Looking for suggestions on the best way to package a n4000a monitor for shipping. I just don't know if the normal cocoon in bubble wrap and drown in packing peanuts would keep this safe. Is it best to try to remove the stand so it is easier to wrap, or is that too much trouble. One person suggested using expandable insulation foam from the hardware store along with garbage bags to make custom fit pads.
Am I just being too paranoid about this?
Chef
The foam idea works well for pretty much any computer equiptment.
Quote from: "gtnicol"The foam idea works well for pretty much any computer equiptment.
So What is the best way to do this? Is there a specific kind that is best?
Chef
I've done it once, I just used a BUNCH of bags, wrapped the gear, then I got this spray foam insulation thingie... it was in a big aerisol can..
So I sprayed in the box to get a base, put the machine in, then you just spray around & over up to the top....
It's kinda easy, just go slow you don't want huge bubbles.
Quote from: "neozeed"I've done it once, I just used a BUNCH of bags, wrapped the gear, then I got this spray foam insulation thingie... it was in a big aerisol can..
So I sprayed in the box to get a base, put the machine in, then you just spray around & over up to the top....
It's kinda easy, just go slow you don't want huge bubbles.
After spraying the base, how long did you have to wait before placing the object in? Did you let it dry completely before placing the components in, or leave it soft so the component could sink in?
Thats two people who have personally done it, so I am feeling better and better about it.
Thanks for the info neozeed.
Chef
When I ship NeXT (smaller than 21") monitors, it is almost always double boxed. The inner box is 18" or 20" square (IIRC), and the outer is 24" square. The monitor is wrapped in bubble wrap and put in the inside box, with peanuts to fill it out if necessary. Then peanuts to fill the space between the inner and outer boxes. Perhaps overkill, but haven't had a monitor damaged in shipment yet.
"Looking for suggestions on the best way to package a n4000a monitor for shipping"
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Ingredients:
18"X18"X18" cardboard box - DOUBLE WALLED!
One piece of cardboard [doesn't have to be double walled] 17"X17"
1" thick foam [soft] - 24" square
old newspapers to crumple up
foam peanuts
filament tape - 2" width roll
very large plastic lawn/leaf bag
1. Prepare the box by sealing the bottom with 3 or 4 lengths of filament tape staggered on top of each other - creating an approx. 6" swath of tape running up the two sides of the box about 1/2 way.
2. Put the large black plastic lawn/leaf bag on the floor and put the monitor into it. Tape [or tie] the open end.
3. Take the soft foam - fold it in half - and tape it securely - horizontally to the front [glass] part of the monitor with the filament tape. Wrap the tape completely around the monitor.
4. Crumple up the old newspaper [2 sheets at a time] into 'balls' and put just enough for one complete layer at the bottom of the box.
5. Pour approx. 2" of foam peanuts in the box [enough to cover the paper].
6. Place the monitor into the box.
7. Pour an additional amount of foam peanuts into the box which allow the level of the peanuts to go 3/4 the way up. Make sure that you push your hands into the cavities - to allow the peanuts to be completely distributed.
8. Crumple up more newspaper [2 sheets at a time] into 'balls' and press them down very firmly into each of the four corners of the box. Fill each corner all the way up to the top of the box.
9. Fill the remaining cavities [including the very top of the box] with foam peanuts and press it firmly down.
10. Place the 17"X17" piece of cardboard on the top and press it down firmly.
11. Close the box and seal it with filament tape. Wrap the filament tape completely around the box. Make at least two wraps [note: the tape can be cut, but make sure that there are no more than two cuts per circumference].
12. Do the same procedure [with the filament tape] from the other position [opposed to where the box closed] TWICE ... spacing the wraps approx. 5 " from the edges of the box.
13. Wrap the filament tape at least once around the horizontal girth of the box - when it is upright.
:) :)
Very complete directions there kenjay, with a lot of good suggestions from everyone.
Will probably go with a combination solution, incorporating the double box idea, with expandable foam and peanuts in between. That should give me a 1in or so padded barrier all around between the boxes, and increase the rigidity of the resulting container. A soft foam for the screen, lots of bubble wrap, and more peanuts and foam inside should secure it nicely.
Thanks for the help everyone :)
Chef