CPSIA Testing Postponed!
CPSC Grants One Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously (2-0) to issue a one year … Continue reading
Rep. LoBiondo Doesn’t Seem to Get It
After being ignored the first time I contacted him about the CPSIA, his office just called me about my 2nd email. The representative’s stance is that there is currently no … Continue reading
$150 to Test This per CPSIA
I received a testing quote today telling me my $15 toy to the left will cost me $150 to test, per batch. I get maybe 3 or 4 ‘batches’ from … Continue reading
The Ebony is Ready
For any new readers, let me give a quick debriefing. I’m making a biplane for my daughter with a Monarch butterfly inlay on the top wing. For those of you … Continue reading
I Am Hopeful!
This is, to date, the most hopeful thing regarding the CPSIA I’ve seen. From an email I received a short while ago: …(a constituent) was told by Rep Brownback’s office … Continue reading
Time for More “Wait and See”
This was circulated among members of Congress recently about a meeting being held today: Briefing for Congressional Staff on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Dear Colleague: Confusion has arisen … Continue reading
Snopes is Wrong on the CPSIA
*Edit* January 10, 2012: With this entry still garnering lots of hits I want to point out there have been MANY changes to the CPSIA and subsequent guidance issued by … Continue reading
8 Days a Week…or 9 or 10
I saw a news story the other night that said if you get less than 8 restful hours of sleep a night you are 50% more likely to get sick. … Continue reading
Burn It!
Burn the wood- not something you expect to hear coming from a woodworker. But as the picture shows, of course I’m talking about my branding iron. When I had just … Continue reading
That’s Not a Knife
This weekend was a good one. The Eagles won, but more importantly, I insulated my garage attic. Six rolls of R-30 fiberglass, each one 25 feet long, went up through … Continue reading
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