Just a quick reminder that we will hold our July 2023 General Meeting of the Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA) tomorrow evening July 10, 2023 at 7 pm at the annex to the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rapid City, SD, at 910 Wood Avenue. Hope to see you there!
Date: 10 July 2023 Meeting Start: 7:00 Meeting Finish:
Attendees:
Bob Buchanan, Kathie Buchanan, Jim Burk,
Darwin Buus, Grant Coffin, Frank DiCesare, Lon Gose, Jerry Hood, Patsy Hood, Rollie
Lynde, Norma Lynde, Ron Nankisel, Ken Maron, Al Oines, Ed Pike, Harley
Schmadeke, Nick Spano, Russ Stueckrath, Tony Verchio, Rick Weisbeck, Rob Young
Introductions:
Club members introduced two new
members, Nathan Staley and Adam Rasmussen.
Nathan’s interests include carving, whittling, and Dremel carving. Adam’s interests include scroll sawing and
home projects.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Checking $4,636.64
Workshop $1,033.22
Savings $ 331.73
Total $6,001.59
Tool sale receipts were $1,957.25 of
which $1,200.60 was paid out to members yielding a profit of $756.65. An additional donation of $20 yielded a final
profit of $776.65. Last year’s profit
was $519.24. A computer program designed
by Cori Weisbeck to track sales proved to be accurate and may be used at next
year’s garage sale.
Shop
Tours
Aug 23 at Nick Spano 1-3.
Special Interest Groups
Next Scroll
Saw SIG is this 20 July at Rick Weisbeck from 1:00-3:00
6704 Kimberly
Drive, Blackhawk. They will be working
on tractors for the threshing bee.
No Turning SIG in July or August.
Threshing Bee
Threshing
Bee is set for August 19. We will gather
at the building around 8:30 and start giving out toys at 9:00. Members and helpers bring chairs. Jerry will bring 6. RCWA members and helpers will get in for free. Wear your red hat or tell the people at the
gate you are with the woodworking group.
Rollie and Darwin will bring scroll saws for demonstrations.
Little Black Hills Battles
Little Black Hills Battles is set for September 9 at Old Story Book Island. Jerry has little giraffe cars made to give out. Little Black Hills Battles is features a 5K run and is a fundraiser for pediatrics.
Announcements
Blog – go to
RCWA.com and click on blog link.
Family potluck is set for September 16 at 4:00 pm at Buchanan’s. Bring a salad or desert.
Next general meeting is scheduled for September 11. There will be no meeting in August.
Toy
program
Toy workshops are set for June 22 and August 12. Goal is to complete 3500 toys for this year’s
giveaway.
RCWA is starting its 3rd year in the church basement. Prior to the church, the group met at the Boy’s
Club. The church has the advantage that
we are able to store wood and tools there.
We have a toy repair program to repair broken toys. We will now repair all toys; not only the
toys we made.
MISC
The group discussed upgrading the woodworking display cases
at Dakota Star Credit Union and at the AARP office.
Darwin is talking to Forest Products on the availability of ¾
inch wood as part of our wood recovery project.
Show and
Tell
Rick Weisbeck showed an outdoor
bench he had made.
Grant Coffin showed pictures of relatives
who had received projects that were displayed at the Spring woodworking show.
Ed Pike showed intarsia projects he
has completed; an owl, a cross, and a girl on a swing.
(Minutes Taken by: Russ Stueckrath)
