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

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Sun Feb 24 00:08:41 2002

Doc wrote:

> The ultimate packing material is plastic garbage bags and aerosol
> styrofoam. Bag the shipped item, and seal it with tape. Put an empty
> garbage bag in the carton, and spray enough foam into the bag to build a
> 3" bed. Let it set till firm but not solid, or use ~3" spacer blocks to
> support the item. Set it on the foam bed. Put a bag at each corner and
> on top, fill with foam, close **** and weight **** the lid. The
> aerosol styrofoam expands and fills in gaps and crannies, effectively
> making a custom fitted crate. It's relatively very expensive, but if
> you're shipping very valuable and/or fragile hardware, it's much better
> than anything else I know. Plus, if you're going to move the item
> repeatedly, the packing, with reasonable care, will last three or four
> moves.

That is hard to say. For one company I worked for, a rack mounted PC
and some other equipment was lost when a fork lift was driven into
the wooden packing crate as it was being shipped to a Trade Show.
If you want to get it there in one piece it may be best to move it
yourself if
possible.

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Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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Received on Sun Feb 24 2002 - 00:08:41 GMT

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