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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:37 pm
by Gene Howe
This law is yet another example of the "Nanny State" running amok. Pin headed bureaucrats and politicians over regulating with no regard for the fall out.
I'll be interested in just how the CPSIA and regulations are modified in light of the previous idiotic iteration that resulted in the delay of implementation.
As for me, I'll continue to build toys. And, I'll give them away and I'll sell them.
For those who may say that we cannot choose which laws to obey, I say "Just hide and watch!"
It's time for another Tea Party.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:32 pm
by JPG
gregf wrote:The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously (2-0). . .
TWO(2) - ZIP???? TWO!!!!!!!!! Two individuals making this decision????
I would have thought the "commission" was more than TWO people!!!!:mad:
GEE! It was really NICE of 'them' to exempt 'resellers'(good will etc.) from testing for "bad stuff" requirement while STILL making it 'illegal' to sell anything having 'too much' "bad stuff". What is weird about this 'logic'?
Will this be a safe toy
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:09 pm
by kd6vpe
My first rocking horse.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:28 pm
by a1gutterman
kd6vpe wrote:My first rocking horse.
That is pretty cute, Jim.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:34 pm
by beeg
kd6vpe wrote:My first rocking horse.
Good looking rocking house you had and it held up well ALL these years.
Oops
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:05 am
by kd6vpe
Sorry Bob I guess I miss stated. It was not my first rocking horse it is the first rocking horse I have made. lol
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:37 am
by beeg
Still a good looking ride there. Bet it'll be around for the intendeds kids and grand kids.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:28 pm
by kalynzoo
Love the rocking horse, the facial detail is great. Without a doubt it will be cherished.
Sticking with the original theme of this thread....the child will love looking at it till his/her 12th birthday, when it can finally be ridden.
Really now, nice work.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:26 pm
by john
Good looking horse, lots of character there!!
John
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:33 pm
by perryobear
Jim,
Great looking rocking horse! Thanks for sharing the photo.
To the many other participants,
I just have to mention at this point, as this thread winds down, that the direction that this thread took (Testing for lead under the new provisions of CPSIA 2008) was not at all what I had in mind when I started the thread.
But the implementation of CPSIA 2008 ended up being an important topic throughout the woodworking and the craft communities at large (similar threads and articles on the topic appeared in several other forums and on-line woodworking magazines that I look at). It was an important topic, and I'm glad that it was discussed on this forum.
However, it was not what I had intended in this thread. This is the
Beginning Woodworking Section of the forum and toys are often one of the first projects newcomers to our hobby attempt. I really wanted to get some discussion going on the woodworking aspects of toy making - the best woods to use, finishes (or not), best types of joints, fastener types to be used (and avoided), etc. - things needed to build a basically safe toy. (By the way, the toy "use and abuse" strength and small parts tests that I mentioned back at the start of the thread are nothing new, they have been the law of the land for almost 30 years.) The goal was gathering woodworking information that would be useful to all, but especially for someone just starting out.
Well, it was a good thread anyway, and I'm glad that we stopped CPSIA 2008 for a year, but we didn't stop Jim from finishing his project!
Dennis