[Milsurplus] "Foam In Place" Packing

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

What I did when I was still shipping big items like an SP-600 was to first cut that blue foam 
board to fit the receiver, including cut-outs for the knobs. I made certain that the stuff was an 
exact fit.

I then used packing tape to fasten the blue-foam to the receiver, making one compact 
package.

Then I made custom-fit boxes out of 3/4" plywood held together with deck-screws and glue 
in parts. Into those boxes I put the receiver with its at least 2" of that blue foam around it.

I cut "hand-holds" in the top-sides of two sides so that 1) the people who picked up the box 
would know which end should be up.

I also marked the box so the recipient would know which two parts (a side and a top) should 
be removed to get the item out of the box. Those two parts were NOT glued.

I then instructed the recipient that when he received the item, he was to ship the empty box 
and blue-foam back to me at my expense so I could use it to ship other such receivers.

This worked out well.

I shipped an R-389 to a recipient in Wisconsin like this, and got the box back so I could then 
ship an R-390A to another recipient.

I shipped an RAL-6 to another buyer in Arkansas in like manner.

My kids tell me I "over-pack" but so far have not lost anything, nor had anything damaged in 
shipping.

For smaller items, I use "large-bubble" bubble pack, wrapping several layers completely 
around the item so that there are at least 3 layers of it on all six sides.

Then I put this package into a new box, custom fit to the package and ship it.

I use FedExGround exclusively for all of the above.

Ken W7EKB

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