27 Oct
2011
27 Oct
'11
12:21 a.m.
This reminds me of when I was working for DEC in the mid '70's
I was involved in the sale and delivery of among other things LA36's
Those of you who collect DEC system's will probably know that the LA36 was a
30cps printing terminal. They were big. About 3' x 2' on top and it stood on
its own plinth about 2'6" off the ground. The plinth housed the logic board
and the PSU.
Each one arrived bolted to its own pallet, a large cardboard box over that
followed by a cardboard lid. The box and lid were strapped to the pallet.
I used the have to go to the DEC warehouse at Heathrow (London Airport) with
the shipping insurance loss adjuster to agree on damaged items.
We found one that neither of us could believe. Some Muppet had managed to
put a forklift fork right through from front to back. That is to say through
the cardboard outer box, the steel front of the plinth, the logic board, the
steel rear door and the back of the cardboard box!
PS I don?t have an LA36 or an LA180 in my collection. I anybody has a spare
on in the UK I'd be interested.
Regards
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Rod Smallwood
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-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
Sent: 27 October 2011 07:02
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Proper packing (was: Need advice)
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