Toy Workshop 3-23-2019 (TWS 2019-06)

Attendees:  25

There was a toy workshop held on Saturday March 23, 2019 at the Club for Boys from 9 am to noon.  

Attendees (25): Danny and Mary Green, Rick Weisbeck, Lauree and Darwin Buus, Ed Pike, Rollie Lynde, Al Oines, Lon Gose, Steve Larson, Julian Wigen, Dennis, Jim Burk, Ethan Burk, and Bob and Kathie Buchanan, Harley Schmadeke, Bel Felix, Paul Douglas, Frank, Mary Jo Anderson, Ken Maron, Jerry and Patsy Hood, Herman Jones (guest)

Activities today:

    Tracing, cutting, packing, labeling blanks

    Tracing Critters, CFB racers

    Drilling windows, axles and starter holes for fretwork

    Scroll sawing critters and 2" thick toys

    Checking puppy prototype toy

    Checking Shark Car prototype toy

Items traced today included:

30 New puppies with movable ears from 2x6 stock. Darwin and Frank will trace out 60 ears on 1/4" stock at home.

Remainder of the CFB racers (CFB-02) in preparation for the July 2019 Pinewood Derby at the CFB.

1016-102 - traced final 25 of 40.

30 New Shark Cars 1016-112 on 2x4 stock

40 Tater Bugs (made new pattern from sketch)

20 Chicken critters

20 Teddy bear critters

Darwin and Frank teamed up/divided the work to cut the puppy ears in home workshops.

Scrollers cut all redwood Caravans to shape, then were moved to Bob's shop to further refine the cut for the trailer hitches.  

John Wolf brought in a box of critters he completed that are now ready for inventory.

Al Oines brought back the larger firetrucks, after sanding the window holes on his oscillating sander.  They are now ready to be spray finished.  Lon took a box of toys home to cut, router, and sand.  Don took several boxes home to do the same.  Wes Murphy donated a ten gallon Shop Vac for cleaning up after our workshops.  Rick did some maintenance on it, we used it, and we stored it in the back store room at the CFB.  Thanks, Wes!  Rollie says it's a good machine.  Darwin brought in boxes of scrap 1" dowels for use on log trucks and tugboats.

Statistics:

Toy making goal for 2019: 3000

Toys yet to trace:      0

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Scroll Saw SIG 3-21-2019

Scroll Saw SIG 3-21-2019

Activity at the March 21st gathering of the SS SIG was centered on cutting the parts for the Circus Wagon (Steve Good design) being prepared for the upcoming Woodworking Show planned for April 27th, 2019.  Other items discussed was lighting artwork, and individual progress made on displays of Trucks for the Woodworking show.  Other activities included celebration of Rick’s birthday and upcoming graduation from the Knecht Home Center.  

Attendees:

Danny and Mary, Ken, Jim Burk, Harley, Rick, and Bob

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General Meeting March 11, 2019

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Toy Workshop 3-9-2019 (TWS 2019-05)

There was a toy workshop held on Saturday March 9, 2019 at the Club for Boys from 9 am to noon.
The day started out with light snow and swirling wind whipping snow from trees and making for low visibility.  Then by 8 am, the sun came out and it was a beautiful day!  The temperature at game time today was 27 degrees F.  The number of attendees was lower than normal due to the swirling snow\low visibility north of Rapid City.

Attendees (15): Danny and Mary Green, Rick Weisbeck, Lauree and Darwin Buus, Ed Pike, Rollie Lynde, Al Oines, Lon Gose, Steve Larson, Julian Wigen, Dennis, Jim Burk, and Bob and Kathie Buchanan

Activities:
Tracing, cutting, packing, labeling blanks
Tracing Critters, CFB racers
Drilling windows, drilling axle holes, drilling starter holes for fretwork
Cutting racers, caravan cars, push toys, and critters on scroll saw and bandsaw

Four boxes of toys that were sealed this week were brought to the workshop for sanding.  Several boxes of toys that members took home at previous workshops and cut to size were returned from home garage workshops.  Lon cut to size, drilled holes, routered edges, and sanded all paddle games, and returned them to the workshop today.
Statistics:
Toy making goal for 2019: 3000
Toys yet to trace:                130

If you missed today’s workshop, you missed the opportunity to have your picture taken with Flat Stanley.  Flat Stanley is visiting South Dakota from Indiana for a few weeks in March.  If you want to have your picture taken, be there for the General Meeting on Monday March 11, 2019.  Here are photos from the Toy Workshop:
 

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Toymaking Assistance 3-2-2019

Rick was invited to come to assist a youth group (The Royal Rangers) at the First Assembly of God Church on Mount Rushmore Road today.  The goal of the kids and parents attending was to build a Pinewood Derby car for the race next week.  Rick, Danny, and Bob and Kathie attended the event from 8 am to Noon on Saturday March 2, 2019.  We brought 3 Dewalt Scrollsaws and 2 RIGID toymaking sanders.  The outside temperature at game time was -3 degrees F.  Inside the gym it was very comfortable.  Tables were setup for using power tools, adding liquid lead weights, and painting.

Here are pictures from the event:

Hot Lead for Weights

Special requests for lightning bars to add to the side of the racer (for weight and curb appeal).

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