[Boatanchors] Packing hint - was boatanchor unpacking hint

[David Knepper]

What everyone seems to forget is that you want to have packing with a little 
give.

I question using really stiff insulation board.  I ought to know since my 
son is a home builder and that material is really stiff without much give. 
That material is very much like a piece of plywood.

Take it for it's worth:  I would use a nice thick layer of bubble wrap 
between the "radio" and the insulation board.

For just a little more, you could have the unit crated after being double 
boxed.

IMHO

David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA
Publisher of the Collins Journal
Secretary of the Collins Radio Association
www.collinsra.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Boat Anchors List'" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Packing hint - was boatanchor unpacking hint


>I use the blue wall insulation....probably the same stuff as you use.
> I avoid the mess by using a small portable table saw....I tried the wood
> saw...
> Wont do THAT again!!!!
> The other opaque white more plastic stuff saws without any mess and works
> well too......not beaded Styrofoam....Hank Arney used this stuff on some
> boxes I got from him and it was the best.
> Hank....if you're listening...please chime in here with the name of that
> stuff you used.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:29 PM
> To: wrcromwell at gmail.com
> Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Packing hint - was boatanchor unpacking hint
>
> Never use peanuts.   Instead go to Lowe's or some such place and
> purchase the 8 foot by 4 foot 2 inch thick slabs of styrofoam and
> measure and cut them to line the inside of the box.   This styrofoam
> can be scored with a box cutter then sawed with a small wood saw.  Do
> this outside or you'll have millions of little pieces of charged
> styrofoam flecks to clean up.
>
>
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