This was our first official toy workshop held at the SHOP in the Club for Boys since March 2020.
Toys completed, packed and sent to inventory: 0
Total Toys in inventory to date: (see red book)
- Tracing
- Relocating contents of two file cabinets into one Vertical Cabinet
1. Tracing
a.
Get a Tracing Request
with a pattern from Pattern Table - they record the pattern number and
tracer.
b.
Please work in
pairs – print your names on the Tracing Request.
c.
Look over both sides of wood (2x4 or 2x6 or 1x__) before tracing. Look for defects including wane, splits, cracks,
pitch pockets, loose knots, checks, shakes, and metal (nails or staples). Adjust pattern location accordingly.
d.
Trace as close to
bottom edge as is feasible.
e.
Trace quantity
that is requested (Tracing Request.)
f.
Write toy part
number on bottom of each toy lightly.
g.
Mark “window hole
locations” with a pointy thing (awl or sharp nail).
h.
Lightly write
hole sizes for windows on wood
i.
Mark axle peg locations
with a pointy thing (awl or sharp nail) – size not required unless it’s
different than 7/32”.
j.
Move tracings to
the cutting area to be cut into blanks. Stay
with traced toys until cut and packed, before starting on the next pattern.
2.
Cutting
a.
Separate traced
toys to one per blank if possible (preferred)
b.
Pack all traced
toys by part number: one toy number
per box if possible (general rule). This
does not apply to CRITTERS.
c.
Move to packing area.
3.
Packing Area
a.
Fill out Assembly
History Tag label, then put label on
end of box with tape.
b.
Stack boxes (on a
cart or in a vehicle or above cabinets in Shop).
c.
If member is
taking a box home to work on, tell the Pattern Table, so they can record
the part numbers in the log.
4.
Return Pattern
a.
Bring pattern
back to Pattern Table – tell them the
toy number and status – this will be recorded in the log.
b.
Have a cookie
(and/or coffee). Then get another
pattern from Pattern Table.
Sample of Tracing Log and Tracing Request
