[Elecraft] Packing for shipment/rough handling

[Don Wilhelm]

Back in the days I ran a custom woodworking shop, I used to pack fragile 
display exhibit assemblies into crates that would be handled by fork 
lifts and other forms of rough handling used for international 
shipping.  One learns quickly that the best packing method is to secure 
the corners only, if all surfaces have equal pressure and the exterior 
of the shipping container takes a shock in the middle of any face, that 
pressure will be transferred to the object to be "protected" (in other 
words, the object breaks).  OTOH, if the object is supported only at the 
corners, no damage will be done as long as the corner blocks stay in place.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/28/2011 2:31 PM, Mel Farrer wrote:
> A friend had to pack his K3 for overseas shipment and went to a luggage maker and had them burn a semi ridged foam insert for his shipping container.  This puts equal pressure on all surfaces.  It arrived intact. Anything less is a gamble.
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