[GreenKeys] Packing woes

[Teletypeparts]

I use a smiliar system as Don on my 33's.  The problem is finding a heavy duty box large enough.  I use a plywood crate that I ask folks to return.  

I will attach pics.  

Wayne




-----Original Message-----
From: Don Robert House <dbrnc0 at gmail.com>
To: John Hensley <w5jv at hotmail.com>
Cc: John Nagle <nagle at animats.com>; greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 13, 2013 8:14 pm
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Packing woes


Hi John,


I do not remember selling my M28 ROTR which is still here. However I have given away many different Teletype machines.  I try to mimic the way TTY Corp used to ship items.  I bolt the mechanism where possible to a piece of 1/4 inch plywood and then put extra holes for nylon cordage to hold the cover in place.
Then pack pieces of foam and or large bubble wrap around the item.  The plywood needs to match the size of the inside of the cardboard box. I then take another box and cut off the top and bottom and slide it inside to keep the plywood in place. I have found the best place to get boxes is at Home Depot as they sell double wall corrugated boxes for less than $2.00 each.  To get the same kind of box from an office supply store costs about $12.-$14.


John Nagle used this system last year to send me a M14 Tape Printer.  He also decided to put the three major subassemblies in three separate cartons.  We have had so many problems here that I did not open the boxes until Jim Haynes came to visit recently.  The two of us opened the boxes and re-assembled the machine.  It is beautiful..!  I also have a friend in Skokie, Illinois who picked up a M15 table for me from an ex-Teletype engineer, who has since passed on.  I am pleased to report that both the table and the M14 are both finished in brown crinkle! Now I have to re-organize the few machines I have and get them lubricated and on-line.


Hope this helps...


73,
Don K9TTY
P.S.  I am still over 300 emails behind... :-(






On 13 Jun 2013, at 4:57 PM, John Hensley wrote:


Hi Don,


You recently sold a M28 stand alone reperf.  How did you pack this
to prevent damage in transit? 


The reason I ask is one that I am getting ready to sell I had to find a
replacement shell for because the original was damaged in shipment
to me.


John W5JV













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