J T wrote:
>
> Feb 10, 2005, 1:22pm (EST+5) [email protected]
> (roger_baker) asks:
> I am searching for a pair of ounterbalanced hinges which I can use on a
> child's toy box to prevent the lid slamming down. <snip>
>
> I don't believe in toy box lids for little kids. For the older
> kids, I figure they should know enough not to slam the lid on their
> fingers, so they don't need a counterbalance. Besides, it only takes
> about once for a lid to slam on their fingers for them to learn not to
> do that anymore.
It's not so much that they don't know (or even have learned your way)
but a case of w/ kids "stuff happens"...best to either avoid it w/o the
lid as you suggest or w/ counterbalance imo...
Feb 10, 2005, 1:22pm (EST+5) [email protected]
(roger_baker) asks:
I am searching for a pair of ounterbalanced hinges which I can use on a
child's toy box to prevent the lid slamming down. <snip>
I don't believe in toy box lids for little kids. For the older
kids, I figure they should know enough not to slam the lid on their
fingers, so they don't need a counterbalance. Besides, it only takes
about once for a lid to slam on their fingers for them to learn not to
do that anymore.
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
The catalogs are full of 'em...Rockler has multiple types.
Some are hinges and some are just supports.
Wilson
"roger_baker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I am searching for a pair of ounterbalanced hinges which I can use on a
> child's toy box to prevent the lid slamming down. I hve seen tham on a
> boc in France
>
> I can find a supplierin the USA but am having no luck in the UK
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Roger Baker
>
>
> --
> roger_baker
I found a "soft landing" lid support for a blanket chest, same as toy
box, at www.wwhardware.com as a USA user, don't know about UK.
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:22:17 +0000, roger_baker
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>I am searching for a pair of ounterbalanced hinges which I can use on a
>child's toy box to prevent the lid slamming down. I hve seen tham on a
>boc in France
>
>I can find a supplierin the USA but am having no luck in the UK
>
>Can anyone help me?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Roger Baker
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:22:17 +0000, roger_baker
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am searching for a pair of ounterbalanced hinges which I can use on a
>child's toy box to prevent the lid slamming down.
Get the Lee Valley ones. They have a viscous mechanism that doesn't
stop easy closing (like springs) and doesn't force the lid upwards
(like a gas strut).