Wood Recovery Efforts 5.16 thru 5.17.2024

Wood Donations from Custer were received by Rick and Al on May 16, 2024.  The high quality wood donations were picked up from Virl Scheibe's shop on Thursday and brought to the Wood Shop  for storage.  Bob and Kathie met them at 2:30 pm to assist with the unloading.

Jerry, Bob and Kathie met Al and Rick at 10 am today to pickup more wood cutoffs,  some spalted maple 2x material, a flitch of Russian olive tree from the ditch in eastern South Dakota, and some sheet goods.  Total effort brought in three truck loads of material.

 For more information, go to www.rapidcitywoodworkers.com.

RCWA 

Wood Stock Move Day. 8.22.2023

Four trailers - nine guys - and two luncheon experts

Move Day was Tuesday Aug 22, 2023 starting about 9 am at the RV Barn.  We moved the wood shelves and the wood for toys to Bob's garage.  We moved the Woodworking Show items to the Wood Shop at 910 Wood Ave.  Some items were shared with Restore.

Summary of the Move

Timeline:

8:50 am Start loading Woodworking Show items

9:15  am Start loading items for Restore

9:30 am WW Show items loaded;  items for Restore loaded

9:30 am  Begin loading Rick's trailer with wood from shelves

9:50 am  Finish loading Rick's trailer;  begin loading Ken's trailer

10:15 am  Finish loading Ken's trailer;  begin loading shelves onto Jim Brown's trailer

10:30 am  Shelves all loaded;  travel to Bob's Shop

11:00 am. Arrive at Bob's Shop;  begin unloading  shelves from Jim Brown's trailer

11:15 am. Put shelves in position in Bob's shop (garage stall #2)

12:30 pm. Finish unloading wood from Rick's trailer and Ken's trailer

12:30 pm. Eat lunch provided by Kathie and Linda

2 pm.  Mission accomplished - a good day's work - thank you all!

Attendees (11):

Al, Rick, Stu, Jerry, Grant, Larry D, Ken, Lon, Bob, Kathie, and Linda D

Photos from Today:

 

Items for WW Show being loaded onto Grant's Trailer

Ready for sharing with RESTORE

Farewell to the RV Barn

Wood stock on trailers

Wood shelves loaded on Jim Brown's trailer being towed by Lon

On the road

Unloading Rick's trailer

Unloading Ken's trailer

Wood stock in new location

For more information, go to www.rapidcitywoodworkers.com.

RCWA

 

Wood Acquisition 2.17.2023

 On Friday at 10 am, we met at the Wood Shop to sort and organize a trailer full of wood recovered from an apartment job site.  

Wood collected from Jobsite near Pizza Ranch.  Pickup coordinated by Keith Brink and trailer provided by his brother-in-law.  Jobsite of Lloyds Company.

Attending:  Harley, Nick, Al, Stu, Lon, Rick, Dave, Nick (HS), Keith, Bob and Kathie

For more information, go to www.rapidcitywoodworkers.com.

RCWA

Wood Acqisition 1.26.2023

Work party:  Lon, Rick, Al, Jim Brown, Stu, Grant, Lauree, Bob, Kathie, and Jerry.

Wood collected from Jobsite near Pizza Ranch.  Pickup coordinated by Keith Brink and trailer provided by his brother-in-law.

Good stuff

Firewood

 For more information, go to www.rapidcitywoodworkers.com.

RCWA