Toy Workshop 23 (TWS2021-23) 11-13-2021

Beautiful day for a workshop - temperature in the 50s, and cloudy, but with high winds predicted for 10 am!  So, we set up sanders and routers outside without the tent today.

Attending today (20):  Rick, Jeff, Rollie, Ken, Bel, Lyle, Harley, John, Don, Mary Jo, Mary G, Kathie, Bob, Grant, Al, Lon, Jim (guest), Julian, Dennis, Gary.

Activities today centered on finishing up the last toys before our Dec 4 Toy Program Packing  and Distribution Day 2021.

Critters:  sand, router, hand-sanding the last couple of boxes.  Then we began to sort the 18 or so boxes of critters into sets in preparation for filling cloth bags with selected critters.  Used the Book of Critter Sets 1 to 10 to guide the sorting exercises.

Hand-sanding:  PT cruisers, blocks, critters, crayon whales, Batman cars, shark cars, caravans, small cars, and love bugs.

Wheels on vehicles:  PT cruisers, small cars, caravans, Batman cars, Crayon whales, and shark cars and various re-covered ICU items.

Crayon whales:  put 8 crayons in small bags and add to whales with rubber bands.

Puppies (12):  add ears

Caravans: shape trailer tongues and add trailer hitch pegs.

Totals for today:  156 toys to inventory

Photos from today's workshop:

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Shop Tour - Eric Lie's Shop - 11-10-2021

 Attending:  Eric Lie, Rick, Ron, Grant, Al, Bob, and Mark

Eric Lie is a member of the Northern Hills Woodworking Guild and lives in Spearfish.  Several members of our group have attended Shop Tours in the Spearfish area over the past 13 years.  As it turns out, the last time we visited Eric's Shop in Spearfish was August 2011, so it was time for another tour in Spearfish.  Eric spent a lot of his Shop Teaching career in Spearfish.  He offered us all lots of practical tips and demonstrated several jigs to do practical tasks in a woodworking shop.  Many tips involved the low cost approach to completing projects without breaking the bank. 

Here are a few photos:

 

If you notice that Eric is sporting a RCWA Toymaking cap, its because we made him an honorary member of the group and deserving of all the privileges of membership as well.

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November 2021 General Meeting 11-8-2021

Our November meeting was held upstairs in the annex to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church located at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City, SD from 7 to 9 pm.

Plans were made for our Toy Packing / Distribution Day on Dec 4, 2021 from 8 am to noon.  We will gather around 8 am to sort more than 3500 toys that have been completed for our 2021 Toy Program.  Because the toys are already at the WOOD Shop in the basement of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, there will be no pilgrimage to Black Hawk to transport boxes into town.

Boxes will be sorted and placed on tables around the perimeter of the Shop and up and down the center aisles in preparation of the TOY PICKING Exercise.  After Toy Pick Lists are filled, the boxes will be moved to packing area in a room down the hall.  There, the boxes will be packed and labeled and stationed in appropriate areas, readied for pickup by various responsible members/organizations.  Most of our toys will be distributed on Dec 4, 2021, with the remaining toys to be taken to various organizations on the following Monday or Tuesday.  We will not be delivering toys to YFS kids in person this year, but will be taking them to the Plaza Drive building for pickup by YFS teachers from their 10 different locations.

Our Christmas Family Potluck was also discussed, with a sign up sheet passed around to give an indication of what foods would be brought to the luncheon.  It will be held at the Nemo Community Center on Dec 11, 2021 starting at 11: 30 am.  Ham will be provided by Patsy and Jerry Hood, and Smoked Turkey made by Grant and Mary Coffin.  The rest of the food will be provided by members in potluck style.  Tables will be decorated by anyone who choses to do so.  A tree will most likely be available for decorating for all your handmade decorations.

Show and Tell Items:

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Toy Workshop 22 (TWS2021-22) 11-6-2021

Attending today (17):   Mary Jo, Rollie, Ken, Al, Harley, Bob, Rick, Mary G, Don, Dennis, Jim Burk, Darwin, Lauree, John, Julian, Lon, Stu Kellogg (guest).

Activities today included packing up cup and ball games and ring toss games into ziplock bags for inventory,  hand sanding of wheeled toys and blocks, routering of critter edges, hand sanding of tugboats (100) and rockers (40) and other  2" cars, drilling holes in wooden balls and attaching strings, attaching strings to basketball games with 1/8" pegs, adding 2 spoons to each basketball game for packing in boxes for delivery.  A total of  98 toys were put into inventory today.

Results of this workshop: 

Two boxes of toys were machine sanded and routered and are ready for sealing:  crayon whales and pickups.

Four boxes of wheeled toys:  Batman cars, caravans, PT cruisers, oldies, plus recovered ICU toys were hand sanded and are ready to be sprayed with final finish.

Tugboats (102) were hand-sanded and are ready to spray final finish.

Rockers (40) were hand-sanded and are ready for final finish.

Items placed in inventory (98) today:

Cup and Ball games ( 43 )

                Ring Toss Games ( 32 ) 

Basketball games ( 23 )

Photos from today's workshop:

As of 11-5-2021, we have reached our planned goal for toys for 2021.  However, there are a few remaining items that are still in-work that need to be completed for 2021:  

    Crayon Whales - hand-sand/spray/wheels

    Caravans - trailer hitches/wheels

    Shark Cars - hand-sand/wheels

    Critters - sand/router  -  sort and bag

    Tugboats - final finish

    Recovered ICU items -  hand-sand/wheels

    Rockers - final finish

    Puppy Dogs - add ears (12)

                                    Blocks - hand-sand and bag 

 

 

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