10 Nov
2009
10 Nov
'09
5:51 p.m.
On 10 Nov 2009 at 11:10, Jules Richardson wrote:
Current owner's happy to pack it for me and drop
it off to a shipping
company (and apparently they have a Craters and Freighters about 5
miles away from them). Obviously styrofoam "poodle poop" is not a good
idea - presumably a higher-density material of some kind would be
good, and something that's not going to shift around too much. I
wondered about some slabs of that styrofoam stuff they use as house
insulation, cut to fit, but maybe that's *too* solid and won't absorb
any impacts. Oh, and obviously something softer would be needed on an
inner layer to protect all the controls at the front of the 'scope...
That's exactly what I use--the pink 1" stuff that comes in 2x8 and
4x8 sheets. It's different from most polystyrene foam--it's
extruded, so it doesn't make lots of "sawdust" when you cut it--just
score with a utility knife and break.
For heavy objects, I use double-walled cardboard boxes and make a box
within a box out of the styro foam. Add blocks here and there to
keep the object from moving within the box (this is what does the
damage--when the object can shift). Between the CRT surface and the
styro "wall", I fill a plastic bag with some packing "peanuts" and
insert the bag so it's snug, but not tight. A partially-deflated
beach ball might work as a shock absorber also--I've used those with
large musical instruments.
At any rate, I've shipped heavy loads overseas and cross-country with
no damage, using plain old UPS ground.
--Chuck