Monday, May 14, 2012

General Meeting - May 14, 2012


The last general meeting was held at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church on May 14th, 2012. 
Last month we spent time discussing the Woodworking Show held at Knecht’s on May 5th.  Then we took time for Show and Tell to share current projects with other members. 

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Toy Making Workshop - May 12, 2012


We held a Toy Workshop on May 12th.  We met on Saturday morning from 9 am til noon at the RCWA Shop at 910 Wood Avenue in Rapid City, SD.
We have prepared a typical operations sheet (referred to as an Assembly History Tag) which we are adapting from a high tech aerospace production line for use on our toy production line.  We will be using it to keep track of all operations performed on a given box or group of toys.
Typical Operations
1
TRACE SHAPE

2
DRILL HOLES/CUT WINDOWS

3
CUTOUT SHAPE

4
SAND FIRST TIME (BELT / OS)

5
ROUTER EDGES

6
SAND SECOND TIME (MOUSE)

7
SEAL

8
SAND THIRD TIME (HAND)

9
FINAL FINISH

10
SAND LAST TIME (WHITE PAD)

11
INSTALL WHEELS / QA CHECK

12
FINISHED - ADD TO INVENTORY


Activities at the May 12th workshop were performed by eight members who worked at drilling holes/windows in wheeled vehicles, tracing airplane fuselages, painting axles, and second sanding on cars, busses, banks and crayon vans.  Many members took home boxes of wood to finish in their workshops/garages.  This include operations such as first time sanding, the roundover routering, second sanding using Mouse sanders, the sealing of the toy, and some piece part fabrication.  Members participating in this month’s workshop included Rick, Lon, Julian, Larry, Bel, Kathie, Darwin and Bob.



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4th Annual WOODWORKING SHOW - May 5, 2012

The Fourth Annual Woodworking Show by the Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA) was held on May 5, 2012 from 9 am until 4 pm.  The event was held at Knecht’s Home Center.  Rick Weisbeck, our in-store coordinator, assembled our second RCWA display case last week and moved it to the lobby of the store.  On Friday evening, May 4, members arrived to help Rick set up the central area of the store for the show.  Knecht’s provided chairs and tables, and members arranged tables and covered them with cloth, in preparation for the arrival of member’s woodworking items to be displayed.  Equipment to be used for the scroll sawing, woodturning, and toy making demonstrations was unloaded and put in place.


By show time at 9:00 am on Saturday, the stage was set and the Show began.  Members spent many enjoyable hours during the previous year, cutting, building, and finishing the projects that were brought together to share at the show. 

For a full report – see separate document “Supplement to MAY 2012 -THE CUTTING EDGE.PDF contained in the link below:

Link to the full report on the WW Show held May 5, 2012





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Toy Making Workshop - April 28, 2012

Activities at the April 28th workshop were performed by twelve members and friends who worked at drilling holes/windows in wheeled vehicles, tracing turtle banks, cutting traced parts down from larger pieces into individual pieces, and initial sanding on cars, busses, banks and crayon vans.  Others continued to trace a plethora of animal cutouts.  Roger ordered our year’s supply of wheels, axles and wooden balls, so work has begun to prepare them before they can be assembled to the wheeled vehicles.  Many members took home boxes of wood to finish in their workshops/garages.  This include operations such as initial rough sanding, the roundover routering, second phase of sanding using Mouse sanders, the sealing of the toy, and some piece part fabrication.  Participating members included Gary, Denise, Harley, Frank, Grant, Julian, Larry, Steve, Bel, Kathie, Darwin and Bob.









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