We held our fifth Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2024 on Saturday March 9, 2024, from 8:30 to 11:00 am. 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. The March 2024 General Meeting was held from 11:00 am to noon.
We have all the cars (2x4 stock) traced, including the love bugs. Darwin and Tony cut some toys to shape on scroll saws. Jim Brown drilled axle holes. Al, Roy, and Russ worked on airplanes -- 50 are completed and inventoried. Rick repaired the bandsaw.
The attendees at today's workshop (15) included Harley, Julian, Keith, Stu, Lon, Rick, Lauree, Darwin, Al, Grant, Jim Brown, Russ, Tony, Mary Jo, and Roy.
Cori, Don, Mary C and Dave Maude joined us for the meeting at 11 am.
Photos from the event:
RCWA Meeting Minutes
Date: March 9, 2024 Meeting Start: 11:00 Meeting Finish: 12:00
Attendees: Keith Brink, Jim Brown, Darwin Buus, Lauree Buus, Mary Coffin, Lon Gose, Dave Maude, Al Oines, Don Roberts, Harley Schmadeke, Russell Stueckrath, Tony Verchio, Rick Weisbeck, Cori Weisbeck, Julian Wigen
Introductions/ New Members:
No new members or guests attended today's meeting.
Treasurer’s Report:
RCWA $2,252.75 for craft parts (wheels, axels, etc.) in March 2024. We earned $1.24 interest in checking and $0.02 interest in savings. Current balances are
Checking $3,597.83
Workshop $1,550.00
Savings $ 331.89
Total $5,479.72
We received a $440 donation from church in Pennsylvania as a result of Jerry and Patsy’s toy reach out there.
Shop Tours
Al Oines reported no shop tours or events are schedule at this time.
Special Interest Groups
Next Scroll Saw SIG is scheduled for March 21 at Rick Weisbeck’s home (6704 Kimberly Drive, Blackhawk) from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Will be working on compound cut for nativity scene and sleighs.
Turning SIG is scheduled for March 27 1:00-3:00 at Brown’s home (2878 Spotted Fawn Lane, Rapid City).
General Meeting
Next general meeting will be April 8, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. Note we are returning to Monday evenings for the summer operations.
Tool sale will be June 15.
Rick will again be seeking volunteers to help with pinewood derby cars April 12th and 13th. Tony will bring his sander. Rick and Cori will bring scroll saws.
Cori Weisbeck has set up a feedback mechanism for community requests to connect members with community members’ making requests for assistance, etc. Please contact Cori to provide skill sets. A column has been added to the member rosters to include skill sets as well.
Wood Show
The Wood Show is set for the third Saturday in April (April 20). The theme is Christmas in April. Set up is scheduled after 4:00 p.m. on Friday April 19. If you can’t be there Friday, let Rick know so we can reserve a space for you. Remember to bring your name tag for your display area. We will meet Friday afternoon at shop to load the trailer, and unload on Sunday.
Rick Weisbeck reported he is making approx. 50 racing sleighs and Keith Brink is making a Santa driver to be installed in each one (see show and tell picture for example).
Lon Gose will bring old tools and tool display.
Jim Burke will set up the slide show again for this year.
Discussion for better management of the Silent Auction was held. In the past, more items were brought than originally planned, which is a good thing, but planning in advance would make management easier.
Discussion on the Lathe demo was held. Dave Maude suggested that a focused approach to items being turned would make the set-up process easier. It was also suggested, since only one lathe is on site, that a schedule is made for the turning demos and the person demonstrating.
Mary Coffin has identified areas for posters to be hung first or second week in April. Please take a stack if you willing to help distribute. Mary Coffin will do the tri-fold as well as send an announcement to RCJ. Cori will do Craig’s list and facebook. Mary will contact the tv station for coverage. Cori and Rick will make CNC signs for indoor use. Maybe we make sandwich boards and 2-3 hangar flags for outdoor use. Cori showed a banner example that can be purchased for around $40.
We will continue to do door prizes which will be held every 15 minutes or so. The club is looking for additional items for door prizes. Al will coordinate raffle. Need 8 raffle prizes. Lauree and Darwin, tic tac toe game for raffle. Stu will contribute a half dozen wine stoppers for either the raffle or door prizes. Rick will donate a cradle and Kathy a quilt for the raffle.
Patsy and Cori will coordinate silent auction. Nick will have a cutting board. Stu will donate an inside-out ornament with stand and a bowl or vase of some sort. The Nativity set will be donated by Scroll Saw SIG group. We will try to get a complete list of items for both the raffle and the silent auction at the April meeting.
Scroll saw demonstrations: let us know who is interested in doing scroll saw demonstrations.
Rick will bring his CNC and gattling gun.
Patsy, Kathy, and Mary Jo will coordinate lunches. Please bring some $$ for lunch donations next meeting.
A friendly reminder that this is not a sale. It is only a show. We cannot sell items within Knecht’s during the show without running into legal problems with sales tax.
Please commit to stay until 4:00 on Saturday.
Jerry will bring in Christmas tree that we have at the Christmas party for hanging ornaments.
Toy program
Next Toy Workshop will be Saturday, March 23, 2024.
Jerry Hood is working on a new toy motor boat while in Florida.
All toys, except critters, are traced.
Cutting will start at next meeting and depending on weather, cutting, routing and sanding can begin outside.
If you know someone who wants toys, we have an application for toys on the RCWA website.
Wood Recovery Project
Tite Bond sent 5 cases of glue. Please send them a short note of thanks accessible from web site.
Show and Tell
Rick brought in the nativity scene. Rick also brought in a scroll saw man with birds and Santa’s sleigh. Pictures follow:
Minutes taken by Stu Kellogg
