Musing about lead free folk toys.
The huge recall of Chinese toys is much in the news these days. Holidays are coming so this might be a good time to use lathe and bandsaw to make some simple children's folk toys that are safe for children, a relief for parents, nostalgic for grandparents and usually played with more often than battery powered plastic toys that have very short half lives. My grands preferred brooms, pots and pans. I don't have a camera, but the net is full of sites to give you ideas. Dick Schnacke's "American Folk Toys" is a classic and there are many more. Many of us remember rubber guns made from bicycle inner tubes and clothes pins. Younger kids pulled or pushed home made trains and trucks made from wood blocks. Older boys made slingshots and popguns that shot china berries or little parachutes, whistles and turkey calls, put & take spin tops. There's no limit and folks, these toys are art (folk art) and they become heirlooms. It's just a matter of getting started in our turning shops. I bet worried grandparents woud snap em up ....or buy one to copy! Just don't paint them, even with lead free paint! :) Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
Musing about lead free folk toys.
Arch
For a while we were making spud guns from abs pipe. They had a spark system at one end and a potato stuffed in the other after filling the tube with inflammable hair spray or the like. Aim and spark and off goes the potato. And of course there was the water balloon sling shot made from inner tubes and saplings... Good days those. Do you think the toy safety people would let me play with them now. Of course I was younger then. Somewhere in my 40's I believe. Ah, summer camp. Darrell God bless and safe turning Darrell Feltmate Truro, NS, Canada http://aroundthewoods.com http://roundopinions.blogspot.com -- Đà "Arch" wrote in message ... The huge recall of Chinese toys is much in the news these days. Holidays are coming so this might be a good time to use lathe and bandsaw to make some simple children's folk toys that are safe for children, a relief for parents, nostalgic for grandparents and usually played with more often than battery powered plastic toys that have very short half lives. My grands preferred brooms, pots and pans. I don't have a camera, but the net is full of sites to give you ideas. Dick Schnacke's "American Folk Toys" is a classic and there are many more. Many of us remember rubber guns made from bicycle inner tubes and clothes pins. Younger kids pulled or pushed home made trains and trucks made from wood blocks. Older boys made slingshots and popguns that shot china berries or little parachutes, whistles and turkey calls, put & take spin tops. There's no limit and folks, these toys are art (folk art) and they become heirlooms. It's just a matter of getting started in our turning shops. I bet worried grandparents woud snap em up ....or buy one to copy! Just don't paint them, even with lead free paint! :) Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
Musing about lead free folk toys.
"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message news:Bt6Li.98614$Pd4.66914@edtnps82... Arch For a while we were making spud guns from abs pipe. They had a spark system at one end and a potato stuffed in the other after filling the tube with inflammable hair spray or the like. Aim and spark and off goes the potato. And of course there was the water balloon sling shot made from inner tubes and saplings... Good days those. Do you think the toy safety people would let me play with them now. Of course I was younger then. Somewhere in my 40's I believe. Ah, summer camp. Carbide cannons and cleaner bags filled with hydrogen generated with aluminum and drain cleaners, even the chemistry set with potassium nitrate! Of course you know what we did with that. Do you think they could sell woodenware made of exotic woods if the chemicals that kept it from decaying weren't "natural?" |
Musing about lead free folk toys.
"George" wrote in message . net... "Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message news:Bt6Li.98614$Pd4.66914@edtnps82... Arch For a while we were making spud guns from abs pipe. They had a spark system at one end and a potato stuffed in the other after filling the tube with inflammable hair spray or the like. Aim and spark and off goes the potato. And of course there was the water balloon sling shot made from inner tubes and saplings... Good days those. Do you think the toy safety people would let me play with them now. Of course I was younger then. Somewhere in my 40's I believe. Ah, summer camp. Carbide cannons and cleaner bags filled with hydrogen generated with aluminum and drain cleaners, even the chemistry set with potassium nitrate! Of course you know what we did with that. Do you think they could sell woodenware made of exotic woods if the chemicals that kept it from decaying weren't "natural?" OMG - Ya mean those pacifiers I turned from PT 4x4's don't have natural preservatives???? (smirk) just my odd SOH, I guess..... NGA |
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