From: "Bob May" 
To: "atmlist" 
Reply-To: "Bob May" 


There seems to be two different crowds in this regard,  I belong to the
"Don't Touch the Face of the Mirror" crowd.  I do a wood box (2x3
or such lumber for the sides and 1/2" or thicker plywood for the top
and bottom with bunches of screws holding the top and bottom on with glue
on the bottom) and fill with styrofoam for the bottom and sides and a hard
surfaced piece of foam for the top to keep the contact to the edges of the
glass. The other groulp prefers to do a complete wrap of the glass and then
restrain that by some means.
Don't let it float in peanuts as this will allow the glass to float to an
side and then the next big bump to that side will cause problems. FWIW,
there are impact detectors available for verification of shipping forces
and some of the simpler ones aren't all that expensive.  Even just putting
on the box that such equipment is in the box may end up making the shippers
handle it better.
Bob May
http://nav.to/bobmay
bobmay{at}nethere.com
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