At first blush, most of the furniture is held together with M6 screws and barrel-nuts.
Loctite or no-Loctite?
Blue or Purple?
What torque?
Security straps on dressers: If being passed on, leave them attached to the dresser?
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1 - No loctite
ReplyDelete2 - N/A
3 - Snug. Someone will take it apart again. Check occasionally once the little one can stand up and shake the crib.
4 - Leave em. Everyone should use them.
Agreed.
DeleteWhile you're working on the equipment, check online for recalls or warnings - some equipment has to be assembled in less than intuitive ways (ie read the manual).
As standards have changed, many items are no longer considered safe - if you give one to someone, there is potential liability involved.
Also, check for damage and missing parts while you're at it.
Ditto...
Deleteno loctite if it is gonna be disassembled. If there are fasteners that might work loose, lock washers or a TINY dab of silicone left to dry on the threads.
ReplyDeleteAs stated above, snug.
Security straps work, so leave it on the dresser oven if you choose not to use it.
Wrap the rails with barbed wire and put a tow sack in it for a quilt. Get those little ones ready for the real world.
ReplyDelete(When I told my wife we were gonna do that, she said, "You First." I never could find enough tow sacks to make a decent blanket.)
Purple loctite or any of the low strength flavors (green) would be fine, if the crib doesn't come with lock washer or nylon lined nuts, and you're worried about the kids shaking them apart. I just had to tighten up all my new chairs from toddler bouncing, and this time they got loctited.
ReplyDeleteOne thing about used baby furniture, is that it might not be up to modern safety standards. The current spacing requirements for crib bars is if a soda can (no beer in the nursery) fits through the bars they are too far apart, and bad things can happen.
Leave the straps, the new owners can decide if the want them.
Concur with the Engineer. No loctite, and just check them occasionally. The crib my youngest has, has now been through 5 kids; her, older sister, and three kids amongst them. It needs to be refinished, but it's still holding together.
ReplyDeleteThat one doesn't look like a legal crib. I thought that posts like that were verboten as a strangulation hazard.
ReplyDeleteNylock nuts. They're good for two or three uses. After two or three children most modern furniture is thoroughly thrashed.
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