I shipped one a while back. I broke it down into two parts, the teletype and the base. I packed each in their own box. I got boxes that were a good bit larger than the part to be packed, and IIRC, then lined the boxes with formed FedEx boxes (the free ones you get from them) to act as stiffeners. Then lined the interior of the now "double box" assembly with bubble wrap. Then heavily wrapped the item in layers of bubble wrap. Then placed it into the box, filled the voids, put on the top layer of lining boxes, then taped it shut. I think the total cost was something like $40 or $45 per box to go from NJ to St Louis (it was probably 2 years ago, but I seem to recall it was something in that range... I think the boxes were about 65 lbs each packed). I'd assume they arrived in good condition as I didn't hear any complaints that got it. I used FedEx Ground, simply because I had a FedEx account, and they were willing to do it cheaper then UPS. Um... I can't help you there, I honestly hadn't thought about that issue until you asked it here. Now I am worried that I caused the thing to be trashed in shipping because I failed to bolt something in place. (Probably not, or I'm sure Jay would have complained) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>