Toy Workshop 5-12-2018
Today was the coolest day in a week, just over 40 degrees at 7 am, with mist and raindrops in the air, so we left sanders and routers home.
Rick, Ed, Ken, Mary Jo, Paul, Julian, Bob and Kathie, Karl, Harley, Don, Gary, and Frank
Activities:
- Drilling windows and axle holes in wheeled vehicles (Paul, Ken)
- Cutting toys to shape on scroll saws (Ed, Rick)
- Marking cabins for shaping (Julian, Karl)
- Hand sanding after sealer: (Kathie, Mary Jo, Don)
- Wheel installation on WW Show Locomotives, Love Bugs, large Batman Racers, and miscellaneous toys recovered from ICU (Julian, Harley, and Karl)
Toymaking Status:
The Toy Program effort consists of 5 major phases:
The Toy Program effort consists of 5 major phases:
Phase 1: Tracing
Phase 2: Cutting toys to shape
Phase 3:
Milling - routering, drilling, and machine sanding
Phase 4: Finish - sealer coat - sanding - final spray coat - final sanding
Phase 5: Wheel installations
We have completed Phase 1 for all traceable
toys. We have completed 75% of Phase 2,
and all drilling required for Phase 3.
The remaining tasks for Phase 3-Milling for traceable toys are routering
and sanding. Our goal for this year for
the Christmas toy program giving will be approximately 2,400 toys. We currently have 133 toys in inventory. We anticipate receiving requests for approximately
2,400 toys.
Another part of our
toymaking is making toys for Community events giving. This has begun and our first toy giving event will be next
Saturday at Main Street Square for the Black Hills Walk for Wishes fundraiser. A toymaking kit was prepared for this event during the workshop today.
WOOD MOVEMENT/HOMEWORK
Today Don Roberts returned two boxes of cars, all cut to shape. He loaded three more boxes of traced blanks to work on at home. Ken returned a box of old style volkwagens ready for sealing. Ken loaded an oversized box of toys for shaping and sanding at home.
Kathie B sealed 8 boxes of toys totaling 327 toys - on April 30 in preparation for this workshop. These toys were brought to the workshop needing sanding after sealing. Six of the eight boxes were sanded today. Mary Jo sanded all the airplane fuselages over the past two weeks and returned them today.
Gary Graves returned several different toys that he recovered from ICU. These toys were ready for wheels, and were integrated into the wheel installation line.
