[Elecraft] Packing for shipment/rough handling

[Bill K9YEQ]

This is also very common for computer monitors, laptops etc.  The corner
method would seem to be the best.

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

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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.
>
> Mel