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Friday, September 18, 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
TOY PROGRAM UPDATE - 9-8-2020
Sept 8, 2020
Our Toy Program is
continuing as members are getting out of their homes/shops and bringing and taking
toys to and from my shop. Many of the activities that have
taken place since August 3, 2020 are noted in the paragraphs below.
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July 22, 2020
Lon dropped off Tugboat hulls
cut/routered/sanded. Lon also dropped
off a box of toys ready to be sealed.
Bob prepared the spray room for spraying.
July 23, 2020
Bob sprayed finish on 108 toys.
July 24, 2020
Ken brought a box of milled backboards, picked up a box of bases (65) and more backboards (10) to mill. Carol brought 6 quilts ready for cradles.
Bob sprayed finish on 105 toys.
July 25, 2020
Bob sprayed 117 toys. Toys now ready for wheels: 327
July 26, 2020
Prepare area for sealing toys. Box up toys that are ready for wheels.
Mill launchers: Cut 5 degree slot in long launcher
stock. Router the two top edges. Cut the
long stock in 2” long pieces (total of about 300 pieces).
July 27, 2020
Paul brought toys ready for
inventory: 91
Inventory List: add 1016-112 (30), add 1016-107 (33), add
1016-113 (28)
Kathie sealed 176 toys.
Paul picked up about 300 toys ready for
wheels (about 15 boxes). Rick will spray
wheels tomorrow.
July 30, 2020
Rick brought a box needing hand
sanding. Rick picked up the three boxes
ready for inventory. Rick gave Paul
about 1,200 sprayed wheels.
July 31, 2020
Patsy brought critter bags (32) ready
for filling.
Patsy took a box of critters home for
Jerry to sand.
Critter bags stock: 74;
Block bags stock: 32
Access ball/string stock. Need 250 ball/string sub-assemblies for basketball
games, cup and ball games, and paddle games.
Access string/ring stock. Need 50 ring/string sub-assemblies.
Bob finished routering edges of
launchers; next step is sanding all edges. Milled some hardwood down to 1/8” thick for pendants for heart
boxes.
August 3, 2020
Status of toys in work:
Frank – almost done with 27 baby cradles.
Mary Green – has jewelry boxes ready for finishing (37)
Danny – has cup and ball games made (25). Will need ball/string subassemblies.
Ed – has two boxes of critters that will need Routering.
Jerry – dropped off two boxes of critters completed.
Rollie – bring several boxes of cut out toys tomorrow.
August 4, 2020
Paul returned 301 toys ready to be
inventoried.
Rollie dropped of two boxes of toys that
need drilling and router and sanding: 2 boxes need sand/router, 1 box of tugboat
hulls need edges to be rounded over.
Rick, Buus’s, Frank and Julian emailed status.
Danny has four more boxes (2400 each) at
the RV Barn.
Gary Graves is working on 30 small
helicopters. He returned a box of toys after
recovering at ICU. Kathie gave sample
quilt to Pat for making cradle quilts.
August 5, 2020
Rick picked up 14 boxes of toys packed
and ready for inventory. Rick finished
the “Thin” Toys and put them into inventory.
Total toys into inventory today:
361
Moved a large number of boxes of
critters onto new storage shelves in new shop.
August 7, 2020 Rally Begins
August 8, 2020
Frank brought 27 cradles assembled and
ready for seal/sand/spray. Frank took home
two boxes of toys to router and sand.
Bob moved all patterns into one four
draw file cabinet, and swapped bases from two drawer file. Rick added/keyed the lock on the file
cabinet.
Bob cut names of four new folks for the
WW Show.
Bob updated the Main Menu of the Webpage
announcing the revised date of the 12th annual WW Show will be on Saturday Oct 3,
2020.
Kathie made 8 cradle quilts. Bob labeled the shelves on the toy sample
display. He prepped the pendants
patterns for the necklace/pendants to cut on the Scrollsaw.
August 10, 2020
Al dropped by and took rings. strings,
wood balls, paddles, and spindles home to finish. He also took two boxes of critters that need
to be sanded and routered. He will pick up a small sander from Rick.
August 11, 2020
Kathie had cataract surgery. Check up on Aug 12, 2020. Also on Aug 18, 2020. Bob cut pendants for the heart boxes (~70).
August 13, 2020
Bob sprayed a lacquer finish on the
Pendants
Rick put plastic on the turtle banks. He bagged and tagged them and put turtle
banks into inventory (53).
Inventory of tugboat parts: Cabins (100+), Stacks (100+), Hulls (70 done,
30 need sand/router)
August 14, 2020
Rick fixed trigger mechanism on my spray
gun. Kathie sanded the pendants after
first coat of finish. I deposited a
check inside the Credit Union lobby today! Bob
got new phone.
