7 Oct
2013
7 Oct
'13
7:10 a.m.
On Oct 7, 2013, at 7:46 AM, "Stefan Skoglund (H?gskolan i Sk?vde)" <a13stesk
at student.his.se> wrote:
fre 2013-10-04 klockan 10:21 -0700 skrev Mark J.
Blair:
> ...
> Other good options include foam-in-place, double-boxing, lots of bubble wrap, etc.
Sometimes, things like knobs need to be removed, switches need to be very carefully
protected, etc. The worst thing to do is to toss something in a used cardboard box with
some styrofoam peanuts. All too often, the box will arrive spherical instead of
rectangular, with peanuts and pieces of the smashed contents leaking out the corners.
I once had an RP06 pack shipped to me, which arrived in a large cardboard box filled with
styrofoam peanuts. The pack had sunk to the bottom corner (pushing all the peanuts out of
the way) and had one platter bent up about half an inch.
...
I wonder:
the glass works used to ship drinking glasses in wooden barrels packed
with wood wool.
Has anyone tried to use a second hand modern plastic barrel with a
removable lid and packed with sawdust or wool ?
Wood wool ("excelsior" is what that was called), sure. Sawdust would be a bad
idea. It will make a mess, it isn't very springy, and it will shift out of the way
just like the peanuts in my RP06 example. You need materials that will stay where you put
them.
I once saw an extreme example of packaging, for a Dewar vessel (large glass object)
shipped to the university physics lab. It came in a large wooden crate, with the Dewar
flask suspended in the center of that crate by eight springs, one from each corner of the
crate. Very impressive. I suspect you could have dropped that out of the truck and not
suffered damage.
paul