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Safety standards for toys
It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys
for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. |
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On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote:
It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Bill |
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williamwright wrote:
On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Because its surprisingly uncommon. ;-) I mean, just as an example, whoever though that a babys cot with bars far enough apart for a babys body to fit through (but not its head) was a good idea? With the benefit of hindsight some faults are obvious but seemed to elude everyone until a problem occurred. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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On 03/11/2020 07:22, Tim+ wrote:
williamwright wrote: On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Because its surprisingly uncommon. ;-) I mean, just as an example, whoever though that a babys cot with bars far enough apart for a babys body to fit through (but not its head) was a good idea? With the benefit of hindsight some faults are obvious but seemed to elude everyone until a problem occurred. Indeed. Car windows that wind up by standing on a child sized lever, with the ignition off. Wind Turbines as a source of electricity. Marxism as a viable political theory. The world is full of stupidity. Darwin of course says that it doesn't matter how miserable impoverished or enslaved you are, provided you manage to produce offspring... -- If I had all the money I've spent on drink... ...I'd spend it on drink. Sir Henry (at Rawlinson's End) |
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On 03/11/2020 07:22, Tim+ wrote:
williamwright wrote: On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Because its surprisingly uncommon. ;-) I mean, just as an example, whoever though that a babys cot with bars far enough apart for a babys body to fit through (but not its head) was a good idea? With the benefit of hindsight some faults are obvious but seemed to elude everyone until a problem occurred. Tim licking lead paint was my fav in the 50's........ |
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On 02/11/2020 22:19, T i m wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 21:26:35 +0000, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. If you hold off giving the toys to the kids till the new year, we will really be out of the EU and the toys could be as dangerous as you like. ;-) The testing and certification of your DIY toys would take years anyway! -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 02:34:09 +0000, williamwright
wrote: On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Because I'm not sure it's always the case, especially when being tested in the courts. You design and make a wooden log carrying toy truck / trailer for your sensible and careful young niece / nephew and use 1/8" diameter dowels to support the logs on the trailer as they are 1) reasonably in scale for that job and 2) more than adequate to do the job. The niece / nephew takes it to the playgroup and some other kid trips, falls on it and takes their eye out on said upright. You now find yourself in court and having to justify your competency to design and make such a dangerous toy and what safety standard you followed during it's design? The Mrs used to work in a large educational suppliers (producing the yearly catalogue that used to fill two artic trailers) and they sold cheap plastic storage boxes and very (comparatively) expensive plastic storage boxes. Both were fine for storing all sorts of things but only one was tested not to split and trap a child's foot when they turned it upside down and used it as a step. Cheers, T i m |
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I don't actually think that is true as we are adopting a lot of the
standards, we just want to pick the ones we don't want! Whatever the safety standards you cannot protect children against doing stupid stuff like sticking lego bricks up their noses etc. Brian -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "T i m" wrote in message ... On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 21:26:35 +0000, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. If you hold off giving the toys to the kids till the new year, we will really be out of the EU and the toys could be as dangerous as you like. ;-) Cheers, T i m |
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On 03/11/2020 02:34, williamwright wrote:
On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Bill It's the unkown unknowns that matter. Also, why re-invent wheels? |
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On 03/11/2020 11:57, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
I don't actually think that is true as we are adopting a lot of the standards, we just want to pick the ones we don't want! Whatever the safety standards you cannot protect children against doing stupid stuff like sticking lego bricks up their noses etc. Brian actually, that's the sort of thing that the EN does prevent for those toys aimed at the sub-36 months kids |
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On 03/11/2020 08:54, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 03/11/2020 07:22, Tim+ wrote: williamwright wrote: On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Because its surprisingly uncommon. ;-) I mean, just as an example, whoever though that a babys cot with bars far enough apart for a babys body to fit through (but not its head) was a good idea? With the benefit of hindsight some faults are obvious but seemed to elude everyone until a problem occurred. Tim licking lead paint was my fav in the 50's........ Yummy! -- Max Demian |
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On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote:
It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. When I were a lad, toys were more Darwinistic. -- Colin Bignell |
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In message , nightjar
writes On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...ELEX:32009L004 8&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. When I were a lad, toys were more Darwinistic. We had catapults and bows and arrows before progressing to air rifles and then shotguns/rifles. Somewhere I still have my sisters smooth bore Webly air pistol! -- Tim Lamb |
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On 3 Nov 2020 at 22:05:10 GMT, "Tim Lamb"