August 15, 2020
Bob sprayed final coat of finish (lacquer)
on the Pendants.
Aug 18, 2020
Picked up toys after hand sanding by Mary
Jo and Bel. Picked up toys from Gary
Graves, both from ICU and new toys made by Gary.
Aug 19, 2020
Rick picked up 200 wheels for tractors
(2” with ¼” Holes)
Rick delivered a display stand made by
Lon – has 4 shelves and folds with a carry handle – designed by Lon and Grant.
Aug 20, 2020
Dan and Mary brought:
Blocks –
large and small – 190 each, sanded and routered
Cup and
Ball (25) needs ball/strings.
Box of
finished toys ready to seal
Jewelry
Boxes – 37 – ready to seal/finish/Felt inserts.
Ken brought
back boards and bases – milled and sanded.
Ken picked up a box of launchers to drill.
Aug 21, 2020
Bob sanded and routered tugboats hulls
(48).
Basketball Bases: count is 80.
Basketball Backboards: count is 80
Aug 22, 2020
Rick finished tractors and packed them for inventory: p/n 1011 (Qty 113)
Aug 23, 2020
Identify Tugboat Jobs for workshop:
1.
Install pegs with spacer/sand
flush
2.
Apply glue to cabins
3.
Install screw for cabin (1 ¼”
long – small square head)
4.
Install stacks
5.
Pack for spraying
Locate extra hoops for sanding/Routering. Locate extra stock for tugboat cabins, prep for cutting to length.
Aug 24, 2020
Ken brought box of bases – milled with
launchers installed, also brought launchers (50) drilled and ready to install
Bob cut tugboat lower cabin parts (48)
plus some upper cabin parts to length.
Aug 26, 2020
Gary and Pat Graves finished the chalk
boards (64); will keep at his shop until
December distribution.
Aug 30, 2020
Setup router for routering groove in
back boards. Setup drill for drilling 1” angled hole in lower cabin part. setup
for Routering basketball hoops and
Aug 31, 2020
Bob:
Router 1/32” deep x ¾” wide groove in back boards (100)
Drill 1” angled
hole in lower cabin parts.
Sand edges
of hoops on disc sander.
Router edges
of basketball hoops (109)
Sept 1, 2020
Met Ted at School to get new key for
school doors
Went to Rick’s shop to do inventory
check – specifically looking for Firetruck No. 1 and for the Locomotives – did not
find.
Brought home 40 rocking chairs to sand
and spray last coat.
Brought home box of sprayed wheels
(900).
Dropped off box of back boards to Ken
for drilling holes for hoop attaching screws.
Ken gave me a shop tour of his Shop.
Sept 2, 2020
Jerry can donate 20-25 chairs for our
meeting room at the school.
Need to look at CFB for missing
locomotive blanks and Firetruck #1 blanks
Sept 3, 2020
Linda Deibert brought six block bags
with strings completed.
Patsy bought fabric for most of next
year’s supply of critter bags. Harley
called to check in.
Sept 4, 2020
Kathie sanded rockers (8), sealed
cradles (27) and 3 full boxes of toys
Bob made 21 necklaces with pendants.
Sept 5, 2020
Bob worked on gluing hoops to backboards
(100). Then boxed up toys that had been
sealed and are now ready to be hand sanded.
Sept 6, 2020
Bob sprayed finish on toys cars and 8
rockers. Then attached more hoops to
backboards (25).
Sept 7, 2020
Box up sprayed toys – ready for Paul to
put on wheels.
Rework some hoops on sander, router. Make more necklaces
Drop off four boxes of toys to Bel for
hand sanding.
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
RCWA September 2020 - Update
It’s almost winter according to the view out my windows, but its really only September 8, 2020. I want to let you know what is being planned for the next few weeks.
We have a date reserved for our Woodworking Show at Knecht Home Center: it is Saturday Oct 3, 2020. When we last met as a group on March 9, 2020, we were about a month away from our 12th Annual woodworking show. We had planned the entire show and were ready to do it. As you know, it was delayed. So on September 14, 2020, which is the second Monday evening of September 2020, we will meet to update the plans for our 12th annual woodworking show on Oct 3, 2020. We will have to do the show a little different than originally planned, and this is what we will discuss next Monday evening.
The meeting place will also be somewhat different. We will meet at the school attached to the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. This is the building on the south end of the church. The BH Lutheran school closed down in mid-2019. We had our Christmas Potluck in the basement of the school one year, and we held our Toy Workshops in the basement of the school several years ago. Enter the building upstairs thru the double doors on the west side of the building. Please wear masks, and we will bring the badges so we can tell who we are, as it has been almost 6 months since we last met. We have been given a large room in the NE corner of the top floor. Jerry Hood is bringing chairs donated by the Nemo Fire Department and Joan Bares decorated the room with brand new curtains. We will have a couple of tables for note-takers and for show and tell, and we are allowed to bring the coffee maker and refreshments. You may want to bring your own chairs in your cars, just in case we run short, at least for this first time.
