[78-L] Moving 78s 2800 miles/ 4500 km without breaking the suckers

[David Lennick]

Welcome to this place! Now, the first thing you have to learn is that Capitol's 
flip sides are called ZED, not ZEE. The second is that Tim Horton's coffee 
sucks and you won't be deported for not drinking it. Did you at least move to 
one of the pronounceable places in BC? (I think there are three.)

dl

On 11/8/2011 8:08 PM, Anthony Pavick wrote:
> Well -- my six milk crates of 78s (plus 6 boxes of lps and 5 banana boxes
> of 45s) made it from east coast USA to west coast Canada via Allied Van
> Lines.
>
> Here's my 78 packing solution
>
> Sterlite milk crates from Walmart -- 11 inches wide x 12 inches long x 10
> inches deep
> Cut 1/2 thick pink foam insulation into rectangles to make walls inside the
> crates
> Place 3/4 to 1 inch of junk records in the crate -- fill will good stuff
> almost all the way - leaving another 3/4 to 1 inch for junk 78s at the end
> -- the junk acts like book ends. Make sure the records are tight with no
> jiggle
> Use 1 inch thick  foam mattress cushion to wrap to crate - cut it to shape
> and wrap it like a package using tape to secure it
> Place a piece of the 1/2 inch pink foam insulation in the bottom of a
> medium size moving box -- place a small amount of ball3d up filling paper
> on top of the insulation.
> Set the wrapped crate into the box
> Stuff paper or whatever you want as filler around the crate to hold it in
> place -- put some on top also
> Place a piece of the 1/2 inch pink foam insulation in top of the assembly
> and seal the box
>
> Every record arrive safe and sound  -- even the junk didn't break!
>
> T
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