wrote: In message , nightjar writes On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...ELEX:32009L004 8&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. When I were a lad, toys were more Darwinistic. We had catapults and bows and arrows before progressing to air rifles and then shotguns/rifles. Somewhere I still have my sisters smooth bore Webly air pistol! And real chemistry sets. And chlorate and sugar from Woolworths and grocers. -- Roger Hayter |
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On 03/11/2020 07:22, Tim+ wrote:
Why not just use common sense? Because its surprisingly uncommon. ;-) I have it. Don't you? It doesn't matter about anyone else. If the dim witted allow their children to perish it is good for the race. Bill |
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On 03/11/2020 07:29, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The world is full of stupidity. Darwin of course says that it doesn't matter how miserable impoverished or enslaved you are, provided you manage to produce offspring... I always think shagging in a bed where she hasn't had the brains to change the sheets is a dreadful thought. And can you imagine if she says, "Go down on me"? Argh! Then going to the bog for a post-coital **** and finding it all stinky because she hasn't cleaned it that day! I hate the idea of a mucky woman. Ugh! Bill |
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On 03/11/2020 08:54, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
licking lead paint was my fav in the 50's........ Yes and me. It explains a lot doesn't it? Bill |
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On 03/11/2020 13:08, Max Demian wrote:
licking lead paint was my fav in the 50's........ Yummy! When the roadmen came along with their horse-drawn tar boiler our mams used to hold us over it because the fumes were supposed to strengthen our lungs. And when the roadmen had gone we used to pick up bits of solidified tar and chew them. Bill |
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On 03/11/2020 10:25, T i m wrote:
Why not just use common sense? Because I'm not sure it's always the case, especially when being tested in the courts. This is DIY, not manufacturing. Who can say who made a particular item? Bill |
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On 03/11/2020 19:20, ARW wrote:
On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids Not me. No, because you don't know who your children are, never mind your grandchildren. Bill |
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 00:34:22 +0000, williamwright
wrote: On 03/11/2020 10:25, T i m wrote: Why not just use common sense? Because I'm not sure it's always the case, especially when being tested in the courts. This is DIY, not manufacturing. Who can say who made a particular item? The owner, when pushed to it in court. Daughter had a TY80 mini trials bike when she was about 10 and it was very difficult to find places for her to ride it, not because people / land owners were worried about what damage she might do to the land (it was a trials bike, not a motocrosser so more about ups and downs than speed and jumps) but us suing them if she got caught up in some barbed wire or hit a obscured tree stump ... even if we offered to sign a disclaimer sating we would take full responsibility (and I'm not sure you can do that in any case). There are loads of jobs I've not taken on, simply because I didn't want to be put in the position of responsibility for doing something that could end up being dangerous for others, even if the person I was doing it for was ok themselves. You fix their TV but with the proviso the wall mount fixings are now unreliable (but it isn't an issue because they are using the stand). Then they give the TV to their friend and the TV falls off the wall and kills their kid. Do you think the person you fixed the TV for would take responsibility, if it was looked into and found to have been 'tampered with'? Cheers, T i m |
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On 04/11/2020 00:33, williamwright wrote:
On 03/11/2020 13:08, Max Demian wrote: licking lead paint was my fav in the 50's........ Yummy! When the roadmen came along with their horse-drawn tar boiler our mams used to hold us over it because the fumes were supposed to strengthen our lungs. And when the roadmen had gone we used to pick up bits of solidified tar and chew them. Bill I still smell any tarry biolers I pass ....... |
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On 04/11/2020 00:31, williamwright wrote:
On 03/11/2020 08:54, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: licking lead paint was my fav in the 50's........ Yes and me. It explains a lot doesn't it? Bill yes licking lead dulls the brain indeed but not as badly as the century's layers of paint that used to fall off buildings in Edinburgh and clbber you ..... |
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On 03/11/2020 07:22, Tim+ wrote:
williamwright wrote: On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9L0048&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. Why not just use common sense? Because its surprisingly uncommon. ;-) I mean, just as an example, whoever though that a babys cot with bars far enough apart for a babys body to fit through (but not its head) was a good idea? With the benefit of hindsight some faults are obvious but seemed to elude everyone until a problem occurred. Tim that is where the 100mm sphere was used in the building regs to stop this happening...... |
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On 04/11/2020 00:30, williamwright wrote:
On 03/11/2020 07:29, The Natural Philosopher wrote: The world is full of stupidity. Darwin of course says that it doesn't matter how miserable impoverished or enslaved you are, provided you manage to produce offspring... I always think shagging in a bed where she hasn't had the brains to change the sheets is a dreadful thought. And can you imagine if she says, "Go down on me"? Argh! Then going to the bog for a post-coital **** and finding it all stinky because she hasn't cleaned it that day! I hate the idea of a mucky woman. Ugh! Bill OMG where is the mind bleech but seeing a vision of paul scofield sucking a cock every time the poofter is on TV is bad enough.... |
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On 03/11/2020 22:05, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , nightjar writes On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys* for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been* no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec* guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available* he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in* this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys* Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...ELEX:32009L004 8&from=EN** Hope that's some use to someone other than me. When I were a lad, toys were more Darwinistic. We had catapults and bows and arrows before progressing to air rifles and then shotguns/rifles. Somewhere I still have my sisters smooth bore Webly air pistol! I had a crossbow because of willian tell on the telly in the 50's |
