Baby rattle

Now that is a neat little toy rattle! Looks easy to make. Thanks …..this is a great idea for gifts.

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

Be sure to research the particular linseed oil that you will be using—some contain cobalt and are toxic because of it. If it does not explicitly that it is food-safe, don’t use it.

Nice job on the rattle. I’m making a few rattles for some friend and family who are expecting. I’d love to make one like this but I think it’s still a little above my skill level, or at very least tool level (cheap chisels).

-- Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.-- Jerry Garcia

How was the vibration with your reformed file? I’ve been entertaining a similar notion with old planer blades but I think I’ll be putting handles on them.

-- If you don't have time to do it right, do you have time to do it twice?

Thanks for all the nice comments!

@thesoninlaw: The linseed oil I used was locally made by a farmer and the flax was organically grown. The farmer even told me that he had customers that daily drink a spoon of the oil. Actually I just went and looked at the bottle and the label said it contained raw unboiled linseed oil…, my error.

@NoSlivers: I didn’t notice any vibrations, however I held the tool in a very steady grip. I think that the trick is to make the tool so that the cutting part is close in line with the centre line of the file. I researched different commercial variants of captive ring tools before I made mine.