Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA): February 2023

Friday, February 24, 2023

Toy Workshop (TWS2023-04) 2.25.2023

We held our fourth Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2023 on Saturday February 25, 2023, from 9 am to 12. This was held at the Wood Shop at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City. The shop is in the basement of the annex to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. This was a regularly scheduled Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA) workshop and held on the fourth Saturday of the month.

The attendees at today's workshop (19) included Harley, John, Julian, Rick, Grant, Ken, Rollie, Norma, Keith, Lon, Dennis, Russ, Darwin, Lauree, Al, Stu, Gary G, Ed, and Don.

Summary of Today’s Activities

We finished tracing thin toys, and a majority of the Club for Boys' (CFB) pinewood derby cars were traced.

We started tracing critters today.

We inventoried the Love Bugs that have been traced as of today - there are 443 Love Bugs in various stages of completion. There are 27 completed Love Bugs.

Ed and Darwin cut Turtle push toys and Soccer Cars using the DeWalt scrollsaws.

West Coast Test team members Ty and Mase spend some time this week testing the performance and speed of a a new short stubby racer.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

WT SIG 2.22.2023

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Friday, February 17, 2023

Wood Acquisition 2.17.2023

On Friday at 10 am, we met at the Wood Shop to sort and organize a trailer full of wood recovered from an apartment job site.

Wood collected from Jobsite near Pizza Ranch. Pickup coordinated by Keith Brink and trailer provided by his brother-in-law. Jobsite of Lloyds Company.

Attending: Harley, Nick, Al, Stu, Lon, Rick, Dave, Nick (HS), Keith, Bob and Kathie

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SS SIG 2.16.2023

Attending: Rollie, Al, Rick, Bob and Kathie

Scroll Saw repair demo - replace noisy connecting rod on Dewalt 788 scrollsaw.

Barn review

#82 Connecting Rod

Cupola discussion - Need to build from our plans

Similar to this in concept only:

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Monday, February 13, 2023

February 2023 General Meeting 2.13.2023

Members (15) attending tonight's meeting included: Grant, Al, Keith, Russ, Mary Green, Nick (Hot Springs), Nick (Lead), Allen, Stu, Tony, Dave, Rick, Bob, Kathie, and Harley.

Election of officers tonight.

Slate of officers elected for the 2023 term as follows:

Pres: Bob Buchanan

Vice President: Rick Weisbeck
Secretary: Stu Kellogg
Backup Secretary: Russ Stueckrath, and Patsy Hood
Treasurer: Tony Verchio

A plaque was given to Harley Schmadeke tonight to acknowledge Harley's 15 years of service as our secretary.

Show and Tell

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Toy Workshop (TWS2023-03) 2.11.2023

We held our third Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2023 on Saturday February 11, 2023, from 9 am to 12. This was held at the Wood Shop at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City. The shop is in the basement of the annex to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. This was a regularly scheduled Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA) workshop and held on the second Saturday of the month.

The attendees at today's workshop (22) included Nick, Harley, John, Julian, Bob, Kathie, Rick, Grant, Ken, Rollie, Keith, Lon, Dennis, Russ, Darwin, Lauree, Al, Tony, Stu, Gary G, Ed, and Don.

We finished tracing most of the patterns requiring 2" thick material today. Then we moved on to tracing toys on 1" poplar stock. Following up, we then cut the traced toys into individual pieces with the miter saw or the band saw. Lastly, we put all toys of one kind into a box, labeled the box with an Assembly History Tag (AHT) to track the progress of the work on that toy, and moved the boxes to the Work In Progress (WIP) store room. We also did more cutting and drilling of axle holes and windows in toys.

Behind the Scenes:

Rick brought in 150 airplane fuselages to be sanded. Stu brought in ladders for firetrucks cut with his CNC router. Keith brought in Hippos ready for initial sanding. The sanding group sanded Hippos, airplanes, and ladders. These items are now ready for sealing with shellac.

The tracing groups traced several "new" toys on 1" poplar, plus a new toy tanker on 2" stock. The milling group drilled windows and axle holes on toys from the Work In Progress store room. Bob prepared patterns of critters to be traced on 3/4" pine stock at the next toy workshop.

Rick and Ken assembled Storage Shelves #11 and #12. Bob cut the wood to length during the week. The shelves were then moved into position between two posts in the workshop.

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