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)
