Toy Workshop 9-30-2017

Saturday September 30th, 2017:  9 am to Noon - Toy Workshop at CFB Shop

The fourth week of our fall toy-making marathon!

Warm weather returned to the Hills today, so we could setup routers and sanders outside again.  We started bilding tugboats, finished up parts for basketball games, completed a small project for the Club for Boys, and finished a large number of wheeled toys. Last week we ran out of wheels.  Today we had wheels left over and ran out of toys.

Attendees (21):   Danny and Mary Green, Bob and Kathie Buchanan, Jerry Hood, Grant Coffin, Ralph Brethauer, Paul Douglas, Rick Weisbeck, Harley Schmadeke and his neighbor Carl, Darwin and Lauree Buus, Jerry Nordine, Bel Felix, Ed Pike, Ken Maron, Lon Gose, Julian Wigen, Steve Larson and  Al Oines.

Activities:
   Critters:
       Sand flat sides with stationary belt sander
       Router edges with trim routers on tables using 1/8" round-over bits


   Sanding - toys with Rigid Sander
   Project for CFB:  Trace, cut, sand, and router:  Buffalo Cutouts(20)
   Tugboats: 
        Cut, sand, and router boats
        Build cabins - two parts, one drilled at 15 degrees for stacks, glued and nailed
        Sand/shape fronts of cabins
        Setup to drill holes for rope ties
   Basketball games:
        Launchers and hoops sanded by hand
        Backboards drilled for posts
        Bases (milled, sanded, routered at home garages) transferred to next operation
        Bases cut (for next year at home shop) using repurposed cherry cabinet doors
   Helicopters - rotors cut on CNC last week, rotors installed on helicopters today (60)
   Ring toss games - attaching string/ring to sticks turned on the lathe
   Wheeled toys - Installing wheels on toys - three wheel presses set up
   Inventory of completed toys:  count/label/record/box up/transport

Photos from today's Toy Workshop:

Toys packaged for Inventory today: 237                     Subtotal to date:    1,860

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TOY WORKSHOP - 9-23-2017

Saturday September 23rd, 2017:  9 am to Noon - Toy Workshop at CFB Shop

The third week of our fall toy-making marathon!

It was a blustery day today, with cool temps and moisture in the air, so we moved the routers and sanders inside the shop, and moved the wheel assembly line to the extension room to the south of the shop.

Attendees (19):   Danny Green, Bob and Kathie Buchanan, Jerry Hood, Grant Coffin, Ralph Brethauer, Paul Douglas, Rick Weisbeck (at home shop), Richard Rasmussen, Harley Schmadeke, Darwin and Lauree Buus, Jerry Nordine, Bel Felix, Ed Pike, Rollie Lynde, Frank DiCesare, Ken Maron, and Mary Jo Anderson.





Activities:
   Critters - sand flat sides with stationary belt sander
   Critters - router edges with trim routers on tables using 1/8" round-over bits
   Critters - drill eyes
   Sanding - toys with Rigid Sander
   Sanding by hand - launchers and hoops
   String/Ball Assemblies - prep for basketball games and cup and ball games
   Airplanes:  Installing wings on airplanes, then installing two wheels on airplanes
   Drilling - eyes were added to critters with 3/32" drill bits
   Drilling - holes were drilled in the tops of helicopters for rotor installation
   Installing wheels on toys - four wheel presses set up
   Inventory of completed toys:  count/label/record/box up/transport








Photos from today's Toy Workshop:

The wheel line today included Bel, Harley, Paul, and Richard.

Jerry Nordine and Ralph Brethauer assembled the last of the airplanes.

Isn't that the coolest wall paper!

Kathie and Mary Jo did the final sanding of parts for the basketball game, including the hoops and the launchers, using 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper. 

The flash on the left side is Lauree, the toy wheel line JIT (just-in-time) supplier/expediter, and toy recorder/packer!

What a great facility to make toys!

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Ralph and Jerry converted from airplane assembly to helicopter rotor assembly with minimal setup time and almost no re-training.

Grant and Darwin worked the "string to ball" assembly operation, preparing for the basketball game and cup and ball game builds.

Ken returned from vacation to try his hand at dremel tool critter routering.

Rollie and Danny discussed new scrollsawing techniques after spending the morning sanding toys and critters on the disc and Rigid sanders.

Not pictured:

Jerry Hood made eyes on a ton of critters, with 3/32" drill bits.

Ed  Pike and Danny Green sanded the flat sides of another ton of critters.

Frank DiCesare prepared helicopters for rotors by drilling 7/32" holes in the tops of the last group of helicopters for the year.

Rick Weisbeck - working at home shop today - running the CNC machine making parts for the helicopters, the rocking chairs, and the turtle banks.  Also doing some trim routering to ease the edges of critters, while spraying wheels, and preparing parts for tractors, rocking chairs, and turtle banks!

Bags and Quilts

Patsy Hood delivered a tall stack of fleece critter bags this past week.  Mary Jo Anderson delivered a number of flannel critter bags this week.

