Saturday Dec 5, 2020
Toys were loaded into Jerry Hood's and Ken Maron's vehicles for Connie Olson at the Youth and Family Services on Plaza Drive. Connie met Jerry and Ken on Saturday afternoon. The toys were moved into the hallway just inside the lobby on Plaza Drive.
Monday Dec 5, 2020
On Monday morning, teachers picked up toys for their classrooms and passed them out to their kids.
Just a reminder about the last event for 2020:
Welcome - we have concluded our Toymaking efforts for the year 2020. All toys are packed and waiting in our Inventory Location. We will be sorting and re-packing them by Pick List in preparation for distribution to kids all around the Black Hills and around the state of South Dakota and Nebraska! There will be almost 2,200 smiles on kids this year because of what you have done with your time, tools and talents! Congratulations and thank you!
Our November General Meeting will be held on Monday November 9, 2020 in the annex at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City, SD from 7 pm to 9 pm. We will be discussing the Toy Packing/Toy Distribution Day and the Christmas Family Luncheon as well as sharing SHOW AND TELL items.
See you on Monday eve Nov 9, 2020 - at 7 pm!
This event was held on Saturday November 7, 2020 at Danny’s Shop. Attending (12): Ken, Ken Maron, Rich, Rick, Jerry, Al, Rex, Lon, Bob, Danny, and Lucas. Danny demonstrated a bowl turning project. Then Danny showed one way to sharpen tools. The SIG concluded with a wood shopping exercise in the RV Barn.
The RCWA's final Toy Making activity for 2020 involved putting all the critters that were cut, sanded, and routered during the year into hand-sewn cloth bags. The activity was held on Thursday Nov 5, 2020 at Bob and Kathie’s shop.
Attendees included Ken and Carol, Jerry and Patsy, Mary Jo, and Kathie and Bob.
The crew bagged and tagged 56 bags for 2020 toy giving and 58 bags for 2021 toy giving. With these last toys, the total number of toys completed for 2020 toy giving to 2,383.
TOY PROGRAM UPDATE
OCT 19, 2020
Our Toy Program is still active as members bring toys to and from my shop. Activity since September 8, 2020 is noted below.
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Sept 8, 2020: Work on necklaces. 58 added.
Sept 9, 2020: Prepared for mini-tugboat workshop. Setup jigs. Clear work areas. Routered edges of cabins (136). Work on necklaces.
Sept 10, 2020: Mini-Tugboat workshop. Build tugboats. (Lon, Rick, Ken, Paul, Al, Jerry, Patsy, Kathie, Bob)
Bag and tag blocks, heart boxes, ring toss games, and paddle games.
Install screws in Hoop/backboard sub-assemblies. Make more necklaces (23).
Transfer chairs (30) from Jerry's truck to my truck for meeting room in town.
Add to inventory today:
Blocks 1022 36 bags
Heart Box single 1010-101 25 hearts
Heart Box double 1010-102 25 hearts
Ring Toss 10140199 45 games
Paddle Games 1018-100 33 games
Chalk Boards 1010-103 64 boards
Sept 11, 2020: Put necklaces in bags and then in heart boxes. Bag and tag, save for 2021 (28 heart boxes).
Drop off chairs to Annex to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for meetings.
Sept 12, 2020: Frank dropped off two boxes of toys ready to be sealed. Take tables (3) to Annex for meeting. Make signs for meeting area.
Sept 13, 2020: Prepare for general meeting: Sign-in, Meeting Agenda, Signs, Poster, WW Show Agenda
Sept 14, 2020: General meeting today at 7 pm at annex.
Paul brought toys ready for inventory (4 boxes). Bel returned 4 boxes of toys ready to be finished + box of launchers (hand-sanded).
Transferred toys to Rick. Add to inventory today:
Racers 1004-102 28
VW Oldies 1007-100 29
Vans 1020-101 31
ATV 1007-106 24
Rockers 1002 8
Sept 15, 2020: General meeting today at 7 pm at annex.
Sept 16, 2020: Prep for WW Show - update WW SHOW notes - test printer for Names cutting. Seal/finish jewelry boxes for WW Show. Setup link to rapidcitywoodworkers.com via dnsexit.com.
Sept 17, 2020: Sent email to notify members. New easier way to find our website: www.rapidcitywoodworkers.com.
Sept 18, 2020: Tony picked up patterns for tracing cars for WW Show bandsaw demonstration for Rollie. Racers (-100) and McQueen Racers - two sizes.
Sept 19, 2020: Prep for BB Games - post installation.
Sept 20, 2020: Make pattern for banner RCWA Truck. Add new members to sign-in sheet.
