SS SIG July 19th, 2010

The second special interest group (SIG) focusing on Scroll Sawing was held at Roger Bares' Shop on a Monday night July 19th at 7 pm.

Roger’s Report: “We had a scrollers meeting on the 19th of July. We had 4 members and 2 visitors present. We covered the basics of preparing wood for scrolling. Taping and gluing the patterns on. I gave each one of them a board and pattern for the rocking chair and some 2/0 blades so they could take it home and practice working with small blades. There was a lot of discussion on many subjects that have to do with scrolling and fretwork. I gave a short demonstration on some of my techniques with small blades and then let those that wanted to try it themselves. Our next meeting will be in my shop on the 16th of August and our main subject will be resawing wood on the bandsaw. I will set up my saw and give a demonstration on resawing. I am still open to doing 1 on 1 if anybody is interested. Just let me know and we will set up a date and time. The meetings have been going very good.”

Roger volunteered to do "One-on-One" sessions with anyone interested. Just call Roger at 1-605 484-3498 to set up an appointment. NOTE: The next SS SIG meeting will be held at Roger Bares’ Shop on Aug 16th at 7 pm and will cover the Resawing on the Bandsaw, as related to preparing the wood used for scroll sawing.

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RCWA General Meeting -- July 12th, 2010

The general meeting of the RCWA was held on July 12th, 2010 at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City.

Presentatation: General woodworking discussions



Show and Tell:

Baby Cradle for new grandson...

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Toymaking Workshop - July 10th, 2010

It was a very productive day for the RCWA Toy Workshop held on July 10th, 2010 at the RCWA Shop in the basement at 910 WOOD AVE in Rapid City, SD.

Attendees included Harley, Rick, Kathie, Bob, Lon and Gary.

Kathie did the final sanding on a run of 97 cars. So with a recent gift of lots of WHEELS and AXLES, Lon, Harley, and Rick were able to assemble about 125 cars, now ready for final finishing. Gary organized the toys in our current inventory, showing that we have completed 187 cars and trucks.

Bob handled the flow of materials and finished products, as well as the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), ensuring that all cars had all their axle holes drilled and that the wheels on assembled units were still turning.

Six boxes of animal cutouts, animal puzzles, turtle banks, and various other toys that were prepared and cut from stock by Roger were passed out to be sanded and then will be returned to the next workshop.

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Sidenote - don't forget to check out Hosie Main's Marquetry Display next time you visit the gift shop at Mount Rushmore.

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Link to Scrollsawing Video

Here's a video of a project made by a mentor of mine in California. His name is Jerry Poole. This video was posted on YouTube by a relative of one of his young admirers.

http://scrollsawvideo.com/videos/

(loads very slowly, be patient)

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Scrollsaw SIG - June 21st, 2010

The first special interest group (SIG) focusing on Scroll Sawing was held at Roger Bares' Shop on Monday night at 7 pm. The group decided to concentrate on BASICS of scrollsawing for this SIG. Meeting dates will be announced. Roger also volunteered to do "One-on-One" sessions with anyone interested. Just call Roger at 1-605 484-3498 to set up an appointment.

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Toy Workshop - June 17th, 2010

A toy workshop was held on June 17th at the RCWA Shop at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City. Cars were sanded and then assembled with wheels and axles. Attendees included Lon, Harley, Rick, Grant, and Bob. It was sort of like a tailgate party!

Harley on the car assembly line. Grant on sanding duty.

The tailgate party...

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RCWA General Meeting - June 14th, 2010

June marked the second anniversary of the Rapid City Woodworkers Association as an organization in Rapid City. At the monthly general meeting held on June 14, 2010, at 7 pm at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City, SD, the members celebrated with cake for all!

Show and Tell by Roger Bares

Lon's new toy - a dovetail jig.

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