Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA): Toy Making Marathon Begins

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Toymaking Marathon Begins (TWS2021-13) 9-4-2021

Attending (15): Tony, Ken, Rick, Al, Don, Frank, John, Jerry, Patsy, Rollie, Norma, Dennis, Cori, Bob, Kathie.

A perfect weather day to kick off our Toy making Marathon which will run until we finish all toys that we started in January 2021. We will distribute toys on Saturday Dec 4, 2021.

At the conclusion of the workshop today, we paused to celebrate Rollie's 90th birthday. Congratulations Rollie and Happy Birthday!!!

We met at the Shop on Wood Ave today officially for the first time. Several members have been working on the facility since early August. Efforts included drywalling two walls of the Store Room, building shelving units to hold Finished toys and Toys that are in Work. Work is continuing on building several small work stations (4' X 2') for using with Drill Presses and small vises. Sawdust collection for drill presses is one of our first needed accessories. Rollie is coming up with a prototype design. A table for using scroll saws will be needed in the near future.

Photos provided courtesy of Cori Weisbeck.

For more information, go to www.rapidcitywoodworkers.com.

RCWA

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Marathon of Weekly Toy Making Workshops Begins - Oct 4, 2014 Toy Workshop

We met at the Club for Boys Shop on October 4th, 2014, at 9 am for our Marathon of Weekly Saturday Morning Toy Workshops leading up to Toy Distribution the first week of December. Many thanks to Mike for letting us into the CFB and staying as we worked.

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Attendees today (12) included Lon Gose, Julian Wigen, Rick Weisbeck, Bel Felix, Harley Schmadeke, Ed Pike, Grant Coffin, Frank DiCesare, Darwin Buus, Rollie Lynde, Kathie and Bob Buchanan.

Tasks performed at this workshop included milling airplane wings, milling basketball game post adapter parts, preparing parts for cradles, milling launchers for basketball games, adding wheels to cars, cutting turtle banks, and inventorying completed toys, packing them and loading into Rick's truck for off-site storage.