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On 03/11/2020 23:40, Roger Hayter wrote:
On 3 Nov 2020 at 22:05:10 GMT, "Tim Lamb" wrote: In message , nightjar writes On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...ELEX:32009L004 8&from=EN Hope that's some use to someone other than me. When I were a lad, toys were more Darwinistic. We had catapults and bows and arrows before progressing to air rifles and then shotguns/rifles. Somewhere I still have my sisters smooth bore Webly air pistol! And real chemistry sets. And chlorate and sugar from Woolworths and grocers. was that the Pontypandy branch ? |
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 08:08:56 +0000, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
I had a crossbow because of willian tell on the telly in the 50's Some one made, in the mid '70's, with permission of parents and school, a full sized practical crossbow in wood work/metal work at secondary school. When it was ready for a test firing we all went out onto the playing field to watch. The bolt went beyond a hedge a several hundred yards away... -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 04/11/2020 00:41, williamwright wrote:
On 03/11/2020 12:34, wrote: Why not just use common sense? Bill It's the unkown unknowns that matter. Also, why re-invent wheels? I think we've become so used to a regimented life with everything decided by higher powers that we've lost any sense of reality and individual responsibility. You can't bake cakes and sell them at the church fayre in case you poison half the village. You can't rent bikes to kids at the fayre in case they fall off. You can't let kids pet farm animals in case they get dreaded lurgi. Bloody ridiculous. Bill I agree with most of that but don't see how it's relevant to this discussion. The safety specs are written by a bunch of experts (!) and based on things that have caused problems in the past, as well as those that fall into the "bleedin' obvious" category. Like most of us here I think I'm unusually gifted in the common sense department (not to mention other departments ;-) ) but I know there are things I don't know, and that's where a document like the EN is useful. If you think you know everything then I guess you don't need reference documents and you're either a very lucky chap or very foolish. |
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On 04/11/2020 09:22, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 08:08:56 +0000, jim.gm4dhj wrote: I had a crossbow because of willian tell on the telly in the 50's Some one made, in the mid '70's, with permission of parents and school, a full sized practical crossbow in wood work/metal work at secondary school. When it was ready for a test firing we all went out onto the playing field to watch. The bolt went beyond a hedge a several hundred yards away... My friend made a ball bearing cannon - steel tube on a block with a banger contents inside it. A quite snug fitting ball bearing was tamped on top and some Jetex fuse was inserted into a breech hole. We aimed it at the cast metal sign on the side of a tennis court, that ended up with a neat 1/4" hole in it. It was never fired again... -- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer |
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On 03/11/2020 22:05, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , nightjar writes On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote: It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making toys* for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because there's been* no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed safety spec* guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is freely available* he https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but, in* this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the "toys* Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly easy going: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...ELEX:32009L004 8&from=EN** Hope that's some use to someone other than me. When I were a lad, toys were more Darwinistic. We had catapults and bows and arrows before progressing to air rifles and then shotguns/rifles. Somewhere I still have my sisters smooth bore Webly air pistol! I was thinking about sharp edged tinplate toys. :-) -- Colin Bignell |
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In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes On 04/11/2020 09:22, Dave Liquorice wrote: On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 08:08:56 +0000, jim.gm4dhj wrote: I had a crossbow because of willian tell on the telly in the 50's Some one made, in the mid '70's, with permission of parents and school, a full sized practical crossbow in wood work/metal work at secondary school. When it was ready for a test firing we all went out onto the playing field to watch. The bolt went beyond a hedge a several hundred yards away... My friend made a ball bearing cannon - steel tube on a block with a banger contents inside it. A quite snug fitting ball bearing was tamped on top and some Jetex fuse was inserted into a breech hole. We aimed it at the cast metal sign on the side of a tennis court, that ended up with a neat 1/4" hole in it. It was never fired again... Starting pistol blank cartridges were readily available when I was 15. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 04/11/2020 08:08, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
I had a crossbow because of willian tell on the telly in the 50's For some reason we used to sing, "Come away come with William Tell, Come away come away to **** like hell!" And also "I'm Popeye the sailor man, I live in a caravan, There's room in the middle For Popeye to piddle I'm Popeye the sailor man." Bill |
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On 04/11/2020 10:09, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
My friend made a ball bearing cannon - steel tube on a block with a banger contents inside it. A quite snug fitting ball bearing was tamped on top and some Jetex fuse was inserted into a breech hole. We aimed it at the cast metal sign on the side of a tennis court, that ended up with a neat 1/4" hole in it. It was never fired again... Or simply hit with a hammer at an incorrect angle the head of the pin of a cable clip . Chances are it will break off and fly. It has a lot of energy and will bury itself in the flesh of any unfortunate passer-by. Always wear safety glasses. Bill |
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