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When I receive my LPs from DATA-DISC in the UK they always come sandwiched in some cardboard shippers. I think I've gotten some ebay like this too.
So, I don't know which to specifically recommend, but you're probably looking at something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Variable-Dep...id=1528830937&sr=1-29&keywords=record+mailers
It also seems that if you are shipping a gatefold album, you should consider shipping it with the records outside of the gatefold package. Something about the spine ? idk I'm sure someone who knows better will correct me if I'm wrong, but that's how my double LPs from DATA-DISC come usually.
So, I don't know which to specifically recommend, but you're probably looking at something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Variable-Dep...id=1528830937&sr=1-29&keywords=record+mailers
It also seems that if you are shipping a gatefold album, you should consider shipping it with the records outside of the gatefold package. Something about the spine ? idk I'm sure someone who knows better will correct me if I'm wrong, but that's how my double LPs from DATA-DISC come usually.
darkblue94
The Devil made me do it.
I suggest you go to your local record retailer and inquire as to how their bulk lot records are shipped to them and then do what they do.
In the US, UHaul supplies a box that is 12.5 inches by 12.5 inches by 16 inches and perfect for packing several albums with no empty space. Fully packed they are heavy, though, so not sure what the cost to ship would be.
I was a furniture mover in college and packed a heck of a lot of these "book cartons," which were sized to hold a limited number of heavy books or LPs. But they can also split open if not handled carefully. If the LPs are really valuable (either in monetary or sentimental reasons), I would suggest using cartons like these and then having a small, sturdy crate built to frame each of the cartons. It will cost you more, but the LPs should arrive in one piece. It will probably also prompt the transport firm to use a hand truck and not try to carry (and drop) them.
Congrats on your inheritance! I actually happen to own a couple of wooden record crates each of which probably stores 100 records. They're free for the asking. Three caveats though: one, they are old and would need reinforcing (this would be easy enough) and two, since your unit of measure is kilometers I get the feeling you aren't nearby. Finally, once filled they are very heavy and were always a task to move, though my bruiser rugby-playing friend could carry two at once.
Therefore I'd recommend building some out of 1x and plywood. It wouldn't be hard so long as you have access to tools.
Therefore I'd recommend building some out of 1x and plywood. It wouldn't be hard so long as you have access to tools.
They're kind of like this, which could easily be strengthened by screwing plywood faces onto all sides essentially as sheathing.
That one's from Sleeve City. Here's another one, from mapleshadestore.com
So long as you use substantial wood screws (with pre-drilling) I daresay that 5/8 plywood sheathing would be all you'd need to add in order to convert these into practical long-distance shipping containers. I'd probably reinforce the corners too (on top of the sheathing). Doubtless someone here has already done this and knows more about it than I do, though.
One additional thought: an inner lining and/or outer coating might help when they're left out in the rain, which might well happen somewhere along the line. And (though opinions vary) if you're shipping in summer time you may want to consider the likelihood that they'll be subjected to extreme heat, which can damage vinyl records and other living things.
That one's from Sleeve City. Here's another one, from mapleshadestore.com
So long as you use substantial wood screws (with pre-drilling) I daresay that 5/8 plywood sheathing would be all you'd need to add in order to convert these into practical long-distance shipping containers. I'd probably reinforce the corners too (on top of the sheathing). Doubtless someone here has already done this and knows more about it than I do, though.
One additional thought: an inner lining and/or outer coating might help when they're left out in the rain, which might well happen somewhere along the line. And (though opinions vary) if you're shipping in summer time you may want to consider the likelihood that they'll be subjected to extreme heat, which can damage vinyl records and other living things.
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darkblue94
The Devil made me do it.
Would you really want to drill a bunch of screw holes into a $100 Mapleshade oak LP shelf?They're kind of like this, which could easily be strengthened by screwing plywood faces onto all sides essentially as sheathing.
That one's from Sleeve City. Here's another one, from mapleshadestore.com
So long as you use substantial wood screws (with pre-drilling) I daresay that 5/8 plywood sheathing would be all you'd need to add in order to convert these into practical long-distance shipping containers. I'd probably reinforce the corners too (on top of the sheathing). Doubtless someone here has already done this and knows more about it than I do, though.
One additional thought: an inner lining and/or outer coating might help when they're left out in the rain, which might well happen somewhere along the line. And (though opinions vary) if you're shipping in summer time you may want to consider the likelihood that they'll be subjected to extreme heat, which can damage vinyl records and other living things.
I sure as hell wouldn't.
Would you really want to drill a bunch of screw holes into a $100 Mapleshade oak LP shelf?
I sure as hell wouldn't.
Jeez, is that what those cost? Didn't even look like oak to me. So, no, I'd prefer to drill holes into SYP.
'OAE' as we say in the business. Coolers are a good idea too though.
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Smaller double ply cardboard boxes that take about 20 at a time is how I did it recently. Then packed into a larger double ply boxes that took four of the 20 pack boxes. I was moving them across town only, for longer distance maybe use a plywood box that takes 10 or so of the 20 l.p. boxes?
Where are you located? Or should I say where are the records?
I ship boxes of 30 or more all the time without a problem. I send them media mail and it cost around $15 a box so .50 cents a title. 30 records start to get heavy so you don't want much more than that per box.
I buy a lot of records from a record store so I'm leaving there two times a week with records in boxes they get from new records shipped to them.
This is about 250 records
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When you pack 30 plus records tightly in a box at a time it really is safer in the mail than a mailer with two records. It's a heavy brick so they are not going to toss the box like a frisbee or crush it. The corners of the records are pretty safe because it's got all the records and the box to protect each other, it would take a lot to dent them packed in mass like this.
When you pack 30 plus records tightly in a box at a time it really is safer in the mail than a mailer with two records. It's a heavy brick so they are not going to toss the box like a frisbee or crush it. The corners of the records are pretty safe because it's got all the records and the box to protect each other, it would take a lot to dent them packed in mass like this.
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