[TheForge] long distance freight

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Using plywood would be your best bet. Fabricate a 1/2 inch plywood shallow box, use heavy pine or haardwood sides for support. Also, place wood blocks inside the box to support the large flat sides. Place item in box on top of heavy foam rubber cushions and corrugated cardboard. Use screws to fab the box and if possible have steel banding placed around the box. That outa do it.

----- Original Message -----
From: Fiorini & Skiles <bkmetal at mwt.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:20 pm
Subject: [TheForge] long distance freight

> I'm going to be shipping this piece
> http://i.xanga.com/leafylady/screenprog3.jpg from Wisconsin to 
> Washingtonstate soon.  (It's not done yet.)
> 
> I need recommendations for good long distance freight shippers 
> that won't
> destroy the crate or piece.  I haven't had great luck with long 
> distanceshippers.  The client is paying for shipping and has had 
> similarly poor
> experiences with freight shippers.
> 
> I would also like some recommendations for crate construction.  
> I'm sure
> that a trucker or forklift operator will bash, stab and drop the 
> crate.  How
> can I construct a wood crate and padding material to put up with 
> the long
> distance abuse?  Do I need to make it easy for a forklift to move 
> around or
> should I put handles on the sides of a wood crate?
> Has anyone used that expanding foam to pad around irregularly shaped
> objects, encased it plastic so it doesn't stick?
> Thanks in advance for your tips.
> -Kirsten
> bkmetal at mwt.net
> http://www.mwt.net/~bkmetal/index.html
> Japanese Forging Hammers at http://www.mwt.net/~bkmetal/Billhome.html
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