[Boatanchors] Packing hint - was boatanchor unpacking hint

[Carl]

UPS and FedWrex have published guidelines on what to use. For heavy items 
bubble wrap is verbotten. Give is bad.

I use thin soft foam as in seat cushions taped over dials, meters, knobs.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Knepper" <collinsradio at comcast.net>
To: "Dave Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Packing hint - was boatanchor unpacking hint


> 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
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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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