Sept 22, 2020: Cut parts for BB games: cut posts, cut slots, round-over one end. Kathie finished sanding all cradles. Cut out parts for Truck on Banner. Plan display rack for airplanes at WW show.
Sept 23, 2020: Basketball Games: Jerry and Bob - cut wedges to size, install posts to bases, sand wedges flush (130 games)
Patsy and Kathie: cutout Truck for banner, layout banner lettering, attach letters to fabric.
Sept 24, 2020: Prep for WW Show: update brochure, markup/update reporter’s notebook.
Request toy request updates from toy recipients (emails).
Sept 26, 2020: Pickup tablecloths from Danny. Wash tablecloths.
Sept 27, 2020: Build airplanes (8) for WW Show display.
Sept 28, 2020: John Wolf brought box of critters - ready to go.
Sept 29, 2020: Put finish on Airplanes, cradles, jewelry boxes (poly-rub - three coats). Build Heirloom airplane, put grommets in banner, make kit for SS Name cutting, make kit for Toymaking Demo.
Sept 20, 2020: Add hooks to PVC Frame for BUILD A TOY sign.
Sept 30, 2020: Help Ken and Danny load trailer for WW Show items. Make "Flying Toy Museum" sign for WW Show display, cutout on SS. Pickup Reporter's Notebooks from Gary Graves at Basler's. Internet is down.
Oct 1, 2020: Grocery shopping for WW Show. Checkout laptop for Names Cutting. Jim Burk picked up Flash Drive with Pictures for the WW Show.
Oct 2, 2020: Build box lunches (Mary Jo, Carol, Patsy, Mary C).
Ken, Jerry, Bob: Build 26 helos with rotors (now ready for inventory), install hoops to bases (120).
Setup for WW Shop at 4 pm at Knecht Home Center.
Oct 3, 2020: 12th Annual RCWA Woodworking Show - 8 am to 4 pm
Rollie cut toys during the show on his bandsaw - Tony took the toys home to continue working.
Oct 4, 2020: Unloaded trailer at Danny's (Rick, Ken, Bob, Danny). Put all WW Show items back on the shelves in the RV Barn.
Toys to inventory: Helos 1017-101 qty 27.
Transferred two boxes of toys from Ed to Rick for routering/sanding.
Oct 5, 2020: No internet. Called CenturyLink - they will send new router - overnight. They cannot enter the home and install, however.
Oct 6, 2020: Received new router: installed new router, wireless works better, ethernet still not working. Order new network switch (16 port).
Oct 7-10, 2020: Kathie sanded rockers (32). Sprayed toys: Cradles, Basketball Games, Tugboats, Rockers, ducks, wings, tow trucks. Paul picked up several toys to install wheels (80).
Oct 11, 2020: Do agenda for Monday's general meeting. Write and post the newsletter, then email about the meeting.
Oct 12, 2020: General Meeting at 7 pm in the annex.
Toy Program exchanges at the meeting/Toys for inventory:
Tugboats (108) to Rick
Jewelry boxes to Darwin and Lauree for Felt
Received strings and wood balls from Al for BB Games
Transferred ducks to Jerry to install wheels and wings
Oct 13, 2020: Toys for inventory: Cradles (24), Rockers (32), Cup and Ball Games (25) - picked up by Rick. Rick took two tubs of Table Cloths back to RV Barn. Kathie sealed toys (65).
Oct 14, 2020:
1. Trip to CFB store room. Found 5 boxes: 1009-104 Locomotives (80), Long Firetrucks 1007-121 (already cut) (28), Love Bugs 1016-101 (20), Helos 1007-100 (23), and tugboat hulls (50)
2. Talked to Mark Kline about using the kitchen for Toy Packing on Dec 5th. Yes, we can use it. He showed me the spraying tool to use to disinfect after the event.
3. Brought box of toys to Bell for hand sanding.
4. Received new network switch - installed - Internet is working.
Oct 15-16, 2020:
Rick picked up Toys for inventory:
Racers - McQueen 1004-104 18 + 13 = 31
Jeep 1016-107 16
Mixture 1016 10
Racer 1004-101 9
Tow Trucks 1016-114 16
Rabbit 1007-103 3
Vans 1020-103 6
Lon picked up one box of locomotives (40) and one box of Love Bugs (20). Rick brought 11 empty boxes for the basketball games.
Oct 17, 2020: Put strings into wooden balls (100) while watching baseball playoffs.
Oct 18, 2020: Update list of toy recipients with latest phone numbers, email addresses, personnel, and toy request totals.
