Projects in Work this past week in Member's home shops
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Plans for building a barn yard play set were discussed. The play set will be offered up for a Silent Auction at our 2023 Wood Working Show in April 2023.
Eighteen members attended the September meeting of the Rapid City Woodworkers Association tonight in the annex to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.
The date for our Summer Family Potluck Picnic was set for Sunday September 25th, with setup at 3 pm and food at 4 pm. Flyers will be sent out as reminders.
Show and Tell included some turning projects by Al, some cypress/redwood scroll saw cuttings by Jerry, some lathe duplicating projects by Stu, laser cutting projects by Jim Burk, screwdriver kit demonstrations by Bob, and some tops by Dave Maude. Photos from Show and Tell:
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We held our 14th Toy Workshop (TWS) for 2022 on Saturday September 10, 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 Grant, Harley, Bob, Kathie, Jerry, Patsy, Julian, Rollie, Norma, Al, Stu, Russ, Rick, Frank, Gary G, Dennis, Mary Jo and Bel.
Today Jerry, Russ, and Rollie cut toys using scroll saws. Frank traced about 50 tugboat hulls, and Russ and Rollie cut them to shape. Bob assembled tugboat cabins with glue and nails. Gary Graves picked up a box of ICU items for basketball game bases. Eight members hand sanded airplane fuselages, and other various 2" and 1" toys that had been sealed with shellac. No wheels were installed today. There was power sanding and round over routering outside under the tent in 65 degree weather.
Several members returned various toys they worked on at home including two boxes of 1" toys traced on popular by Tony. Fire trucks were completed by Jerry and are almost ready for inventory (awaiting a few ladders). Tractors were assembled and finished by Rick and are complete; they were turned in today.
At the end of the day, there were 12 boxes of toys and the 169 airplane fuselages ready to be sprayed with finish, and one box needing to be sealed.
Tractors (156) were packed and placed into inventory.
Photos from the workshop:
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Just a quick note about Toy Workshops
The attendees at today's workshop (18) included Grant, Harley, Bob, Kathie, Jerry, Patsy, Julian, John, Rollie, Norma, Al, Stu, Russ, Nick, Rick, Frank, Gary G, and Bel.
Today Russ drilled holes in chalkboatds for cutting hand holds with the scroll saw. Jerry cut the handholds. Gary Graves picked the boards up from the workshop to do sanding, and edge and corner milling on the boards before Pat Graves turns them into real chalk boards.
There were three people cutting on scrollsaws, and one on the bandsaw. Four members hand sanded 169 airplane fusalages after being cut from 1" poplar by Rick at home on the scroll saw. There was six members handsanding boxes of toys that had been sealed with shellac. Wheels were installed on toys. There was power sanding and round over routering outside in 93 + degree weather. Hulls for tugboats (54) were sanded and routered.
Several members returned various toys they worked on at home including a box full of basketball game parts (based with launchers) from Ken. Rick brought in 123 helicopter blades that he made on his CNC router from wood scraps from Magnum Enterprises rubber band gun factory in Rapid City. They are on their way to the sealing room at Kathie's.
At the end of the day, there were 6 boxes of toys and the 169 airplane fusalages ready to be sealed, and four boxes ready to finish sprayed.
We did some more work in our second storeroom today. Rick installed three 4 foot long overhead LED lights, and assembled another six foot long three shelf unit. Now all Work in Progress (WIP) toys are located in this store room to adjacent to our current tool store room. This arrangement is working very well and making a big improvement in toy making workflow.
Photos from the workshop:
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Attending (14): Rick, and friends (2), Rollie, Norma, Kathie, Bob, Darwin, Lauree, Al, John, Harley, and daughter Terri, and Lon.
The RCWA toymakers set up in the Memorial Building at the Sturgis Threshing Bee on August 20, 2022 at 8:30 am. The temperature was beautiful in the low 60's at the start of the day. We enjoyed ice tea and cookies later in the day. It warmed up to 85 degrees by 4 pm.
We brought tractors and vans for kids to color and then build into racing vehicles by adding wheels. We brought 120 tractors cut from redwood, pine, and cedar, pre-drilled for wheels. Additionally, we brought a box of vans. Kids were given a choice of tractors or vans. As it turns out, we gave away 120 tractors, and 45 vans, for a total of 165 toys. We ran out of tractors a little before 4 pm, so we packed up furnishings and traveled home.
To demonstrate scroll sawing techniques, we cut about 75 miniature tractors (2 5/8") from the Magnum Enterprises donation of walnut stained pine end caps. These were given to kids who were building the full-size tractors as an extra added surprise. Overall, this was received well by the young crowd at the Bee.
Preparation for the Bee
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