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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: unicomp on Fri, 25 June 2010, 09:48:02
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How do other people store their boards? I only have the original boxes for a few of my boards and I want to make sure that boards are not in positions that could damage them. I was thinking of making a picture thread but I have no image to start it off with.
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I store them vertically like oven trays. to keep the keys from being depressed for a long time. One of my Minitouch Monterey switches suffers from being held down in storage for too long because the cable was wrapped around it.
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Does someone have a pic of webwit's storage system? His was boss.
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I use a bookcase
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For the best boards, I use 19x9x3 or 22x10x4 top loading boxes from shippersupply (http://stores.ebay.com/shipperssupply)on ebay, which are actually from Uline. They arrive boxed within another box and are very high quality. I just use a sharpie to write on the end of the box.
For the rest, I store them sorted by switch or intended use (keep/sell/harvest switches) on their edges inside large boxes. Like file folders in a filing cabinet. That way there is minimal pressure on the keys and the cords aren't getting smashed and tangled up.
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For the best boards, I use 19x9x3 or 22x10x4 top loading boxes from shippersupply (http://stores.ebay.com/shipperssupply)on ebay, which are actually from Uline. They arrive boxed within another box and are very high quality. I just use a sharpie to write on the end of the box.
For the rest, I store them sorted by switch or intended use (keep/sell/harvest switches) on their edges inside large boxes. Like file folders in a filing cabinet. That way there is minimal pressure on the keys and the cords aren't getting smashed and tangled up.
haha i have the exact same method for sorting/storage, guess it's just common sense.
The bookcase noted in my previous post is basically my "trophy case", for long-term storage. Most of those keyboards are boxed and then sealed with cellophane (to minimize oxygen exposure).
Then there's my daily drivers, which i need easy access to. They're neatly boxed and labeled in my office closet.
For shipping, Uline is pretty cheap (something like 1.50 per) when you order 200+ boxes. I will eventually go that route, but my collection isn't that big yet. Thing is, there are so many people trying to get rid of cardboard boxes that I can't justify the price. Tape and packing material are cheap, and years of working shipping/receiving for small businesses has turned me into sort of a box wizard. It's hell on the hands, but that's why i keep one glove filled with vaseline.
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I just throw all my keyboards in a box with other junk.
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ive got a really big blendtec - heaps of room
http://www.willitblend.com/
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I love this one for multiple reasons.
http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=golfballs (http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=golfballs)
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I love this one for multiple reasons.
http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=golfballs (http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=golfballs)
Ewwww, he said "balls".
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(http://vercors.univ-savoie.fr/ressourcesenligne/cours_hh/new/perfectionnement/l&c_05/Laughing.gif)
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I have a blendtec as well, great machines for smoothies, juice, salsa, soup, whatever. Worth every dime.
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I have a blendtec as well, great machines for smoothies, juice, salsa, soup, whatever. Worth every dime.
you found me out. i dont have a blendtec, i was trying to impress you.
Im ashamed now. (i do want one though)
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since this post, i bought a blendtec....amazing IT MAKES HOT CHOCOLATE!!!
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Be sure to pack your keyboards in cosmoline for long term storage.