Carol Maron completed several beautiful cradle sized quilts this week.  Earlier this year, Roberta Brethauer, Margaret Rasmussen and Kathie Buchanan brought in several cradle quilts as well.    Thank you ladies for sharing your special talents with us!

Nine boxes of toys counted/labeled/recorded/and packaged for transport by Grant to the offsite storage location.



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Toys packaged for Inventory today: 292            Subtotal to date:   1,623

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SS SIG - 9-21-2017

Thursday Sept 21st:  7 pm Scroll Saw Special Interest Group (SS SIG) at Rick's Shop.

Attendees(10):  Danny Green, Rollie Lynde, Bob and Kathie Buchanan, Paul Douglas, Darwin Buus, Rick Weisbeck, Harley Schmadeke, Ken Maron, and Jerry Hood.

Activities:  Christmas 3D ornaments,  Wood Recovery, New Toy Discussion - Wood Puzzles

Toy Workshop at CFB - Saturday 9-16-2017

Saturday September 16th, 2017:  9 am to Noon - Toy Workshop at CFB Shop

The second week of our fall toy-making marathon!

Attendees (21):   Danny and Mary Green, Bob and Kathie Buchanan, Jerry Hood, Ralph Brethauer, Paul Douglas, Rick Weisbeck, Richard Rasmussen, Harley Schmadeke, Darwin and Lauree Buus, Jerry Nordine, Julian Wigen, Bel Felix, Don Roberts, Al Oines, Ed Pike, Rollie Lynde, and Frank DiCesare, and Mary Jo Anderson.





Activities:
   Critters - sand flat sides and router edges with trim routers on tables using 1/8" round-over bits
   Sanding - toys with Rigid Sander
   Sanding - flat sides with stationary belt sander
   Routering - edges of toys with round-over bits
   Sanding - toys by hand after sealed
   Sanding airplane wings
   Sanding basketball game launchers
   Rocking Chairs:  Tracing patterns for rocking chairs, cutting backs for rocking chairs with scroll saws. 
   String/Ball Assemblies - add to Paddle Games; package Paddle Games in ziplock bags
   Airplane wings - drill countersunk center hole and attach to fuselages
   Airplanes:  Installing wings on airplanes, then install two wheels on airplanes
   Basketball game launchers - sand and mark location of screw pilot holes; drill pilot holes in launchers.
   Installing wheels on toys - two wheel presses set up
   Inventory of completed toys:  count/label/record/box up








Photos from today's Toy Workshop:

Entering the SHOP at the Club for Boys

Airplane Assembly on the left; scrolls sawing rocker parts in back on right, paddle game assembly right front.

The Wheel Line:  Harley and Julian and Bel

Hand sanding caterpillars:  Kathie, Don and Mary Jo

Ed scrolling parts for the rocking chairs

Jerry drilling holes in airplane wings

Frank drilling pilot holes in basketball game launchers

Ed - Fretwork on the rocking chair back.

Darwin - Scroll sawing the rocking chair parts.

Al - Building the string/ball assemblies for the paddle games.

Airplane Assembly Line - Ralph, Paul, and Lon

Wheel / axle subassembly assembly  mixed with string/ball subassemblies...

Airplane wing assembly fixture

Lon - wheels on airplanes

Rollie and Rick:  Tailgating:  using trim routers with 1/8" round-over bits to ease the edges of the critters.

Danny and Jerry:  using RIGID sanders to sand and shape a number of wheeled vehicles.

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Toys packaged for Inventory today: 229            Subtotal to date:    1,331.

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September General Meeting 9-11-2017

Toy Workshop at Club for Boys SHOP - 9 Sept 2017

Saturday September 9th, 2017:  9 am to Noon - Toy Workshop at CFB Shop

The first day of our fall toy-making marathon!

Attendees (19):   Danny Green, Bob and Kathie Buchanan, Jerry Hood, Ralph Brethauer, Paul Douglas, Rick Weisbeck, Richard Rasmussen, Harley Schmadeke, Darwin and Lauree Buus, Jerry Nordine, Julian Wigen, Bel Felix, Don Roberts, Al Oines, Ed Pike, Rollie Lynde, and Gary Graves.

Activities:
   Critters - sand flat sides and router edges with trim routers on tables
   Sanding - toys with Rigid Sander
   Sanding - flat sides with stationary belt sander
   Routering - edges of toys with roundover bits
   Sanding - toys by hand after sealed
   String/Ball Assemblies - drilled holes in wooden balls (250), cut strings to length (17")
        for basketball games, paddle games, and cup and ball games.
   Airplane wings - sand edges
   Basketball game launchers - sand and mark location of screw holes
   Installing wheels on toys - five wheel presses set up
   Inventory of completed toys:  count/label/record/box up

Photos from today's Toy Workshop:

Toys packaged for Inventory today: 218                     Subtotal to date:    1,102.

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Click on the link below to learn more about the Rapid City Woodworkers Association activities

 on the main page of the website:

Web Page of Rapid City Woodworkers Association