We held our seventeenth Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2024 on Saturday Sep 21, 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.
It was a beautiful day with the temperature starting at 47 expecting 66 degrees. We worked inside today handsanding, scroll sawing toys, installing regular wheels and drilling rotor holes, and outside sanding, cutting and routering.
The attendees at today's workshop (22) included Stu, Keith, Al, Rick, Jerry, Patsy, Bob B, Kathie, Frank, Jim Burk, Darwin, Lauree, Dee, Lon, Nick, Larry (guest), Cleon, John, Julian, Russ and Gary G, and Dennis.
Activities today:
Cutting Toys to ShapeInventory ControlHandsanding lots of toysLove Bugs (+ others ) Wheel InstallsMachine Sand toys first timeSpindle sanding of windowsRouter edges of toys after first sandingBringing in Toys completed at home.
Photos from the workshop:
The wheel line expanded to a second table today.
Break Table is always a popular place.
Jerry and Darwin worked on the final three or four boxes of toy blanks that remain to be cut to shape.
Al O finished turning the cup and ball games. Strings and balls will be added next.
Lon finished cutting, sanding and drilling another box of Helicopters. They're ready to be sealed.
Frank finished assembling a group of Small Cradles at home and returned them to the workshop.
A box of toys were spindle sanded by the outside Sanders and the mouse sanders and are ready to be sealed. Other boxes were routered and sanded by the Outside sanders.
More Photos from the workshop:
Eight boxes of toys were hand and machine sanded today (after being sealed this past week) and are ready for final spray finish.
Toys ready to be sealed: 2 boxes + 12 cradles ready for polyrub finish.
Toys moved into inventory today: 242
Total to date:
