26 Oct
2011
26 Oct
'11
11:01 p.m.
On 26 Oct 2011 at 22:40, David Griffith wrote:
I've shipped a few IMSAIs and Altairs. These
things weigh around 45
pounds. My usual thing is to wrap it in enough large pink bubblewrap
to turn it into a marshmellow: about six inches of wrap all around.
Put it in a box with four or so inches of clearance and put blocks of
styrofoam in that clearance. Never had a machine arrive broken from
packing. There was a time though that a monitor was damaged because
what looked like two foot long spikey thing slammed into the top of
the box. A friend of mine lost an Atari Abaq when some doofus drove a
forklift through the box.
I use the extruded styrofoam insulation available from most big box
home stores. I construct a "box within a box" using it and then use
extra pieces to brace the object so it won't move. It works very
well. The stuff cuts by simply scoring with a utility knife and then
bending to snap the section off. Usually provided in 1" thickness.
in either 2x8' or 4x8' sheets. It's quite a bit stronger than
ordinary sheet stryofoam.
--Chuck