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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Hello, with the holiday season approaching, I was wondering about good ways to ship my ww projects as small gifts, the biggest sized 12" x 9" x 17". I have tea boxes, small shelves, and similar items.

Specifically, looking for ways to pack the projects inside cardboard shipping boxes to insure arrival to the destinations in one piece and without scratches. Is multiple layears of bubblewrap the best packing material?

Another concern is exposure to freezing temperatures during shipping. Is this something to worry about? Thanks and best wishes, h.
 
#3 ·
Good way to recycle packaging materials for things you buy on-line. Padded envelopes, styrofoam, air bags, whatever. We ship quite a bit to our kids and grand-kids, and the wife likes to wrap gifts in towels, pillow cases, and fabric (for our daughter who sews). She has fun picking out the wrapping and the receiver gets a bonus gift. She is also very careful to leave little rattle space in the box and takes full advantage of "if it fits, it ships".
 
#4 ·
Start with your chosen protection wrap material, then use shrink wrap to keep it in place.
Also, if you have a box that is significantly larger than your item, you can use 1/2 liter water bottles [or soft drink bottles] to help fill that excess space.
 
#5 ·
Thank you guys! Appreciate your responses! John, styrofoam is a good idea, should be enough to absorb the abuse to the boxes.

SM, yes, I guess suspending the projects in packing material without rattling is vital.

Rustfever, bottles will for sure absorb shocks. Exactly what I worry about: cardboard boxes collapse when enough force is applied.
 
#6 ·
If you don't mind the extra size you can bubble wrap the first shipping box and put it in another box to ship. Double boxing for extra protection. I did it when I shipped my pool cue back to the maker to have it modified. I wasn't real trusting of the shippers. But it turned out pretty good. Bubble wrapped the cue, put it in a tube bubble wrapped the tube and the put it all in tube #2.
 
#8 · (Edited by Moderator)
If you have a UPS store near you, you can take the pieces to be shipped to them and they will package it and ship it. The advantage to the UPS store is that if they package it, they will guarantee damage free shipping.

- WoodenDreams
The best, fastest and safest way to ship.

We also have a pack and ship store near us that ships UPS, USPS and Fed X. No frustrations for us, no having to round up boxes and packing materials. Carry the product in the store, they pack, we pay, they ship and out the door we go.

We'll be shipping a load of cutting boards for our dealers Christmas inventory in another week. I called and told them how many, the day we would be bringing them to the store. They'll get them ready to ship, call us when they're done and we'll go pay them.

Safe and sound while we continue to work.
 
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