WT SIG 10-30-2024

Ken Ketel and Michael Howard hosted today's Woodturning SIG at the West Hills Shop on  Oct 30 @ 1:00 PM.  The West Hills kitchen provided tasty rice crispy treats and coffee.  Ken demonstrated how to setup for inside outside turned ornaments and simple cube turnings.   If you have any questions on today's presentation, call Ken.

Attending (14):

Michael Howard, Ken K, Bob, Lon, Rick, Dave, Nathaniel, Darwin, Nick, Harley, Adam, Jerry, Maggie, and Grant

Two types of turnings work well as Christmas tree ornaments

Simple cube with finials.

 

Inside out turning based on the pattern below.

Simple cube is the starter for this ornament.

Inside out turnings  - step by step.

Patterns

Prep for Next TWS 11-2-2024

 To Do's This Week

1.  Seal some toys (4 boxes)

2.  Spray some toys (One box)

3.  Basketball Game ball/strings (ready to be installed).

4.  Get spoons - Nick is working on this.

4.  Check all remaining toys to make - look at all remaining boxes.

5.  Put strings on cup and ball games.  Jim Brown is working on these.

6.  Make necklaces for heart boxes.  Bob and Natalya are working this.

7.  Make rectangular jewelry boxes.  Nick is working on some.

Photos

Toys needing sanding and routering: 16 boxes

Toys needing routering: 2 boxes

Toys needing wheels and ears: 4 boxes (ears are ready)

Blocks needing sanding (only need one more block bag.)

Glue in stacks in some locomotives (10-28-2024)

Seal single heart boxes made by Jerry (10-29-2024)

Seal whales, locomotives, and vans (10-29-2024)

Seal rest of the vans (10-30-2024)

Seal double heart boxes made by Jerry (10-30-2024)

Make necklaces for heart boxes. (10-31-2024)

Toy. Workshop (TWS2024-22) 10-26-2024

We held our 22nd Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2024 on Saturday Oct 26, 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.

Today was a nice cool day with jackets needed outside.  We worked inside today handsanding, building basketball games, drilling locomotives for stacks, and installing regular wheels. Those working outside were sanding, and routering.

   

The attendees at today's workshop (24) included Rick, Al, Harley, Bob B, Don, Keith, Darwin, Lauree, Dee, Lon (and 3 guests), John, Cleon, Ken M, Nick, Jim Brown, Maggie, Grant, Stu, Roy, Russ, and Dennis.

Activities today:

• Inventory Control
• Hand sand toys
• Drill smokestack holes in locomotives
• Install smoke stacks in locomotives
• Wheel Installs (50s toy car, taxi, soccer van, school bus, off road vehicle, and locomotive)
• Machine Sand toys (80/100/120 grit)
• Spindle sand windows
• Router edges of toys after first sanding
• Bring in Toys completed at home (Basketball game bases and hoop sub-assemblies)
• Build basketball games:  gluing hoop sub-assemblies to bases (99 completed)

Lon's guests helped in the basketball game building - we invited them back next year to help again!

Photos from the workshop:

Lon and guests:  Son-in-law Stuart, grandkids Claire, and Laurie

Toys put into inventory today:

Results from today's efforts:

4 boxes ready to seal

99 basketball games assembled (with hoops and bases)

Dachsunds ears redrilled to 1/4"

Heart boxes received ready to be sealed

Locomotives drilled for stacks

Stacks installed on locomotives

New sander put into commission today (donation from Harley)

Prep for Next TWS (10-26-2024)

 To Do's This Week

1.  Seal some toys (65)

2.  Spray some toys (237)

3.  Make some Basketball Game posts (cut/round over one end/cut slot in other)

4.  Spray hoop sub-assemblies (100)

5.  Attach posts to bases - secure with tiny wedges (100)

6.  Sand posts flush with bottom of base (100).

Photos

Seal toys (10-19-2024) - two boxes (65 toys)

Make some Basketball Game posts /(10-21-2024)

Spray toys (10-21-2024): 237 toys

Spray hoop sub assemblies (100) (10-21-2024)

Load sealed and sprayed toys (10-21-2024)

Fun times for Kathie (10-20-2024)

Attach posts to bases (100) - 10-23-2024

Posts are secured to bases with small wedges.

The posts will be sanded flush with the bases when the glue is dry.

Posts have been sanded flush (10-24-2024).  Boxes were loaded into the truck.  

Hoop subassemblies will be attached to bases this weekend.

Turtle Banks - Rick is drilling holes in the plexiglass covers for the Turtle banks.

The covers are made from sheets of Plexiglas using the CNC router.

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Here's the jig used to securely hold the covers for drilling.

Exotic wood - Zebra Wood - used for a back board

Chalk boards

Pat Graves is adding the chalk paint to the basic birch chalk boards.