Better Packaging for Transporting Submarines.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

... and Mike doesn't walk his queer looking looking little poodle, he prances.

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[Kazzer]

He touches my Dew ... he dies!

M

He loves that cat! I've been told he even cuddles it and purrs!

[Albion]

When I was a bairn, my neighbour built a nice n gauge railway, which folded up into a large wooden box, when he first had the box built up he took it outside to varnish the woodwork. Someone driving by reported him to the police for having a coffin on his drive! Clever guy, got an mbe for making the Concorde nose droop

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Oh, hell yes! Diet Mountain Dew, the breakfast of champions!

He touches my Dew ... he dies!

M

[greenman407]

Nice, really nice, too bad there not at my house. I can see that you are a Mountain Dew man...............I figured as much. Have you ever given Miss Kitty a drink?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

This is how I do it with 1/4" exterior plywood and 1/2" X 1/2" strip gussets:

[redboat219]

Here's one way to make one, http://home.comcast.net/~baywingdb/hawkbox.htm

[redboat219]

Interlocking tabs, pop rivets, small nuts and bolts, zip ties, take your pick.

[Subculture]

How about Sikaflex or equivalent mastic based glue?

[Kazzer]

Why not make the transport box out of Coroplast. No need to waterproof it with epoxy.

But how to glue the sheets together, that is the problem?

[redboat219]

Why not make the transport box out of Coroplast. No need to waterproof it with epoxy.

Aren't you due for an election soon. Bet you could get some coroplast political signs for free then.

[Kazzer]

Wow thats a cool idea!! show us some pics of how its done. what do you thin the epoxy with acetone?

Lacquer thinner - not acetone.

Do it 50/50%

[Tom Spettel]

Wow thats a cool idea!! show us some pics of how its done. what do you thin the epoxy with acetone?

[Kazzer]

The foam is a good idea but i would still use 3/4" plywood for the box.

I'm using triple board cardboard. When it's finished, I soak the entire box in thinned epoxy. It becomes extremely strong, but I'm not suggesting shipping that alone via UPS. You need another box around this.

The major advantage of these cardboard boxes is that they are very light, and my foam idea is simply to stop them slopping around when taking the boat to the pond.