Update Toy Status list - troubleshoot spread sheet for missing completed toys.
Oct 19, 2020: Write Blog entry summarizing the Toy Program activity from Sept 8 to date.
The October meeting of the RCWA was held on Oct 12, 2020 at 7 pm in the annex to the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City, SD. Eighteen members were in attendance.
Show and Tell:
Live Edge Bowl by Al Oines
The Knecht Home Center of Rapid City hosted the 12th Annual Woodworking Show of the Rapid City Woodworkers Association on Saturday Oct 3, 2020, from 9 am thru 4 pm. Demonstrations of woodworking activities and displays of handmade wooden projects highlighted the day!
Finding the main page of our RCWA Website just got easier.
To get to the main page of our RCWA Website, type "rapidcitywoodworkers.com" into your browser.
Sept 8, 2020
Our Toy Program is
continuing as members are getting out of their homes/shops and bringing and taking
toys to and from my shop. Many of the activities that have
taken place since August 3, 2020 are noted in the paragraphs below.
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July 22, 2020
Lon dropped off Tugboat hulls
cut/routered/sanded. Lon also dropped
off a box of toys ready to be sealed.
Bob prepared the spray room for spraying.
July 23, 2020
Bob sprayed finish on 108 toys.
July 24, 2020
Ken brought a box of milled backboards, picked up a box of bases (65) and more backboards (10) to mill. Carol brought 6 quilts ready for cradles.
Bob sprayed finish on 105 toys.
July 25, 2020
Bob sprayed 117 toys. Toys now ready for wheels: 327
July 26, 2020
Prepare area for sealing toys. Box up toys that are ready for wheels.
Mill launchers: Cut 5 degree slot in long launcher
stock. Router the two top edges. Cut the
long stock in 2” long pieces (total of about 300 pieces).
July 27, 2020
Paul brought toys ready for
inventory: 91
Inventory List: add 1016-112 (30), add 1016-107 (33), add
1016-113 (28)
Kathie sealed 176 toys.
Paul picked up about 300 toys ready for
wheels (about 15 boxes). Rick will spray
wheels tomorrow.
July 30, 2020
Rick brought a box needing hand
sanding. Rick picked up the three boxes
ready for inventory. Rick gave Paul
about 1,200 sprayed wheels.
July 31, 2020
Patsy brought critter bags (32) ready
for filling.
Patsy took a box of critters home for
Jerry to sand.
Critter bags stock: 74;
Block bags stock: 32
Access ball/string stock. Need 250 ball/string sub-assemblies for basketball
games, cup and ball games, and paddle games.
Access string/ring stock. Need 50 ring/string sub-assemblies.
Bob finished routering edges of
launchers; next step is sanding all edges. Milled some hardwood down to 1/8” thick for pendants for heart
boxes.
August 3, 2020
Status of toys in work:
Frank – almost done with 27 baby cradles.
Mary Green – has jewelry boxes ready for finishing (37)
Danny – has cup and ball games made (25). Will need ball/string subassemblies.
Ed – has two boxes of critters that will need Routering.
Jerry – dropped off two boxes of critters completed.
Rollie – bring several boxes of cut out toys tomorrow.
August 4, 2020
Paul returned 301 toys ready to be
inventoried.
Rollie dropped of two boxes of toys that
need drilling and router and sanding: 2 boxes need sand/router, 1 box of tugboat
hulls need edges to be rounded over.
Rick, Buus’s, Frank and Julian emailed status.
Danny has four more boxes (2400 each) at
the RV Barn.
Gary Graves is working on 30 small
helicopters. He returned a box of toys after
recovering at ICU. Kathie gave sample
quilt to Pat for making cradle quilts.
August 5, 2020
Rick picked up 14 boxes of toys packed
and ready for inventory. Rick finished
the “Thin” Toys and put them into inventory.
Total toys into inventory today:
361
Moved a large number of boxes of
critters onto new storage shelves in new shop.
August 7, 2020 Rally Begins
August 8, 2020
Frank brought 27 cradles assembled and
ready for seal/sand/spray. Frank took home
two boxes of toys to router and sand.
Bob moved all patterns into one four
draw file cabinet, and swapped bases from two drawer file. Rick added/keyed the lock on the file
cabinet.
Bob cut names of four new folks for the
WW Show.
Bob updated the Main Menu of the Webpage
announcing the revised date of the 12th annual WW Show will be on Saturday Oct 3,
2020.
Kathie made 8 cradle quilts. Bob labeled the shelves on the toy sample
display. He prepped the pendants
patterns for the necklace/pendants to cut on the Scrollsaw.
