Prep for next TWS (week of 10.10.2022)

Today was predicted to be the warmest day of the week, so today, Kathie sealed six boxes of toys with shellac in preparation for the next step - spraying with a finish: 130 total.

 

New models released in 2022:

Watch for the new models!

Progress on the Turtle Banks

Hurd of turtles with final spray coat - now ready for PVC plexiglass windows.

Parts were received from New Jersey to complete our quota of locomotives for 2022.  The last sixteen locomotives were fitted with smoke stacks and sealed with polyrub.  They are now ready for wheels.

End of an era?

Maybe

As the picture shows, Sam's has changed it's syrup supplier.  Mrs. Butterworth's Original Syrup (Rich and Creamy) came in the perfect size tray to fit in Xerox "paper" boxes.  The box held 4 2-packs of syrup.  We have used and enjoyed these boxes/trays for several years on the Toy making Product Line.  They now will be obsolete and impossible to find.  Mrs. Butterworth's is being  replaced by a smaller box containing 3 2-packs.

So now the quest for the next perfect size box has begun...

Stay tuned...

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Inventory of basketball game parts was made this week.  Here are the results:

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Note:

We will be building tugboats and finishing airplanes this weekend.

In the following weeks, we will work up basketball games, cup and ball games, and ring toss games.

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RCWA

October 2022 General Meeting 10.10.2022

 Seventeen members of the RCWA met this evening for our monthly general meeting at 910 Wood Ave in Rapid City.

Items of note:

Time change for SS SIG - still 3rd Thursday of each but starts at 1 pm thru 3 pm.

Wood turning SIG is being planned for Jan 2023 at the Brown's Shop.  Details later.

Toy Distribution Day is set for Saturday Dec 3, 2022.

The date for the Christmas Potluck is one week after Toy Distribution Day so is Saturday Dec 10 at the Nemo Community Center.

Grant shared a tip with us regarding electrical repars. When replacing wires such as a cable, leave the old wires connected to terminals.  Then cut the old  cable a few inches back and replace the old wires one at a time with new wires from the new cable.  That way you can just match up the colors and reduce the chances of a mis-wire.

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RCWA

Toy Workshop (TWS2022-18) 10-8-2022

We held our 18th Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2022 on Saturday October 8, 2022, from 9 to noon.  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.

The attendees at today's workshop (24) included Harley, Bob, Kathie, Jerry, Patsy, Stu, Rick, Grant, Mary Jo, Al, Jim Burk, Lon, Nick, Rollie, Norma, Shirley, Gary G, Dennis, Jim and Maggie, Julian, John, Ken, and Tony.

Today Jerry cut toys using a scroll saw, and Rollie cut dogs on the bandsaw. 

Patsy, Mary Jo, Norma and Shirley hand sanded 52 Turtle Banks  that had been sealed with shellac.  They now are ready for final spraying and installing plexiglass covers.

Six boxes of toys were sanded and are now ready for spraying.  Turtle banks (52) were completed at home and returned by Rick ready for hand sanding.  These were hand-sanded today and are now ready for sealing.  Additionally, Patsy returned sanded airplane wings.

Harley, John, Julian, Kathie, Mary Jo, Lon, Jim and Maggie Brown,  Patsy, Norma and Shirley installed wheels on 379 toys.

Lon drilled holes for rotor pegs on helicopters, then installed rotors on helicopters with black axles.  Lon and Jim Brown completed installation of rotors and wheels on more than 135 helicopters.

Nick and Rick began installing airplane wings to fuselages.  Jim and Maggie tag teamed to install wheels on the airplanes using shortened axle pegs.  Airplane building will continue next workshop.

Outside today, there was power sanding and round-over routering in 65 degree weather.  Many boxes were worked on,  moving them to the next operation.  Jim Burk, Grant, Al, Ken and Stu made up the parking lot crew.

Gary Graves returned a mixed box of toys that survived ICU, plus a box of healed (miracle) Basket ball bases.

Rick completed a group of small cradles and brought to the Workshop.  Kathie will sand them, and add dolls and quilts and package them up for inventory.

At the end of the day, there were 6 boxes of toys ready to be sealed with shellac, two boxes of small cradles to be hand sanded, and two boxes for rework.

Plans for the day included:

Photos from today's workshop:

   

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RCWA

Prep for next TWS (week of 10.3.2022)

 Prep included work in several shops.

Sealing Turtle Banks 

Cutting plexiglass for turtle banks on CNC router

Installing smoke stacks on Locomotives 

Drilling and counter sinking airplane wings

Spraying airplane wings

Hand-sanding racers and other toys after final spraying 

Sealing lots of wheeled toys

Sanding soccer vans after wheels were installed 

Spraying wheels

Spraying pegs

 

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

RCWA

Toy Workshop (TWS2022-17) 10.1.2022

We held our 17th Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2022 on Saturday October 1, 2022, from 9 to noon.  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.

The attendees at today's workshop (18) included Harley, Bob, Kathie, Jerry, Patsy, Stu, Rick, Bel, Grant, Mary Jo, Al, Jim Burk, Lon, Nick, Don, Rollie, and Norma, and Dennis. 

Today Jerry and Rollie cut toys using scroll saws.  Nick drilled holes in Love Bugs and Tugboat Hulls.  

Patsy, Mary Jo, Kathie, Don and Norma hand sanded various 2" and 1" toys that had been sealed with shellac.   Six boxes of toys were handsanded and are now ready for spraying.  Turtle banks (52) were completed at home and returned by Rick ready for hand sanding.  These were hand-sanded today and are now ready for sealing.  Additionally, Patsy returned sanded airplane wings.

Harley, Bel and Rick installed wheels on over 100 toys.

Lon drilled holes for rotor pegs on helicopters, then installed rotors on helicopters with black axles.  Over 135 helicopters are in work.

On an overcast windy day, there was power sanding and round-over routering outside in 65 degree weather.  Many boxes were worked on,  moving them to the next operation.  Jim Burk, Grant, and Stu made up the parking lot crew.

At the end of the day, there were 6 boxes of toys ready to be sprayed with finish, and 1 box of turtle banks (52) needing to be sealed.  There were 108 toys packed, recorded and placed into inventory today.

Plans for the day included:

Photos from the workshop:

Completed tasks were checked off:

Inventory tallies for today:

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RCWA