28 Oct
2011
28 Oct
'11
2:59 p.m.
So, my question to all of you out there is - do any of
you know of a shipp=
ing company that can package up an item like this suitably and arrange tra=
nsportation? The ASR33 is (thankfully) complete with all accessories such =
as stand, paper holder etc. I can probably persuade the vendor to remove t=
hese accessories from the main unit, but probably not much more.
The problem with shipping an ASR33 (apart from the brittle plastic cover)
is that the 'typing unit' -- the main mechanical chassis -- is not fixed
down. If you ship it like that, the chassis _will_ come loose, it'll
dapage the linkage to the keyboard nad probably wreck the cover (if
nothing else. Either fix the chasis down -- there's a hole for a shippling
screw on the underside, this is, IIRC, a self-tapping screw similar to
those used elsewhere in the typing unit with a large washer, od fince
some other way ot tying it down ; or remove the typing unit and ship it
saprately.
-tony