weekend woodshop

[caveman]

Jake, the boxes are really nice.  How did you get all of the finger joints glued and pulled together before the glue dried? What glue did you use?

My daughter and I made a finger joint box a day or so before Christmas that was only 18"x6"x4" and we were both applying glue and working quickly to fit it together and square it before the glue dried.  We were using titebond III.  I should have adjusted my jig a bit as the joints fit a little tighter than necessary.
Kyle

[Swatson]

Beautiful job on the toy boxes.  I am child safety testing some at work right now.  The lid supports like you used have to go through 7000 cycles of opening and closing and still function.   :( Thank goodness for pneumatic actuators.

[beenthere]

I am child safety testing some at work right now.  The lid supports like you used have to go through 7000 cycles of opening and closing and still function.

Another Gov't safety standard or an ANSI - type requirement?

[Swatson]

I am child safety testing some at work right now.  The lid supports like you used have to go through 7000 cycles of opening and closing and still function.

Another Gov't safety standard or an ANSI - type requirement?

It is a government requirement that it pass an ASTM test.  I read the details behind it.  There were many cases of children being injured or killed by a lid falling on their necks in the '70s.

[isawlogs]

 Nice work, they sure are a beauty to look at.