URuler packaging - Page 1
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author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 04:44:10 pm
content: Record #10 lives in the village next to mine

author: iloveelectronics
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 04:46:27 pm
content: And I saw my own addressThere are only a few from Hong Kong. Anyone who have bought from me could tell which one is mine..LOL!

author: krivx
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 05:10:21 pm
content: Yeah it's funny to see your address. There is another buyer 5 minutes from me as well.

author: 99tito99
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 05:57:43 pm
content: Hi Dave: Don't nod-off and fall off your stool!! I had the same problem with my tape dispenser; the fix is to bend the cutter up a bit (a degree or two) so the teeth get a better bite on the tape. Cheers, Mark :

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 06:07:15 pm
content: Quote from: iloveelectronics on September 18, 2013, 04:46:27 pmEven visible on Google Street view, but going to be hard to find exactly which window is Frankies.

author: Kempy
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 07:27:55 pm
content: Quote from: krivx on September 18, 2013, 05:10:21 pmI found another buyer one mile from me - can anybody beat that?

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 07:35:40 pm
content: Saw my addressheald green, greater manchester!Not bad considering it was captured watching hd video on a train between london and manchester over 3g. How times have changed!?

author: Rutger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 08:05:06 pm
content: Hi Dave, I think you should throw a shipping party and invite some friends & family, provide them with food & drinks and you can setup an assembly line and get through all the orders in 1/2 day.I have no idea what the packaging house charges, but it sounds like you would save some serious money.Thanks for the videos!

author: krivx
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 08:12:44 pm
content: Quote from: Kempy on September 18, 2013, 07:27:55 pmI reckon so, according to google maps.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 08:46:11 pm
content: Quote from: Rutger on September 18, 2013, 08:05:06 pmAgreed, its surprising what friends can do for you if you offer them free beer!

author: Zepnat
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 09:07:23 pm
content: Saw someones postcode about 10 miles from me, Belper. Pretty cool after going half way around the world.

author: Zepnat
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 09:27:21 pm
content: Oh dear I've just killed another thread

author: notsob
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2013, 11:29:01 pm
content: Interested to see if anyone gets an envelope with chocolate fingerprints on it.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2013, 05:50:58 am
content: With the manual taping, now Dave's finger prints are all over Australia.

author: kizzap
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 19, 2013, 05:54:16 am
content: Quote from: Zepnat on September 18, 2013, 09:27:21 pmI get that feeling all the time.Quote from: notsob on September 18, 2013, 11:29:01 pmQuote from: Stonent on September 19, 2013, 05:50:58 amI'm going to put my boards into a superglue vaporiser so I can get Dave's fingerprints, worth much more then silly chocolate.I too saw my name and part address on there as well. The thing I had to laugh most about was the fact that anyone who had their information as anonymous had all their info there for the world to see.-kizzap

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2013, 06:19:09 am
content: Quote from: kizzap on September 19, 2013, 05:54:16 amYou call that pale stuff chocolate? It ain't chocolate unless it is so dark that it sucks all the light out of the room and was formed in the middle of a collapsed star.

author: JackOfVA
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 19, 2013, 01:24:19 pm
content: It would be interesting to see the destination statistics, i.e., how many orders to each country.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2013, 01:25:31 pm
content: Quote from: JackOfVA on September 19, 2013, 01:24:19 pmDitto. And you could correlate that to population of said countries to see fractional distributions across the world

author: hli
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2013, 06:46:55 am
content: Maybe these lessons from Dangerousprototypes might have been handy:http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/06/08/how-to-mail-pcbs-the-cheap-way/(Even with these precautions I had a lost PCB on its way to me - shipping PCBs in the mail seems to be tricky stuff...)

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 20, 2013, 08:01:26 am
content: Quote from: hli on September 20, 2013, 06:46:55 amAnd I only have 2000 or so more to go!Dangerous Prototypes got off easy with only 1000

author: wblackledg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2013, 06:08:22 pm
content: Dave,I got the email about the problems with the Oz shipping. I thought the envelope self gluing might not hold. plus taping them together doubled the mass (like a battering ram). If you tape anything I would tape the flap down on the corners or the edges, or better yet a thicker padded envelope.Oh, the US postal machines are quite brutal. More than once I've gotten a letter back with pieces of a my original mail in the letter from the "machine ate it for lunch dept." or something like that. The letter I sent looked like you taped it to the underside of car tire and drove across country. not much left of it. The remains of what they dug out of the machine's gears.thanks.

