bob and Kathie, Ken, Don, John, Gary G, and Dennis

Activities:
  1. Tracing
  2. Relocating contents of two file cabinets into one Vertical Cabinet
General Tracing Procedure utilized for Tracing 1-23-2021

 1.    Tracing

a.     Get a Tracing Request with a pattern from Pattern Table - they record the pattern number and tracer.

b.    Please work in pairs – print your names on the Tracing Request.

c.     Look over both sides of wood (2x4 or 2x6 or 1x__) before tracing.  Look for defects including wane, splits, cracks, pitch pockets, loose knots, checks, shakes, and metal (nails or staples).  Adjust pattern location accordingly.

d.    Trace as close to bottom edge as is feasible.

e.     Trace quantity that is requested (Tracing Request.) 

f.      Write toy part number on bottom of each toy lightly.

g.    Mark “window hole locations” with a pointy thing (awl or sharp nail).

h.    Lightly write hole sizes for windows on wood

i.       Mark axle peg locations with a pointy thing (awl or sharp nail) – size not required unless it’s different than 7/32”.

j.       Move tracings to the cutting area to be cut into blanks.  Stay with traced toys until cut and packed, before starting on the next pattern.

2.    Cutting

a.     Separate traced toys to one per blank if possible (preferred)

b.    Pack all traced toys by part number:  one toy number per box if possible (general rule).  This does not apply to CRITTERS.

c.     Move to packing area.

3.    Packing Area

a.     Fill out Assembly History Tag label, then put label on end of box with tape. 

b.    Stack boxes (on a cart or in a vehicle or above cabinets in Shop).

c.     If member is taking a box home to work on, tell the Pattern Table, so they can record the part numbers in the log.

4.    Return Pattern

a.     Bring pattern back to Pattern Table – tell them the toy number and status – this will be recorded in the log.

b.    Have a cookie (and/or coffee).  Then get another pattern from Pattern Table.


Sample of Tracing Log and Tracing Request   


 (Show and Tell - awls)
   

Refreshments (CPT has started)



Tracing










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Monday, January 18, 2021

Wood Preparation Day Jan 18, 2021

Today, despite numerous snow flurries and windy conditions, several members of the RCWA gathered to prepare wood donated by Forest Products for making into wooden toys.  Danny and Mary Green loaded the wood into Danny's trailer last Friday.  Danny then brought this load of wood to Bob's Shop for the "Planing Event of the Year."

Members included Danny, Rick, Al, Jim, Lon, Ken, Grant, and Bob and Kathie.

Members, using the club's sturdy Rockwell planer, planed both sides of 680 pieces of 2" thick wood.  This included 2x6's, 2x8's, 2x10's and 2x12's.  This is estimated to be enough wood for all traceable 2" thick toys for this year's Toy Program.  Other wood is available for making 1" thick toys and will be loaded from the RV Barn and brought to the Club for Boys Shop in the upcoming weeks.  





















Boxes of 1" thick poplar donated by Mangum Enterprises was distributed to Rick today for making toy tractors.  

Also toys that are already complete and ready for 2021 inventory were loaded into Rick's truck today.  This included Basketball Games, Critter Bags, and Tugboats.






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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

January 2021. General Meeting 1.11.21

Tonight 20 members of the RCWA met in the annex to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church to plan our events for 2021.

We discussed going back to the Club for Boys Shop to start Toy Workshops.  The group was willing to start on Jan 23rd.  We also discussed having a spring Woodworking Show at Knechts (April 17, 2021).  Then we selected a tentative them for the show:  "Anything Garden".

Show and Tell followed the meeting.


SHOW AND TELL ITEMS




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