Baby Rattle

[louisbry]

For my first grand daughter who is 5 months old. I can improve on the design since I free handed it without a pattern or drawing. It is made of cherry and finished only with salad bowl finish.

 

[MDWine]

Looks great!
Nice job

 

[GaryMGg]

Louis,
It's wonderful. I really like that.

 

[alamocdc]

What's to improve on, Louis? I think it looks just fine and would be happy to give it to any of my grandchildren.

 

[Randy_]

Can't tell about scale from the picture; but it looks like there might be a "choking" issue there. The federal government has a standard for toy sizes fore babies which is 1-3/4" or just a hair less.....can't remember for sure. The big end might be OK; but the small end could pose a problem. Other issue is the captive ring which could break off and be a problem.

Most baby rattles that I have seen are hollow and have something inside of them to make noise.

Louis: You have done a nice job on the one pictured; but maybe it needs to a ceremonial rattle for display only and another working model could be designed that is less of a safety issue?

 

[loglugger]

Did a great job but I will have to go with what Randy said.
Bob

 

[louisbry]

Randy, thanks for the advice. In practice I don't think the rattle will be used.

 

[Kalai]

Great job, i like the shape and the details, aloha.

Chris
Kalai

 

[oldsmokey]

Look at Nick Cook's web page, (nickcookwoodturner.com). He has a very good article on a baby rattle, and information about U.S. consumer product safety.

 

[Randy_]

http://nickcookwoodturner.com/articles-babyrattle.pdf