So that is the plan. We will setup for the show on Friday Oct 2, at 4 pm, as we have in previous shows. The show will start at 9 am on Saturday Oct 3. Please bring your ideas and concerns to the meeting on Monday Sept 14, 2020 and help us make the final plans for the show (again). Also let me know if you cannot attend the show, so we can plan accordingly. Thanks and hope to see you next week.
Monday, August 3, 2020
RCWA - Update for August 2020
Hope all are well and enjoying the summer from your back yards and shops!
Just an update - we are still processing toys and packing them for inventory. We have tried to assess where we are, and currently need all who have toys in work to report in with the status of their individual toys. We are looking for status updates on several items, such as Locomotives, Cradles, Jewelry Boxes, and Cup and Ball Games, just to name a few. If you need any parts to complete your toys, please let us know. So please send me any updates on these and any toys you may still be working on. Thanks in advance.
Paul Douglas just finished putting wheels on 301 toys; about 175 toys are currently being hand-sanded before we will apply the final finish and add wheels. Ken and Bob are working on all the various parts of the basketball games. Rick is working tractors and rockers.
As far as plans for August, it still remains to be seen. August is typically a non-meeting month, and as the Rally is about to begin, we have not scheduled anything formally. The Club for Boys for workshops is still on hold, as well as our attendance at community events. We have been cleared to meet at the School south of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church whenever we are ready. We will see what changes or doesn't change after the Rally is over. Please send me feedback concerning your individual situations about availability for events such as the woodworking show and group picnics.
We will be sending out letters to Toy Recipients in September to see what has changed in the number of Christmas Toy requests. We currently have about 1100 toys in inventory + 400 toys from last year. We have about 550 toys in-work that do not use wheels. These numbers will change quickly in the next few weeks, as many toys are getting closer to completion.
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Toy Program Update - 7-20-2020
As you may have already guessed: July 2020 Events are cancelled until further notice: All events planned for July 2020 for RCWA are cancelled until further notice. Updates will be announced if they occur.
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We have been given a key to the building adjacent and south of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. This is the former location of the Black Hills Lutheran School, which closed its doors in June of 2019. We can meet there on our regularly scheduled meeting nights if we so choose.
We are discussing the subject of using the Club for Boys for our workshops with Mark Kline. The Club opened its doors to a limited number of boys on July 6, 2020. This will continue until August 13th, when the boys go back to school in whatever form it will be. After that time, we will be continuing our discussions with Mark about what changes will need to be made to be able to use the Club for Boys to do our Toy Workshops.
We are discussing the possibility of a RCWA Picnic in the end of August. We are also discussing with Knecht Managers the possibility of holding our Annual Woodworking Show and have tentatively set September 26, 2020 or October 3, 2020 as the show dates. So pull out those "Things That Fly" and get them finished up, if you haven't done so already. We will keep you posted as the date is finalized.
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Our Toy Program is continuing as members are getting out of their homes and bringing and taking toys to and from my shop. I will detail many of the activities that have taken place since June 3, 2020 in the eye chart table below.
Jerry showed
his latest projects on video.
Detailed Notes on Toy Activity
June 4, 2020
Rick talked
with Knecht’s managers and set target date of Sept 26 or Oct 3 for Woodworking
Show.
June 5, 2020
Ralph picked
up ten boxes of toys for wheels, plus a box of wheels, and ten trucks and truck
wheels. Lon picked up crayon whales to
cut. Rollie picked up box of critters to
cut. Kathie made cookies.
June 7, 2020
Bob
sorted/re-organized the physical pattern files
June 8, 2020
Paul Douglas
picked up 4 boxes to hand sand, plus pegs to spray (6000). Paul delivered 6000 other pegs to Ralph last
week.
June 9, 2020
Jerry picked
up a box of firetrucks and pegs and ladders to assemble.
June 10,
2020
Mary Jo
brought 4 boxes ready to finish. She
took two boxes home to sand.
Ralph
brought toys ready for inventory (228) and picked up two more boxes to install
wheels. Bob prepared them for movement
to Inventory at Rick’s.
June 11,
2020
Rick picked
up the toys to take to inventory (228).
Rick brought a box of sprayed wheels (800 to 900). Rick picked up SLIM toys to put on wheels
with special axles. Bob picked up four
boxes of toys hand sanded and ready to spray from Bel.
June 15,
2020
Ralph picked
up wheels (450).
