May 2009 - RCWA TOY WORKSHOP

The Rapid City Woodworkers Association hosted a Toy Workshop at Bob's Buchanan's workshop on Saturday morning May 23, 2009, from 9 am until noon, with lunch served by Mrs. Buchanan. Four toymakers braved the damp air on a holiday weekend to make the trek to the workshop. We were also joined by two guests from the Northern Hills Woodworkers in Spearfish, SD.

We picked up where we left off at our March toy workshop, taking scrap lumber and turning it into toy cars. We traced out about 100 various cars/busses on 2 x stock and drilled axle holes in the 125 cars already in process.

We showed our guests, NHWG president Corky, and member Richard the progress made on current projects, including basketball games, tractors, and numerous car projects. Corky let us know of some of the future presentations he is planning, and invited us to attend their meeting next Thursday evening in Spearfish.

A good time was had by all, and we all enjoyed a good lunch served by Mrs. Buchanan after the workshop.

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RCWA - May 2009 General Meeting

The May meeting of the Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA) was held on May 11, 2009 at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church at 910 WOOD AVE in Rapid City, SD.

Harley Schmadeke presented a turned beaded handle Gavel and matching sound block to the RCWA on May 11, 2009. Nice job and Thanks Harley!

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A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle and often struck against a sound block to enhance its sounding qualities. It is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the capacity of a chair or presiding officer[1]. It is used to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations. It is customarily struck to indicate the opening (call to order) and closing (adjournment) of proceedings, giving rise to the phrase gavel-to-gavel to describe the entirety of a meeting or session, and to indicate that an item has been sold in an auction. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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The meeting was called to order by Bob Buchanan using the official Gavel. The meeting consisted of a Business Meeting and a Presentation of Favorite Jigs.

The Business Meeting covered the following:
Evaluation/Discussion of the April 18th Woodworking Show
Announcement of a Toy Making Workshop - May 23rd at 2361 Lindsey Drive starting at 9 am

SHOW and TELL

Roger Bares - motorcycle oval plaque

Harley - Walnut Lamp, and Gavel and sound board for meetings

Bob - project 4 shot.

Favorite Jigs

Bob - safety push sticks, bench hook

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Lon - shim maker

Rollie - jig for making basket, and a jig for adding diagonals to picture frame corners.

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RCWA WOODWORKING SHOW - APRIL 18, 2009

The Rapid City Woodworkers Association's first ever Woodworking Show was in the planning stages for three months. A press release to the Rapid City Journal resulted in a very well written and informative article written by Cindy Card Buchholz that was published on Wednesday, April 15th, three days prior to the event. At 10 am on Saturday April 18th, RCWA members began arriving to setup for the show. What a super display of team effort, as the tables were arranged, covered with cloth, and the woodworking displays arranged. By noon, the stage was set and the Show began.

THE SHOW

For those of you who were unable to attend the Woodworking Show on Saturday April 18th, you missed a good one. The weather threatened to spoil the day with a little cold rain, but no snow, so we were overjoyed. The show featured woodworking projects made by members, demonstrations of woodturning and scroll sawing, and concluded with a family potluck.

Displays of a large variety of turned bowls, hollow vessels, platters, segmented bowls, turned pens, and other exquisite items made on wood lathes covered more than ten tables. Members Dave Dittman, Wes Murphy, Rick Wolke, Rex Briggs, and Roger Bares displayed their completed projects. Rick Weisbeck brought in a few examples of fine furniture to display including a dining room table and an end table. Bob Buchanan brought in some shop accessories including a shaving horse for building Windsor chairs and a saw bench, which was required equipment for carpenters not too many years ago. Bob also brought his display of six wild Rocking Horses with Bears ranging in size from 1 inch tall to 12 inches tall.

Roger Bares filled a table with his very impressive collection of scroll sawn clocks, and scrolled text messages including John 3:16 and the 23rd Psalm. Rick Wolke provided a display of samples of exotic woods from all over the world, as well as several of his exotic wood projects. Rollie Lynde presented his woodworking interests and accomplishments via a photo album, while Harley Schmadeke illustrated his hot tub-gazebo building saga on poster board on the wall.
A scroll sawing booth was set up featuring Roger Bares cutting fretwork patterns and Bob Buchanan cutting names for kids. This production line was a real team effort with one person taking names, another drawing the names on the wood, another cutting the names, and another sanding the finished product. Everybody helped in meeting show-goers and telling them about the group. Rick Weisbeck, Gary Graves, Harley Schmadeke, Bob Buchanan and Ron Golin assisted on the name cutting production line, and setting up and tearing down the booth. Nineteen names were cut for kids who came by the booth.

Several woodturning demonstrations were presented on the patio outside the Woodworking Show displays. Rex Briggs, Dave Dittmer and Rick Wolke provided live entertainment throughout the afternoon with chips flying, while answering questions and providing brief explanations of basic turning.

