Mark, How would you support the transformer with wood? Remove it? Wood inside the case? Above or below tranformer?
Tnx Ken WB8EQO --- W1EOF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As people have stated, it's a combination of both. > People cared more about > their work back then and probably took better care > in how they handled > stuff. There was less pressure to "just get the > stuff outta here" than now > I'm sure. > > Secondly it does not matter whether so much whether > you use a particular > material or not, it's HOW the materials are put > together that matter. > Someone in a reply said it doesn't matter how it's > packed if it gets dropped > six feet. I think you are stating my second point > from a different angle. I > wouldn't send a Valiant out my door unless I felt > confident... yes, > confident that it could withstand a six foot drop. > Probably an eight foot > drop. That's not unusual and std packing procedure > for a business. It's not > hard to do but it takes a little work and more than > that it takes thought on > how it should be boxed. I've sent hundreds of items > around the world. > Fragile glass items. Heavy radios. I never had one > damaged in transit. ALl > of those packages were expected to withstand at > least a six foot drop. > > As an example, here is what I would do with a > small-medium sized > transmitter: > > 1. Remove the tubes. They get individually wrapped > in bubble-wrap and > shipped separately. Any other loose pieces get sent > separately in another > box. If you want you can in some case wrap that > stuff up and put it inside > but if you want to be sure, pack it separate. > > 2. Depending on the tranmitter, it's value, etc I > might need to make a > wooden support for the transformers. > > 3. Wrap this up in both directions with bubble wrap. > The one with the bigger > bubbles, not the small-bubble kind. Tape it good. > There should be at least a > couple of inches of bubblewrap on every surface. > > 4. Using bubblewrap or high-density foam fit this > assembly into a box. Not a > bad idea to put it into a heavy garbage bag and tape > before it goes in the > box. > > 5. Tape this box up. Tape it up GOOD. If heavy use > strapping tape as I > describe below. Now this is where many people would > stop. It looks like it's > ready to go, right? Well many people would ship this > out but it's not ready. > > 6. Get ANOTHER, larger box. ALlow for 3-4 inches in > every direction. In > between the two boxes you need some cushion. I > pesonally like peanuts but if > you use them they must be packed DENSELY. You want > the inner box to be able > to move a bit, but not much. Pack the peanuts in > there tight. Tape this box > up tight. Then get your strapping tape and wrap two > double bands of that in > each direction, each band about 25% of the way in > from the edge of the box. > If the box is long then I'd add two more bands in > that direction. The > strapping tape will prevent the box from bursting > should it be dropped on a > corner for instance. It's very strong stuff. > > You're done. > > Now if the transmitter is really large, or extra > heavy (say > 80 or 100lbs) > then you need to go to the next level and crate it. > Basically you follow the > steps above and then put that assembly into a box > that is made of plywood > with reinforced corners, etc. Making a suitable > crate is somewhat of an > art... a story for another day. > > If you follow those steps listed above you will be > able to drop that > transmitter 6-8 feet without any damage to the box > or the transmitter. It > will hit with a funny dull sounds and sort of bounce > (which is what you > want, thats' the energy being absorbed and deflected > not transferred to the > transmitter). > > 73, > > Mark W1EOF > > <SNIP> > > Could someone explain to me how radios were > shipped back in the > > 50's so that > > they arrived at the dealers with no apparent > damage. I wonder what the > > original packing was back then? > <SNIP> > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul > Courson/wa3vjb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