June 16,
2020
Bob spray
finished 243 toys.
June 17,
2020
Bob picked
up 2 box of toys hand sanded from Mary Jo.
Rick delivered toys to WAVI, but they couldn’t accept them at this time.
June 18,
2020
Bob boxed up
sprayed toys, worked on caravans, and worked on pickup tankers (30).
June 19,
2020
June 23,
2020
Delivered
Fire Bell to Station No. 1
Danny gave
me 3 boxes of toys ready to seal. Paul
and Danny talked blocks: Paul has 120
blocks of each size ready, Danny will rough cut 180 more of each size.
June 24,
2020
Picked up
boxes of recovered toys from ICU – Gary Graves.
Dropped off a box of ICU toys.
June 25,
2020
Small SS SIG
at Rick’s – cut critters, exchanged items for inventory (62), picked up a box
of sprayed wheels (900), bought two gallons of Finish.
June 26,
2020
Ralph and Bert
brought wheel install tools by, and two boxes of toys ready to be inventoried. Ralph might be out of commission for a few
months with back issues.
June 28,
2020
Tony brought
boxes of done and some not done, as is having bandsaw blade issues. Paul brought 4 boxes of toys hand sanded and ready to spray. Bob has two boxes ready for inventory.
June 29,
2020
Kathie
sealed 167 toys. Ken brought backboards
milled and ready and bases, some for ICU.
Ken picked up 80 more back boards to mill and 80 launchers to mount on
bases.
June 30,
2020
Bob made a
wheel install kit for Paul (400 wheels + pegs +100 toys). Paul picked them up on July 1.
July 1, 2020
Bob took 3
boxes of toys to Bel for hand sanding.
Also 3 boxes of toys to Mary Jo for hand sanding. R&D:
made prototype of safari tour van.
July 2, 2020
Ken brought
finished assembled basketball game bases and extra launchers. Darwin and Lauree brought two boxes of heart
boxes with felt inserted; also, one box of helos cut and drilled. Lauree took one box of double hearts for inserting
the felt. We watched Air Force 1 fly
over the front yard.
July 7, 2020
Bob finished
Tanker Trucks (30), now ready to spray.
July 8, 2020
Rollie
brought back box of critters cut to shape.
Rollie took box of tugboat bases to cut and box of toy cars. Rick called:
WW Show still scheduled for late September of early October. Lauree brought out box of double hearts with
felt inserted.
July 11,
2020
Lon picked
up 4 boxes to work at home. Rick picked
up two boxes for Inventory. Rick brought
3 boxes of critters ready to put in bags.
Bob picked up 3 box of toys hand sanded from Bel. Alos picked up 3 boxes of toys from Mary Jo
ready to spray.
July 14,
2020
Rollie
brought back two boxes cut to shape. He
took home 3 more boxes to cut. Rick
added ten slim rabbits to inventory.
July 15,
2020
Bob stopped
at Club for Boys to retrieve some wood parts and talk to Mark Kline. Toured the new remodel. Plan to talked again after August 13, when
boys go back to school.
July 16,
2020
Held small toy
workshop for Special Toys. Completed 171
toys, packed and sent to Inventory. Lon brought
3 boxes ready to seal. Grant brought
tugboat cabins ready to install, and a router table with an improved Plexiglas
surface. Jerry brought box of completed
Firetrucks ready for inventory. Patsy brought 21 completed bags for critters.
July 18,
2020
Bob
exchanged the church key for a key to the old school building. Met with Ted Rafledt at Our Redeemer Lutheran
Church. Got a tour of the school building and
we were invited to use any room that would work for our meetings on 2nd
Monday of each month at 7 pm.
Baseball will be starting soon.
Baseball will be starting soon.
July 19,
2020
Bob milled basketball
bases and backboards and launchers.
July 20,
2020
Blog with
updates.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
"Special Toys" Workshop held today (July 16, 2020)
Today's To Do List
Workshop went well. Yes, we finished puppies, dachshunds, caravans, helicopters (2 kinds), and firetrucks, all special toys! (Jerry actually assembled firetruck #3 with ladders and top lights at home prior to the gathering.) Grant brought finished tugboat cabins; Lon brought 3 boxes ready to seal. Grant revitalized one of the router tables with a nice new Plexiglas top. Patsy brought 21 bags ready for critters.
We now have 13 boxes ready to be sprayed. Lon took 3 boxes home to work and Ken took a box. Jerry took two boxes home to work. Just have 2 boxes of critters here left to sand and router.
Note to Rick: Ken will be dropping off six boxes of toys in your driveway soon, all ready for inventory. Thanks!
Rick: All the toys were delivered, social distancing was maintained. No toys were damaged in transition. All is well.
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