[GreenKeys] shipping teleytypes

[Gary L. Buda]

And make sure to put Duct Tape on both sides of the glass!

Gary WA0NDN
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At 10:53 AM 12/18/02 -0700, O. Warren wrote:
>
>Hello list...
>
>This is in reply to how to ship teletypes..
>
>I used to do this many times a day when I served extra duties as
>"storekeeper"
>at Western Union.
>
>Model 28's and 35's..   with the pedestal..  done on a pallet.  Use steel
>strapping tape and run the tape over the top of the machine on each side
>(end?) and around the top layer of the pallet.  This holds the machine to
>the pallet.  Then there is a wood and wire "fence" appearing assembly that
>goes around the machine and over the top which protected the machine if
>someone stacks another pallet it top of it.  These protections store flat.
>
>Model 32's and 33's...  with pallet..
>
>First, if you take the cover off the machine and look at the bottom interior
>framework of the typing unit, you will see a curricular ring in the middle.
>Now look up underneath of the metal bottom of the typing unit and you will
>see a hole in the middle of the bottom.  Put a bolt, perhaps 5/8th diameter
>down through that ring and hole from the inside with a flat washer top and
>bottom, and a lock washer on under the bottom, and tighten this bolt system
>up .  This holds the typing unit safely in place.
>
>For many technicians these holes don't show up and therefor they don't know
>about them.
>
>Then steel strap the assemblies to a pallet as described above.
>
>32's and 33's without a pedestal..  Never did it..  suggest a well packed in
>a heavy duty, sturdy carton..
>
>Shipping...  Normally done by truck as the cheapest way, unless one is in a
>hurry and has the money and then by air freight.
>
>A plastic stick on envelope with the shipping papers (AKA "packing list")and
>another stick on label with the addressee and return address, put on the top
>of the packed assembly when on the pallet.
>
>This was how a prepared company did it..  As to hams doing it, this is
>another matter!!  I have no idea of cost as W.U.  had contracts with
>shippers and I never saw the billing..
>
>Good luck!!
>
>Dick, W7TIO
>
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