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A COC has some grinchy questions for the holidays

Well tis the season for turning quick & easy last minute gifts for stuffing stockings. Also it's time once again for your COC/grinch to raise the ever-loving perennial questions re safe turning and safe turnings that keep on hurting:

  1. Are there internationally agreed upon safe sizes of things infants & small children or pets like to swallow? What is the diameter of the cylinder that is used as a go-no go measure for rattles, etc. Do captured rings on baby rattles really break into pieces ready for swallowing?

  1. How about those tall narrow base candlesticks around all that holiday wrapping paper? Can they change a warm glow into a hot conflagration? Does a slug of lead or steel bar to weigh down the base of a narrow candlestick make a better billy club than a stable flame holder?

  2. Can a tipsy guest woodturner at your party drill a concentrically straight hole into his palm by slamming a minaret style stopper into your bottle of Thunderbird?

  1. I really hate to revive all those moribund questions re the dangers of partially cured gnaw-safe finishes, but I reckon I better.

  1. Don't those broken jack straws, icicles, arrows, finials, and so many other objects make really sharp weapons? Children seem to prefer them to the original toys.

  1. Are pop-guns, throwing tops, dibbers and boomerangs held harmless by the victim's parents .....and their attorney?

  2. Well, you see my point... or fire. or asphyxiation....or whatever rains on your holiday parade.

  1. To end on an unhappy note of discouragement; a sharp bowl edge revolving at 1000 rpm can cut your pinkie to the bone.

9, Pay attention! it's not April Fool's day.

  1. Happy Holidays to all and to each a good turn. ;)

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

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Arch
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IIRC it's 1 3/8" minimum. Ask your local code enforcement officer; I think it's a national standard. If you're going to be building a few baby things, it's handy to drill a 1.5" hole in a board and use that as a reference (it gives you some margin of safety).

Google can probably find this for you too.

I've had my thumb webbing slashed the same way. Not fun.

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DJ Delorie

FYI I made a rattle out of white oak, and simply wet sanded it down to

600 (wetten, sand, dry, sand, new grit, wetten, ...). Nice smooth "finish" but no chemicals to worry about.
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DJ Delorie
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I make filled bases for tall candles, but it's not going to help againsta hit high up. Leverage again. 3) Anyone who'd drink T-Bird could do anything. Comes with a screw-on lid - leave it that way.

4) If you can't digest it, it comes to pass. If you can't smell it, you probably can't digest it.

21CFR175.300 Lists resinous and polymeric coatings safe as "indirect food additives."

5) Yep.

6) Nothing is too low for an attorney.

7) Yep.

8) If it catches the nail on your pinkie even at 500, it can tear it loose halfway down. DAMHIKT

9) Noted.

10) OK, now what do I do to replace the presents I turned for Susan's co-workers that turned out so nice even _she_ doesn't want to give them out?
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George

Hello Arch

Yes it's those things of "I know what i'm doing, I've done this a thousand times".

Two sons 4 1/2 grand kids two wives and in-laws all coming home for the holidays, I'll need eye's everywhere, but love to have them home again.

Happy holidays to you and all, have fun, do take care.

Leo Van Der Loo

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Leo Van Der Loo

Two wives? I don't know whether to offer a high-5 and "Attaboy!" or shake my head and just "Poor bastard." The 1/2 a grand kid has me a little grossed out I must admit.

Happies and Merries all around to you and yours and I hope you find the other half of that kid.

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Owen Lowe

Hi Owen

Thanks Owen, Someone around here refers to it (the half) as the bump .

2 wives?, No thanks, one is more than enough for me. As for finding the other half it'll take a few months yet, and we are eager for that. Happiness and good health, also to you and yours

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

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Leo Van Der Loo

Ah I see. (So when you wrote you really meant .) Might Santa might be delivering that little someone for the holidays? Congradulations Grandpa.

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Owen Lowe

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