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Thanks to everyone for your patience and understanding as I respond to your requests. I'm grateful for your support and also your interest in accepting Ernie's legacy of luthiery and woodworking tools, woods, supplies, instrument parts and more.
As soon as I am able to post in Classifieds and learn how to post photos, I will be able to list these items and also books.

Finally, I need your advice about the safest and most cost effective way to ship large fragile items such as tops, backs, sides, and also heavy bulky items such as larger tools, instrument forms and wood. For smaller items I will use USPS flat fee boxes. I would appreciate any suggestions!

Kindest regards,

Cathy Kleinman

Alright, boys! Sing out (and bring your wallet).

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Check out pirateship.com when you compare shipping rates. They often can save money on both USPS and UPS shipping.

Cathy I like UPS, the best approach is to open an account at UPS.com its fast and easy and the best prices. if you'd like help please reach out in an email and we can chat over the phone. You can print out shipping labels and then drop packages where ver there is a drop off center.

I can also talk you thru the classifieds and or if you need someone to post ads for you on here I can as well. Lance is the curator of this website. He has pretty much MIA and not really available. Ive sent multiple emails to him regarding diffident issues and no response for months. let me know if I can help.

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+1 for pirate ship, it feels like cheating.


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Back in 1980 I worked at International Luthier's Supply in Tulsa and packed all the mail order items. We stacked the wood for acoustics and secured them with masking tape and then packed them in cardboard boxes with at least 1" of wadded newspaper on all sides. We shipped through UPS. Wood is pretty durable but be careful of including anything like a heavy tool in a box with wood because the wood will probably get cracked. One thing to consider is to have cardboard boxes of various sizes to accommodate your items. Buy boxes in bulk from a local box supplier.

Cathy, I recommend downloading the Tapatalk app. Posting and loading pictures through it is much easier from your phone.

This Pirate Ship sounds intriguing!

Pat

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Thank you all for your replies to my request. I realized that my biggest challenge is in the packing, then after that the shipping. A friend of mine suggested contacting Uline for advice about packing different types of objects and types of packing materials I need to get, in order to be able to ship with confidence.
I appreciate the advice about Pirate ship, having a UPS account, not mixing wood and metal products in the same package, and the offer of help with using Classifieds.
I will definitely reach out when I'm ready. At the moment I have to figure out how to pack and ship items to the OLF guys who have already contacted me.
I will be in touch.
Pat, thanks for your advice about Tapatalk. I'll check into it.
Thanks,
Cathy

Wrap thin woods in plastic wrap to slow moisture change if it gets left in a hot truck.

RC Tonewoods uses one of my favorite packing systems for tops/backs/sides. Wrap the wood in flexible cardboard that's flat on one side and corrugated on the other, and instead of putting it in a box, make a pouch out of regular cardboard. Two sheets taped together around the edges, or one sheet folded over and taped around the remaining 3 edges. That squashes the ends of the flexible stuff to keep the wood from sliding. I'm not sure where they get the one-sided cardboard from, but this scheme provides a lot of padding on all sides of the wood with minimal material use and no need to hunt for boxes that are just the right size.