Using PVC For Toys
This is a copy from my post in the ToymakingPlans.com Community Forum on using PVC. Some of this will apply to any tubing, Not just PVC. If you want to see the whole thread click here . Wooden Toy Space Ship Using PVC Tubing My one safety concern about using PVC pipe is the size of the hole. No round hole in any toy should be small enough that a finger can get stuck in it. If a child gets their finger stuck in a round hole it can cut off the blood circulation and possibly cause the loss of a finger. Kids are going to put their fingers in a hole. If PVC pipe or any small tubing is used on a toy there needs to be a plug in the hole so it is not deep enough for a child to get their fingers caught in it. This means that the pipe/tubing must to large or short to get a finger caught or filled with a plug. I got this from the testing document published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. I have almost stopped using r