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Coming Events2010 Florida WoodturningSymposium will be held on January15-January 17, 2010. It will be heldat the Lake Yale Baptist ConventionCenter in Eustis, Florida, about ½hour drive North of Orlando, Florida.The featured turners for this yearare: Nick Cook, Larry Hasiak, AlHockenbery, Alan Leland, RudolphLopez, Michael Mocho, Paul Pouliotand Dale Nish. Online reservation isavailable. Credit Cards and checksare accepted. For more informationgo tohttp://www.floridawoodturningsymposium.com.* * *The Tennessee Associationof Woodturners (TAW) will bepresenting their 22nd annual Symposiumon Friday January 29 andSaturday, January 30, 2010. TheSymposium will again be held atthe Radisson Opryland Hotel inNashville, Music City USA. Againthe Symposium features some ofthe world’s leading woodturnersincluding Tania Radda, Frank Penta,Mark St. Leger, and Trent Bosch.The Symposium will also includean Instant Gallery, People’s ChoiceAward, Banquet and Auction, Vendors,and Slide Show and RoundtableDiscussion with the demonstrators.For more information contact:TAW 2010 Symposium, P.O. Box158296, Nashville, TN 37215* * *The Adirondack WoodturnersAssociation (AWA) is bringingthe seventh Totally Turning Symposium.Totally Turning 2010 willbe held on Saturday and Sunday,March 27 and 28, 2010 in SaratogaSprings, New York.The AWA (Adirondack WoodturnersAssociation) is a SpecialPage 28 More Woodturning February 2010Interest Group (woodturning) ofthe Northeastern Woodworkers Association(NWA). The NWA has presenteda woodworking show titledSHOWCASE in Saratoga Springs,New York for the past 18 years.SHOWCASE draws about 4000woodworking attendees. It providesan Instant Gallery of roughly500 pieces of fine woodworkingincluding woodturning, presentscontinuous classes on woodworking,offers about 70 woodworkingvendors (including many related towoodturning), and displays continuousdemonstrations of woodturning,woodcarving, scrollsawing, andlumbering. Door prizes, raffles, andmany give-aways make it an excitingtwo days of woodworking.* * *The 2010 Utah WoodturningSymposium will be held on May6-8, 2010 at the McKay Center atUtah Valley University (formerlyUtah Valley State College). Parkingwill be available in Lot U. Featuringover 20 premier woodturners anddemonstrations, an instant gallery,manufacturer’s show case, penturner’s rendezvous, educator’s lectureseries, swap meet and so muchmore! Visit http://www.utahwoodturning.com/for more informationand registration.* * *The AAW 2010 Symposiumwill be held in Hartford, Connecticuton June 18 - 20, 2010. It is time tostart planning your schedule to attendthis symposium. We will havemore detailed information as it is released.For more information, AAWmembers should contact the office inSt. Paul, MN - phone 651-484-9094,email: inquiries@woodturner.orgor check out the website at www.woodturner.org* * *Turn-On! Chicago 2010, the2nd Midwest woodturning symposiumpresented by the ChicagoWoodturners. will be held August20-22, 2010 in Mundelein, IL, justnorth of Chicago. Demonstratorsinclude: Jimmy Clewes, Don Derry,Cindy Drozda, David Nittman, BinhPho, Dick Sing, and Malcolm Tibbetts,with more to be announced.Events include hands-on pen turningfor the troops and special eveningdemonstrations plus trade show andbanquet. For more information goto their web site at: www.chicagowoodturners.com* * *The AAW 2011 Symposiumwill be held in St. Paul, Minnesotaon June 24 through 26, 2011. Theevent will be held in the St. PaulRiverCentre the city’s state-of-theartconvention, special event, andentertainment facility. With 15meeting rooms, the 27,000 squarefoot Star Tribune Grand Ballroom,and nearly 100,000 square feet ofexhibition space it should be a winningsymposium. An event to attendas it is the 25th Anniversary of theAAW.Editor’s Note: If your club isplanning a symposium during 2010,please let us know about it so thatwe can give you a bit of publicity inthis column.
Testing andCertification of LeadContent in Children’sProductsSource: AAW Web Site Comment:The Consumer Product Safety ImprovementAct of 2008 is scheduledto go into effect in February, andmay impact some woodturnersability to make/sell children’s toys.Here’s the Government’s “Statementof Policy” - providing much neededclarification on administration ofthis new law.This statement of policy is issuedby the Commission to provideguidance on the testing and certificationof children’s products forcompliance with the lead contentlimits established in the ConsumerProduct Safety Improvement Act of2008 (“CPSIA”). The Commissionhas received a number of questionson compliance with the new leadlimits.This document, which has beenapproved by the Commission, providesguidance. It does not imposelegal requirements beyond thosealready contained in the CPSIA orother agency regulations.We have received several questionsasking us to explain a recentCommission determination thatcertain materials will not exceedthe lead limits. (The determinationappeared in a final rule that waspublished in the Federal Registeron August 26, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg.43031)). We also have receivednumerous questions on componenttesting.We address those issues usingplain language to make it easierfor readers to understand our approach.A. What does the lead contentlaw require?The CPSIA provides that productsdesigned or intended primarilyfor children 12 years old andyounger (“children’s products”)cannot contain more than 300 partsper million (ppm) of lead in anyaccessible part. We call this a 300ppm “lead content limit.”This new lead content limitshould not be confused with theCommission’s 90 ppm limit on leadin paint used on certain productssuch as furniture and children’stoys.B. How and when must children’sproducts be tested andcertified to the 300 ppm leadcontent limit?Children’s products will needto be tested for compliance withthe 300 ppm lead content limit. Thetests must be done by a third partyconformity assessment body (morecommonly known as a third partylaboratory) and, based on thosetests, certified as compliant. Thethird party laboratory must be accreditedand the accreditation mustbe recognized by CPSC. A listingof CPSC-recognized laboratoriescan be found at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgi-bin/labapplist.aspx. Formore information on who needsto certify children’s products forcompliance, please see http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/frnotices/fr09/certification.pdf.The Commission has postponedthe requirement to begintesting and certification to the 300ppm lead content limit; therefore,we do not require such testing andcertification until February 2010,at which time the Commission willvote on the stay.Companies, however, may notdistribute or sell children’s productsthat exceed the 300 ppm lead contentrequirement in the law. Thereare, however, two exceptions withrespect to lead testing and certification:(a) lead in paint; and (b) leadin children’s metal jewelry. Testingand certification of products subjectto the 90 ppm limit on lead in painthas not been postponed. Moreover,the Commission has not postponedthe requirement for testing and certificationof children’s metal jewelryto the 300 ppm lead content limit.C. What is a children’s productthat must be tested for leadcontent?The Commission is often askedwhat products must comply withthe lead content limit, i.e., what isa “children’s product” under thelaw. The answer is anything that isdesigned or intended primarily fora child 12 years of age or younger.“Primarily” is the key word used inthe law. Not everything a child usesor touches must meet the lead contentlimit, only those things designedor intended primarily for a child 12years old or younger. The Commissionlooks at each product on a caseby-casebasis. We consider how theproduct is marketed as well as whatthe manufacturer has said about theproduct (if reasonable) and whetherconsumers commonly recognizethe product as being intended for achild 12 or younger. For example,the Commission has previously saidthat an ordinary ball point pen is notprimarily intended for children, andmost consumers would not consideran ordinary ball point pen as beingintended primarily for use by a child12 years of age or younger. We real-[Continued on Page 34.]More Woodturning February 2010 Page 29
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