I have had success shipping cylinders in PVC pipe. I first put paper
towels or some other support paper in the core of the record before
putting the record in its box. I then wrap the cylinder boxes in
bubble wrap and then put them in 5" diameter PVC pipe (thin wall to
minimize weight) which is cut to 6" length. Then I package the PVC
pieces (one or more cylinders) in a box with suitable peanuts for
shipping. To date I have not had one get broken.
On Aug 14, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Thomas Edison wrote:
I have not found a shure fire way yet, of shipping cylinders, I now
try to by the eggs that come in a square with the 2 carton sides,
and wrap my cylinder boxes in that and tape them up real good, then
bubble wrap around that. The inside has bubble wrap between the 3
rows of blanks. There is nothing as disheartning as sending out a
dozen cylinders which all an all is 12 hours of work, and a month
of setting. I usually double the insuance on them so the customer
can get there money back if they do arrive broken. I much rather
hand deliver them than ship them. I sell them in storage boxes
that have 12 tube pegs in them. I am a father raising children so
I do not make as many anymore, and do not accept any orders, what I
sell I make when I can. I estimated that in the New York
adventure, I had almost $300,000.00 worth of material stolen from
me. Never been quite able to recover from that, I work for DHS
making $9.25/h does not leave much to do phonographs.
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