Prepare giraffe giveaways for the 5K Run coming up in September 2024.
Cut dowels to length for block bags (7" and 3.5" for 40 bags). Cut 200 at 7" and 200 at 3.5". Will roundover the ends at the next workshop.
We held our tenth Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2024 on Saturday May 25, 2024, from 9:00 to 12:00 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.
Photos from today's event:
Keith is certified on the small trim router on a table to round over the ends of dowels for logs and block bags. It is an easy trick that can be used for many applications. Ask Keith to demonstrate how it is done.
Our next Toy Workshop is Saturday May 25, 2024.
Preparations included sealing toys, making logs for log trucks, making patterns for new 4" long Mini Locomotive (new part number is #9.5), tracing mini locomotives, cutting blanks for Chalk boards, and preparing small router to round over the ends of logs.
RCWA Meeting Minutes
Date: May 13 2024 Meeting Start: 7:00 Meeting Finish: 8:30
Attendees:
Joseph
Allen, Bob Buchanan, Kathy Buchanan, Jim Burk, Grant Coffin, Jerry Hood, Patsy
Hood, Stu Kellogg, Dave Maude, Al Oines, Richard Rasmussen, Don Roberts, Tony
Verchio
Introductions/
New Members:
Welcome to Joseph Allen as a new member. Joseph does quite a bit of work with computers and has some ideas for updating our website.
RCWA $75
collected for dues, $125 for outside donations, $117.66 from ebay tool sales,
and $1,541.00 ($1,391 net) from the wood show.
Bob was reimbursed $145 for craft parts.
$150 was reimbursed for wood show change. In addition, the May-July utility fee of $125
was paid. We earned $0.90 interest in the workshop
account and $0.02 in the savings accounts.
Current balances follow.
Checking $5,533.49
Workshop $1,551.83
Savings $
331.93
Total $7,417.25
Wood Show
The wood show
brought in $1,391 net. Of this, $331 came
from raffles, $760 came from the silent auction, and the remainder came through
donations to the club.
71 names were
cut by club members, which was also responsible for a number of the club
donations.
As a
reminder for next year, we should be saving the sign-in slips.
Shop Tours
Al Oines
reported no shop tours or events are scheduled for May, although the wood
turners interest group met in West Hills Wood Shop this month.
A shop tour
at Larry Kellogg’s is scheduled for June
12, 1:00, in Spearfish. Bob will send
out a map at a later date.
Special Interest Groups
Next Scroll
Saw SIG is scheduled for June 20th tentatively at Rick Weisbeck’s
home (6704 Kimberly Drive, Blackhawk) from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Turning SIG
is scheduled for May 29 1:00-3:00 will be held at West Hills Village wood shop.
General
Meeting
Next general meeting will be June 10,
2024 at 7:00 p.m. Note that we are
returning to Monday evenings for the summer operations. Tony will bring refreshments.
Other Topics
Black Hills Battles is scheduled for Sept. 14 at old Story
Book Island. Stu will have 54 giraffes
ready for the event. The club has worked
on a number of giraffes for the battle as well.
Boys Club Pinewood Derby help, July 8, 9, 10. Carrie is the point of contact along with
Tanner Tucker.
Tool sale will be June 15. Because of demographic changes,
there is no parking at Wes’s. So, we are
looking for a new location for the tool sale.
If an item goes to the club, mark it with 99. Tony will total sales for each unique ID
number, save 10% for the club and the remainder to the individual. Tools are most welcome but other items can be
brought for the sale as well.
Tool Sale
Location
Church parking lot
Cori Weisbeck House
Old Albertsons Building
City Parking Lots (requires permit)
Harbor Freight lower parking lot
Shopko parking lot
Woodstock Supply
Knecht’s parking lot
South Canyon Baptist Church
Founder’s Park
Rank
Church, no. 1
Kellogg’s, no. 2
Cori’s, no. 3
Hats
Bob will talk to his brother about
the price for hats (RCWA Toy Maker).
24 hats minimum
Toy
program
Next Toy Workshop will be Saturday, May 25, 2024.
All toys have been traced and we are hoping the weather will
allow sanding and routing of toys outside.
If you know someone who wants toys,
we have an application for toys on the RCWA website.
Show and
Tell
Al Oines brought in baby
rattles for show and tell.
Minutes taken by Stu Kellogg
We held our ninth Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2024 on Saturday May 11, 2024, from 9:00 to 12:00 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.
Photos from today's event:
