Packing suggestions (was Re: PDP11 Redux, or Behind-The-Scenes Bull)

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Sat Feb 23 21:10:07 2002

 One of the things I regret was leaving a Supermac GDM 1950 behind with
a bunch of other stuff, when I made my long-distance move last summer.
 I know it worked but the price of a board that could use it was too daunting
and there was just not enough space left in the UHaul and trailer. I kept a
DEC VR320 (influenced by the lists DEC bias) and have yet to be able to
interface it with any of my boxes.

Lawrence

> A caveat...
>
> When shipping big monitors, all the packaging in the world won't ensure
> that it gets to its destination intact. So far, UPS is batting 1 for 3.
> In two cases the monitors *were* properly double boxed and blocked with
> foam. In each instance, the packages were dropped from sufficient
> height to break the flyback transformer loose from its moorings and
> impact the main board hard enough to fatally damage it. The worst case
> was a SuperMac 20" where the FB transformer broke the main board into
> three separate pieces.
>
> In both cases the monitors looked fine but for some reason wouldn't
> power up. ;o)
>
> I no longer trust ANY common carrier to move monitors. Which can be a
> real pain. I live in the sticks and it's taken me four months to get a
> pair of GDM 1950s to LA... Fortunately the buyer understands intact is
> more important than fast.
>
> Jim
>
> Sellam Ismail wrote:
> >
> >
> > When shipping CRTs, I usually place a heavy guage piece of cardboard in
> > front of the CRT screen for added protection. Sometimes I also place a
> > small piece of foam between the CRT and the cardboard. It takes a lot of
> > force to break a CRT though.
> >



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