August 10, 2020
Al dropped by and took rings. strings,
wood balls, paddles, and spindles home to finish. He also took two boxes of critters that need
to be sanded and routered. He will pick up a small sander from Rick.
August 11, 2020
Kathie had cataract surgery. Check up on Aug 12, 2020. Also on Aug 18, 2020. Bob cut pendants for the heart boxes (~70).
August 13, 2020
Bob sprayed a lacquer finish on the
Pendants
Rick put plastic on the turtle banks. He bagged and tagged them and put turtle
banks into inventory (53).
Inventory of tugboat parts: Cabins (100+), Stacks (100+), Hulls (70 done,
30 need sand/router)
August 14, 2020
Rick fixed trigger mechanism on my spray
gun. Kathie sanded the pendants after
first coat of finish. I deposited a
check inside the Credit Union lobby today! Bob
got new phone.
August 15, 2020
Bob sprayed final coat of finish (lacquer)
on the Pendants.
Aug 18, 2020
Picked up toys after hand sanding by Mary
Jo and Bel. Picked up toys from Gary
Graves, both from ICU and new toys made by Gary.
Aug 19, 2020
Rick picked up 200 wheels for tractors
(2” with ¼” Holes)
Rick delivered a display stand made by
Lon – has 4 shelves and folds with a carry handle – designed by Lon and Grant.
Aug 20, 2020
Dan and Mary brought:
Blocks –
large and small – 190 each, sanded and routered
Cup and
Ball (25) needs ball/strings.
Box of
finished toys ready to seal
Jewelry
Boxes – 37 – ready to seal/finish/Felt inserts.
Ken brought
back boards and bases – milled and sanded.
Ken picked up a box of launchers to drill.
Aug 21, 2020
Bob sanded and routered tugboats hulls
(48).
Basketball Bases: count is 80.
Basketball Backboards: count is 80
Aug 22, 2020
Rick finished tractors and packed them for inventory: p/n 1011 (Qty 113)
Aug 23, 2020
Identify Tugboat Jobs for workshop:
1.
Install pegs with spacer/sand
flush
2.
Apply glue to cabins
3.
Install screw for cabin (1 ¼”
long – small square head)
4.
Install stacks
5.
Pack for spraying
Locate extra hoops for sanding/Routering. Locate extra stock for tugboat cabins, prep for cutting to length.
Aug 24, 2020
Ken brought box of bases – milled with
launchers installed, also brought launchers (50) drilled and ready to install
Bob cut tugboat lower cabin parts (48)
plus some upper cabin parts to length.
Aug 26, 2020
Gary and Pat Graves finished the chalk
boards (64); will keep at his shop until
December distribution.
Aug 30, 2020
Setup router for routering groove in
back boards. Setup drill for drilling 1” angled hole in lower cabin part. setup
for Routering basketball hoops and
Aug 31, 2020
Bob:
Router 1/32” deep x ¾” wide groove in back boards (100)
Drill 1” angled
hole in lower cabin parts.
Sand edges
of hoops on disc sander.
Router edges
of basketball hoops (109)
Sept 1, 2020
Met Ted at School to get new key for
school doors
Went to Rick’s shop to do inventory
check – specifically looking for Firetruck No. 1 and for the Locomotives – did not
find.
Brought home 40 rocking chairs to sand
and spray last coat.
Brought home box of sprayed wheels
(900).
Dropped off box of back boards to Ken
for drilling holes for hoop attaching screws.
Ken gave me a shop tour of his Shop.
Sept 2, 2020
Jerry can donate 20-25 chairs for our
meeting room at the school.
Need to look at CFB for missing
locomotive blanks and Firetruck #1 blanks
Sept 3, 2020
Linda Deibert brought six block bags
with strings completed.
Patsy bought fabric for most of next
year’s supply of critter bags. Harley
called to check in.
Sept 4, 2020
Kathie sanded rockers (8), sealed
cradles (27) and 3 full boxes of toys
Bob made 21 necklaces with pendants.
Sept 5, 2020
Bob worked on gluing hoops to backboards
(100). Then boxed up toys that had been
sealed and are now ready to be hand sanded.
Sept 6, 2020
Bob sprayed finish on toys cars and 8
rockers. Then attached more hoops to
backboards (25).
Sept 7, 2020
Box up sprayed toys – ready for Paul to
put on wheels.
Rework some hoops on sander, router. Make more necklaces
Drop off four boxes of toys to Bel for
hand sanding.
It’s almost winter according to the view out my windows, but its really only September 8, 2020. I want to let you know what is being planned for the next few weeks.
