Hey Tom,
I started laughing at the "vertigo" issue. We get the same
thing walking around out shipping table constantly while wrapping up the frames.
I have tried to describe this "feeling" to people and they can't figure
what we are talking about. I was so glad to hear it wasn't just us!! Your idea
sounds interesting. Sounds like you could obtain the same effect in a vacumount
machine that one drymounts poster in. It has a glass top and you could mount a
camera above it to shoot through the glass. The other option would be to create
a thin box with a rubber background and a glass or plexiglass top. Put a small
round opening in the back rubber mat with a gizmo that allows a 1/4" hose to
attach to the back of it. Attach the other end of the hose to a pump that acts
as a vacuum. That is basically how a drymount machine works but smaller and less
costly. A rubber seal would be used around the perimeter of the box to insure a
tight seal. You could even make the top with a non glare product for easy
photographing. You might want to look at a frame supply house and check out the
vacuum mount machines. The theory is the same as yours but you might get some
ideas for a better product. Good luck.
Sue Heim
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:57
AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fs On ebay- a sellers
story. the force is with us..
Tom,
Did you get a figure on what the final weight of the package was? It
sounds like $200 for second-day shipping was an incredibly good price. By the
way, I lost the link to your auction on the Millennium Falcon -- what was the
final bid?
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 23:27
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fs On ebay- a sellers story. the force is with
us..
Mopo..... we did it.... we shipped a 5 foot wide 6 foot
long Millenium
Flacon Star wars ship and it made it in One
piece!!!
we about died when we saw a person in Japan had one the Giant
display
ship... needless t say we hoped a Local person wouldjust show up
woth a
Truck and pick up..
I sold this for my son a devout Star
wars Fanatic!! tI mean advanced
Collector..:) anyway
after I convinced Him to help me pack it we spent
a Night and part of
a day packing it.... we had to make a 6 foot box x
5 foot and be able
to move it outthe door... and we had to ship By truck..
well the Guy
had us ship to the states to hi parents so we had to get
rates... I
was quoted up to 1000.00 by most shippers However we Found
fed ex frieght
the best at like 200.00 they had it there in one day..
and they were
nice to deal with even the driver was helpful and Polite..
we told them
what it was and they were extra carefull.
sohow did we pack it???
well we used 1/8 inch foam rolls an wrapped it
all around like a Mummy then
we used Rolls of bubblle wrap
we made so many revolutions around it
with streatch wrap and foam we
both became sick from vertigo that we
had to wait until next day to
finish.. then we made a Box out of four Boxes
tahat we used flat
corrogated to brace and we used air pillows..( look like
ballons ) to
fill all voids
we setthe ship om 4x4 cradles of styrofoam
and then strech wrapped the
entire Box and labeled it like it was part of a
touring Smithsonian
exhibit ... then we just hoped that it would get there
without being
shattered or drooped or run over by a Forlift,,
But
Today... the Buyer gave us a Nice feedback and sais it arrived fine...
I
told my son wait until he spent the Money Just in case!
anyways... I
feel we can ship about anything after
that...........
man..................How I like small parcels..
I
hope to have many more Goodies on Ebay soon and thanks For all the
support
and business From Mopoers and B-list people
also... the Gift I
plan to Give to Mopo and B list is my design for a
Poster shooting easel
stand... a few years back John Kisch and I were
talking about How it would
be cool if there was a frame availible to
shoot posters on Like a
lithographeres vacuum frame.. he was looking for
one..
manystat camers
had them to talke pics and halftones in Litho shops.. by
the wayPeter
Jackson of King Kong was a lithographer....
anyways,,, I made a
prototype of the Poster shooter and it works
great,,, I was planning on
selling them but then I got sidetracked by
having a Life meltdown
episode...:) so I thoght why not just tell you
all how to make
them and then you can all have a easier time of selling
posters.. the
premice is simple.. a frame holds the poster in place by
vacuum... ( useing
a common shop vac as the vac source... with a Foot
pedal you activate the
suction and it holds and then when turned off
releases the poster... the
catch is getting the right suction so as to
not damage posters..I dont
reccomend for fragile titles..But if you have
1000s of enamel coated stock
70s and 80s.. this think will crank it out
as fast as you can click a
camera... you can get all the parts at Home
depot... and it will cost under
100.00 I will take a Photo ofmy cobbled
unit protoype... and I wil
even be using it when I do posters in the
future on ebay,,, this unitallows
you to float the posters in space..
against a Background.. two lights are
used at45 degree axsis to the art.
Its bassicall a stat camera setup just
lighter and without a glass overlay..
anyway when I get time Illtake
some Photos and share it with anyone
that wants to make one... with
experimantation with baffles it can work
for magazines, stills, about anya
pape art...... I havent used mine much
as I am Lazy... :) But onece i
start shooting Posters I will Unless
some wize MOPER BUYS my Bulk lots of
60 70 and 80s posters out :)
Happy new year Folks
best,
Tom
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