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Aaron & All, (...) Having moved from Flint, Michigan to Ann Arbor, Michigan to South Bend, Indiana to Osceola, Indiana, all within the last 5 years or so, I have a bit of experience here with this. Plano boxes - I found that if you put them in a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Fortunately, I think my wife has quite a collection of sizes. Thanks for the warning about tape, but ever since working in theatre, I've become a tape snob. I hate duct tape now. If any of you have never tried Gaffer's tape, believe me when I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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In lugnet.storage, Jake McKee wrote: snipped good advice. Hope I never have to take it! My moves of stuff have all been short, or via airplanes. (...) 30+ K8 boxes. Some would say "wow... doesn't LEGO check your pockets every day? That's a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I recently moved a good distance, and had to move my big 'ol collection with me. Like John mentioned, I used LOTS of ziploc baggies. I just moved my parts bins to one baggie per color/size/shape like I had already sorted them. I had a few (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) What? You won't have enough bricks to play with while you're at work?? *grin* My suggestion: Zip-Lock bags. Lots of them. You can dump each container into a bag, zip it up, and put the bag back into the container. That way even if the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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HELP! I am moving from the DC/Baltimore area to the San Diego area in a month or less. I have 75% of my collection sorted. Some is in easy to move plastic shoebox sized containers. A lot is in hard to move Stack On brand organizing drawers or (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Orion, Just the other day I had a conversation with a friend about this very topic. Now he is not a LEGO builder or collector. But he is into plastic model kits, Hotwheels etc. so he has an appreciation for my hobby. I sent him a link to the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Someone by the name of Pat sent me these links in response to my LMSM article on storage: (URL) transferring large quantities of brick or perhaps just if you have a large collection, (or maybe to work out a special deal with PAB??) these seem like a (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Jon-- Good to hear you're getting settled in. I'm very, very envious. I've been thinking about this same question, in anticipation of getting my own "workshop" back together about 12 months from now. Yes, I'm ahead of the game, for once, but (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Mike, Here's what went on in my initial sort. Keeping in mind I decided to sort before I committed any money to a storage system, here's what I did: -- The Process -- I dumped one of my 14-gallon buckets full of brick onto a free table (freed (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Me thinks thou doth confuseth two issves. ;) (...) Yes, watch out for spending too much money on 'storage' containers at first. But spend whatever time and thought are necessary to adopt a system of sorting that matches your buying and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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In lugnet.build, Nick Kappatos wrote: (a bunch of really great stuff about sorting which I snipped) While I agree that sorting is key, realise that Here There Be Tygers... it is possible to go on a quest for the One True Sorting Scheme, get involved (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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(...) IIRC, nine 2 1/2 inch drywall screws, 3 each into 3 vertical studs behind the wall panneling. I assumed that I had a few hundred pounds there to be supported. The current 10 storage units are full. I am contemplating one or two more 5-high (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) What is keeping the plywood against the wall? TWS Garrison (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Fun! (...) Understandable. (...) Ok, so this is a real concern amoung many of us. We (those who have) worried about this with real cause and personal history know a few good things to shoot for: Aside from the custom case and ultimate packing (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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(...) My vote continues to be for a large-scale mural of the following painting by Mike Rayhawk: (URL) mean, we all feel just like that sometimes, don't we? I'd love to see peoples' reactions driving down the road next to that! ;) -s (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage)
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Now are you going to get your logo put on the side of the trailer? That would be great promotional piece. Bryan "Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@attbi.com> wrote in message news:HnFvMu.Czo@lugnet.com... (...) transport (...) not be (...) (That (...) at (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I believe the outside wall and support structure is aluminum and the inside walls are plywood. There are a few fiberglas body parts at the corners. (Hmm... do magnets stick to plywood?) My money's on the duct tape. Half of me says painting the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Or possibly fiberglass (...) If the interior bracing or supports are steel, or if steel were put in, or if the shelving rails are steel it might work though (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Excellent idea! I've seen this technique used for packing computer equipment. (...) Good point. Maybe we should paint it to say "The New England Brussel Sprout Lovers' Association" or something less inviting. Then we wouldn't even have to lock (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage)
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