[Shop-talk] Making some shipping crates

[Mark Watson]

Just a thought about using Pelican or similar cases.  A friend of mine works 
for a company that used to use this type of cases to ship their electronic 
control modules and kept getting them stolen apparently by people assuming 
that a case like that must have something valuable inside it.  One time in 
desperation he went to a thrift store and bought some generic suitcases, 
fitted them with fitted foam inside to cushion the instruments and shipped 
them that way.  Since then they basically don't have any issues with them 
being stolen.  Obviously a case of "The Purloined Letter" for those of you 
who are familiar with Sherlock Holmes.

Mark Watson (<-- of course I heard all about "Elementary, my dear Watson" 
growing up!)
1956 Daimler Regency Mk II '104'
1965 Ford Falcon
various transportation pods