author: stormbr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2013, 09:12:02 pm
content: How to do for bought the uRuler ?Have many brazilians here (Dave list), pretty good know this.Thanks

author: samgab
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2013, 12:26:48 am
content: Quote from: kizzap on September 19, 2013, 05:54:16 amThe rulers were sent first to Australia,THENto the rest of the world.Australians get their rulers soonerTHANeveryone else.Yeah yeah, I'm just bitter and have too much time on my hands right now, because I'm sick.Regards,Sheldon Cooper.

author: TMM
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2013, 04:26:40 am
content: My 5 rulers arrived safely in Melbourne yesterday

author: kizzap
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2013, 06:29:27 am
content: Quote from: samgab on September 21, 2013, 12:26:48 amSheldon wouldn't have any inclination of apologies...-kizzap

author: orin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2013, 06:43:25 am
content: Quote from: wblackledg on September 20, 2013, 06:08:22 pmI'll just note that 1/4" thick is the maximum for "machinable" mail in the US. They also say something about easily bendable... Who knows what they do with incoming foreign mail.Actually, USPS are usually remarkably efficient and easily beat UPS ground for orders from Digikey and Mouser to me in spite of the fact that Digikey and Mouser usually take an extra day to ship USPS.

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2013, 04:18:33 am
content: Hey Dave.When you do the international orders, consider getting the mailing house to use masking tape, rather than the clear packing tape stuff. It leaves sticky residue all over the rulers when you pull it off after a week

author: railman
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2013, 11:34:53 pm
content: Hey Dave;It might be better if the rules were taped in a fanfold method rather than stacked. that way you could fit two or three flat next to each other. They might make it through the machines better.

author: Hooch
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2013, 02:31:33 pm
content: Try using tape that is used when you paint your house. This one can be very easily removed without that ugly glue.

author: samgab
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 05:14:08 am
content: Quote from: Hooch on October 07, 2013, 02:31:33 pm-Masking tape...

author: greencardigan
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 06:29:45 am
content: It wont be long until Sagen can help with the mailouts.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 06:57:03 am
content: Quote from: greencardigan on October 08, 2013, 06:29:45 amBurn!

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 01:17:24 pm
content: Quote from: samgab on October 08, 2013, 05:14:08 amI think he was referring to a particular type of masking tape, like that 3M blue stuff that's designed specially for masking up walls when painted so it doesn't damage the existing paintwork (when you rip it off).

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 08, 2013, 01:36:31 pm
content: Quote from: greencardigan on October 08, 2013, 06:29:45 amUnfortunately I've been struck with the crowd sourcing delivery curse.I'm still waiting on the Tyvek envelopes from the US.Also, I'll be away for a few days next week, so can't get back onto this until late next week at the earliest. Then it's dealing with the mailing house (unknown quantity at this point).

author: MadModder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 07:53:51 pm
content: Due to the new more rugged envelopes and stuff, I guess your profit now ends up negative?

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2013, 08:04:16 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on October 08, 2013, 01:36:31 pmWell, it is your first crowd funding and surely your second will be much more smooth... Aren't you glad that your first was the uRuler instead of something more elaborate?

author: nitro2k01
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2013, 04:54:29 pm
content: In which Dave showcases tear-proof Tyvek envelopes before he drives to the mailing houses.Makes me wonder, given the cardboard insert, are the Tyvek envelopes really necessary? Of course, this is the belts and braces method, but maybe there was some saving to be done there. On ther other hand, I don't know the ratio of the cost of the envelopes and the cardboard insert (one-off process, potentially expensive for that reason.)

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2013, 06:57:11 pm
content: "Tie-vek"

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2013, 09:01:31 pm
content: Quote from: Stonent on October 18, 2013, 06:57:11 pmAlthoughWikipediaagrees with you, the lady atthis pagedisagrees... I guess "Tee-vek" FTWI think the price difference of the Tyvek envelopes plus the cardboard plus the added labor is too small when compared to pills for the headaches... Sleepless nights...from the missus... And so on...

author: TMM
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2013, 07:45:51 am
content: <thread dig>This is somewhat unrelated but it made me think of the Swiss Post uRuler debacle.I ordered an item from china via ebay. Most items from ebay china usually arrive in 2-3 weeks. 35 days later there was no sign of the parcel. I thought nothing of it, China Post loses items all the time and the ebay seller refunded me.Now today, 48 days after the item being posted from China, the item turns up on my doorstep. Posted via Swiss Post.

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2013, 12:18:42 am
content: Quote from: TMM on December 02, 2013, 07:45:51 amyou must have had a battery in the parcelWhen I ordered batteries from DX, they shipped using Singapore Post and it took much longer than usual, and with Hobby King, they always have shipped batteries to me using Swiss Post.