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Another very productive workshop today with 15 members in attendance!
String and ball assemblies were added to the cup and ball toy, then inventoried, marked and packaged for storage.
The tugboat stacks that were milled during the week were sanded and are now ready for attaching to the tugboat assemblies.
Strings were added to the cloth bags. Then block sets were collected (10 large, 10 small) and put into the larger cloth bags. Then they were inventoried, marked and packaged.
Shapes were sanding and peg handles added on the first group of the shapes for teachers project.
Rick brought in 26 cradle ends, and 70 helicopter rotors, hot of the CNC machine for clean up and preparation for assembling. The items will need to be sprayed with a lacquer finish before attaching to the rest of the cradles / helicopters.
Ed finished cutting out a box of worms this week, so they are ready for routering, sanding, sealing, sanding, and finishing. These will then be ready for wheels at the next workshop.
Julian sanded a box of helicopters this week, and brought them in to the workshop. These are ready for sealing, sanding, and finishing. These will be ready for wheels and rotors at the next workshop.
Rick will be preparing more parts this week at his home shop. He will be milling more rotors, the round Plexiglas cutouts for turtle banks, and additional shapes pieces for the shapes for teachers project. Other members will be preparing additional items in their own shops this week including caterpillars, helicopters, racers, and pickup trucks for the upcoming workshops.

