July 9, 2012 RCWA General Meeting

The July 2012 general meeting was held at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church on July 9th, 2012. 

The main item for discussion was whether to take a month off during the Motorcycle Rally - which was an easy decision.  Then we did our Show and Tell to share current projects with other members.







 

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June 16 2012 Toy Making Workshop

The RCWA Toymakers held a Toy Workshop on June 16^th.  We met on Saturday morning from 9 am til noon at the RCWA Shop at 910 Wood Avenue in Rapid City, SD.

We recently implemented the use of an operations sheet (referred to as an Assembly History Tag) for every box of toys in work.  We adapted this from a "high tech" aerospace production line (similar to General Motors) for use on our toy production line.  To date, every box in work has been tagged with its own AHT.  We hope this will make it easier to keep track of all operations performed on a given box or group of toys.

Typical Operations

1	TRACE SHAPE
2	DRILL HOLES/CUT WINDOWS
3	CUTOUT SHAPE
4	SAND FIRST TIME (BELT / OS)
5	ROUTER EDGES
6	SAND SECOND TIME (MOUSE)
7	SEAL
8	SAND THIRD TIME (HAND)
9	FINAL FINISH
10	SAND LAST TIME (WHITE PAD)
11	INSTALL WHEELS / QA CHECK
12	FINISHED - ADD TO INVENTORY

First order of business at the workshop included unloading and sorting/stacking two pallets of cutoffs purchased from Magnum Enterprises, transported to the RCWA Shop by Rick W and his trusty trailer.  Activities at the June 16th workshop were performed by six members who worked at installing wheels on wheeled vehicles, painting axles, spraying sealer on wheels, and second sanding on soon to be wheeled vehicles.  Many members took home boxes of wood to finish in their workshops/garages.  This included operations such as first time sanding, the roundover routering, second sanding using Mouse sanders, the sealing of the toy, and some piece part fabrication.  A few boxes of traced items were delivered to Roger Bares for cutting as well.  Members participating in this month’s workshop included Rick, Lon, Larry, Richard, Kathie and Bob.

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General Meeting June 11, 2012

General Meeting of the RCWA at 910 Wood Ave - general discussion of upcoming events, plans to continue discussions about getting the word out to Rapid City about a woodworking group including the Pennington County Fair, other county fairs, and other craft shows, or festivals, and venues around the Black Hills., and celebration of Roger Bares Birthday!

Happy Birthday Roger!

This meeting marks the 4th anniversary of the  RCWA.

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General Meeting - May 14, 2012

The last general meeting was held at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church on May 14th, 2012. 

Last month we spent time discussing the Woodworking Show held at Knecht’s on May 5th.  Then we took time for Show and Tell to share current projects with other members. 

To get to the HOME PAGE of the Rapid City Woodworking Association, click on the link below:

https://sites.google.com/site/sdguildrcwa2/home

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Toy Making Workshop - May 12, 2012

We held a Toy Workshop on May 12^th.  We met on Saturday morning from 9 am til noon at the RCWA Shop at 910 Wood Avenue in Rapid City, SD.

We have prepared a typical operations sheet (referred to as an Assembly History Tag) which we are adapting from a high tech aerospace production line for use on our toy production line.  We will be using it to keep track of all operations performed on a given box or group of toys.

Typical Operations

1	TRACE SHAPE
2	DRILL HOLES/CUT WINDOWS
3	CUTOUT SHAPE
4	SAND FIRST TIME (BELT / OS)
5	ROUTER EDGES
6	SAND SECOND TIME (MOUSE)
7	SEAL
8	SAND THIRD TIME (HAND)
9	FINAL FINISH
10	SAND LAST TIME (WHITE PAD)
11	INSTALL WHEELS / QA CHECK
12	FINISHED - ADD TO INVENTORY

Activities at the May 12^th workshop were performed by eight members who worked at drilling holes/windows in wheeled vehicles, tracing airplane fuselages, painting axles, and second sanding on cars, busses, banks and crayon vans.  Many members took home boxes of wood to finish in their workshops/garages.  This include operations such as first time sanding, the roundover routering, second sanding using Mouse sanders, the sealing of the toy, and some piece part fabrication.  Members participating in this month’s workshop included Rick, Lon, Julian, Larry, Bel, Kathie, Darwin and Bob.

To get to the HOME PAGE of the Rapid City Woodworking Association, click on the link below:

https://sites.google.com/site/sdguildrcwa2/home

4th Annual WOODWORKING SHOW - May 5, 2012

The Fourth Annual Woodworking Show by the Rapid City Woodworkers Association (RCWA) was held on May 5, 2012 from 9 am until 4 pm.  The event was held at Knecht’s Home Center.  Rick Weisbeck, our in-store coordinator, assembled our second RCWA display case last week and moved it to the lobby of the store.  On Friday evening, May 4, members arrived to help Rick set up the central area of the store for the show.  Knecht’s provided chairs and tables, and members arranged tables and covered them with cloth, in preparation for the arrival of member’s woodworking items to be displayed.  Equipment to be used for the scroll sawing, woodturning, and toy making demonstrations was unloaded and put in place.

By show time at 9:00 am on Saturday, the stage was set and the Show began.  Members spent many enjoyable hours during the previous year, cutting, building, and finishing the projects that were brought together to share at the show. 

For a full report – see separate document “Supplement to MAY 2012 -THE CUTTING EDGE.PDF contained in the link below:

Link to the full report on the WW Show held May 5, 2012

To get to the HOME PAGE of the Rapid City Woodworking Association, click on the link below:

https://sites.google.com/site/sdguildrcwa2/home

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Toy Making Workshop - April 28, 2012

Activities at the April 28^th workshop were performed by twelve members and friends who worked at drilling holes/windows in wheeled vehicles, tracing turtle banks, cutting traced parts down from larger pieces into individual pieces, and initial sanding on cars, busses, banks and crayon vans.  Others continued to trace a plethora of animal cutouts.  Roger ordered our year’s supply of wheels, axles and wooden balls, so work has begun to prepare them before they can be assembled to the wheeled vehicles.  Many members took home boxes of wood to finish in their workshops/garages.  This include operations such as initial rough sanding, the roundover routering, second phase of sanding using Mouse sanders, the sealing of the toy, and some piece part fabrication.  Participating members included Gary, Denise, Harley, Frank, Grant, Julian, Larry, Steve, Bel, Kathie, Darwin and Bob.

To get to the HOME PAGE of the Rapid City Woodworking Association, click on the link below:

https://sites.google.com/site/sdguildrcwa2/home