The toymakers filled two tables with samples of the toys built last year and the ones in production this year. The most popular action toy was the dual basketball game, built especially for the show, to give young and old alike a taste of real basketball competition, probably even better than Wii. Kathie Buchanan, Andy Claiborne, and Joan Bares greeted show seekers as they came in the door and helped with the free drawings, and the raffle. Seventy two people signed up ffor the free drawings, and prizes were given away every fifteen minutes during the show. Memories of the day were recorded by member photographer Lon Gose.


It was a very successful event with an estimated 200 Black Hills residents in attendance. I want to extend my thanks and appreciation to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for letting us host the show in their facility, and to all RCWA members for their hard work and dedication to make the show a big success.

SETTING UP FOR THE RCWA WOODWORKING SHOW

The Woodworking Show was in the planning stages for three months. A press release to the Rapid City Journal resulted in a very well written and informative article written by Cindy Card Buchholz that was published on Wednesday, April 15th, three days prior to the event. At 10 am on Saturday April 18th, RCWA members began arriving to setup for the show. What a super display of team effort, as the tables were arranged, covered with cloth, and the woodworking displays arranged. By noon, the stage was set and the Show began.

RCWA Woodworking Show and Demo – April 18, 2009 We want to extend sincere thanks to the Rapid City Journal for their super story on Wednesday April 15th highlighting our first ever Woodworking Show and Demonstration. The article written by Cindy Card Buchholtz was very well written and very enjoyable. The show on Saturday was very well attended and deemed a major success by all members participating in the event. Thanks again to the RC Journal for your story in advance of our event!

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RCWA - April 2009 General Meeting

The monthly meeting of the RCWA was held on April 13, 2009 at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City.

Press Release for the RCWA Woodworking Show and Demo – April 18, 2009

The Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA), a not-for-profit group of hobby and
professional woodworkers, has scheduled its first annual Woodworking Show on April
18, 2009, at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City, SD, from 12 noon to 4 pm. The show will be
held in the lobby of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City
(near the intersection of Haines and Van Buren). The show is intended to promote
interest in woodworking among both hobbyists and professionals in the Black Hills area.
The Show will feature displays of woodworking projects completed by individual
members, Wooden Toys made as a collective effort by all members, and live
demonstrations. Woodturning demonstrations will run all afternoon including bowl
turning, pen turning, and lidded boxes. Interested kids can have their names cut from
wood by members using Scroll Saws. Special projects suited for scroll saws such as
fretwork clocks will also be demonstrated. All attendees can sign up for a free drawing
for selected woodworking projects and a monthly newsletter. A raffle will be held with
hourly drawings for Wooden Toys.

The RCWA is a local chapter of the South Dakota Woodworkers Guild. The RCWA
exists for two main reasons: (1) To exchange information that will enhance the
enjoyment and skills of woodworking; and (2) To promote woodworking as a hobby, as a
profession, or anywhere in between. This includes promoting woodworking safety,
teaching and helping other members, enhancing the quality of life for underprivileged
children of the Black Hills by making and distributing Wooden Toys to charitable
organizations in the local area, and supporting community service organizations thru
volunteer woodworking activities.

We cordially invite anyone who has an interest in woodworking to attend this Show. For
more information, contact Bob Buchanan at (605) 348-2865 or Roger Bares at (605) 484-
3498. Or go to our website at www.sdwoodworker.org.

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Toy Workshop at the RCWA SHOP - March 14, 2009

Six toymakers showed up to kick off the season of toymaking in our new RCWA SHOP in the basement of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.

First on the agenda was hanging pegboard to hold the handtools and clamps donated by Rick and Andy. Then we set up two teams - one to trace out cars on the wood donated by the Spearfish sawmill, and one to sand the fenders for the next gen set of BARES' car line.

Then we caravanned to SPLinter's to pick up workbenches for the SHOP. We disassembled and reassembled three workbenches and arranged them in the SHOP.

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RCWA - March 2009 General Meeting

A winter storm blew in the afternoon of the Monday of our regular meeting, so the meeting was postponed for one week.

Exceptional weather returned to the Black Hills by the weekend, so the March Monthly meeting of the RCWA was held on March 16th, 2009, at 7 pm at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rapid City.

Roger Bares shared his completed clock projects made from walnut, cherry, maple, and ash.

Wes Murphey showed us some of his latest turnings, including his bacote shaver and brush, a bowl made from poplar and walnut, and a display case of walnut and ? .

Details of the upcoming first annual RCWA Woodworking Show were discussed at tonight's meeting. Members volunteered for setting up, working, and tear down of the Turning Demonstrations and the Scrollsawing Demonstrations. We finalized plans for displaying member's projects and asked members to bring them to the church by 11 am. The Show will be open to the public from noon til 4 pm. After the show, members and their families will chow down at a potluck supper.

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