Cardboard is cut, I'm ready to get back in

[jcjames]

Been out for almost two months, time to get back in.

 

I got my cardboard all cut, should last me at least a little while, it's a nice-looking stack (thank you Costco!)....

 

 

 

[loadstone]

Phat stacks of freshly cut cardboard.

[01TheDude]

nice-- what dimensions are your boards and how to do cut them? they look very uniform.

[the blob]

i swear, the cardboard is what slows me down the most. i keep on telling myself i will make a stack like this, but i don't. doesn't help that i accidentally stabbed myself in the chest with my exacto last time i was cutting up a batch and it got a little infected.

[Bio-Rupp]

How the hell do you cut cardboard ?

 

xxx ooo

 

Rupp

[tv horror]

BLOB You must use up a lot of cardboard-hydrates!

[jcjames]

 

 

They're about 8.5' x 12", gives about an inch all around most books and still just fits inside a 9.5x13.5" standard bubble-mailer envelope. .

 

All layered in opposite corrugated direction (horizontal and vertical) for solid protection.

 

Cut by hand with a box-cutter (and two new blades) and a large metal straight-edge from fresh boxes from Costco (found a stack of large unused boxes).

 

Took a few days (couple hours a day). But I hate having to cut cardboard and so I try to get it over with all at once - should last me a while.

 

 

 

 

[jcjames]

i swear, the cardboard is what slows me down the most. i keep on telling myself i will make a stack like this, but i don't. doesn't help that i accidentally stabbed myself in the chest with my exacto last time i was cutting up a batch and it got a little infected.

Oh OUCH!

 

WTH!? Damn, you stabbed yourself in the chest!? Yeah, those blades will get ya' if you try to rush!

 

 

[Doktor]

How the hell do you cut cardboard ?

 

xxx ooo

 

Rupp

 

Just use a paper shear. It'll slice right through it.

[jaeldubyoo]

Am I missing something here? How did you stab yourself in the chest? Shouldn't the blade be pointed away from you when cutting?

[Jeffro.]

BLOB You must use up a lot of cardboard-hydrates!

 

[towards2112]

Amatuers.

 

 

And cross stack the grain of the cardboard, IE layer running north/south, next layer

running east/west, third layer running north/south again.

Then glue all three together with Elmers school glue.

[jcjames]

Amatuers.

 

 

And cross stack the grain of the cardboard, IE layer running north/south, next layer

running east/west, third layer running north/south again.

Then glue all three together with Elmers school glue.

 

The boxes I had started out at about around 3' x 4', and some were even larger.

 

None of them would fit in that cute little desktop paper-cutter you got there.

 

I run my boards horizontal and vertical, but if I used six boards (I assume you put three on each side since you glue them together), they'd never fit in the mailers I use.

 

If I had a book that I thought I needed three boards per side (higher $$ book), I wouldn't waste three boards - I'd put them in a wraparound cardboard mailer wrapped with bubblewrapped and padded with filler and put inside a priority box.

 

 

[shadroch]

Jeez.

Just buy more. I get anywhere from twenty to forty such pieces a week via the mail or UPS. When the double stack reaches about three feet, I end up throwing the rest away. Maybe I'll offer them for sale here and establish another revenue stream.

[jcjames]

 

I've seen sheets of cardboard for sale at Staples and places but they don't look very thick or strong, but these were free and were great quality cardboard.

 

Where do you buy yours?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Action252Kid]

I use the 9" x 12" pieces that you can order from Uline (30 cents each if you buy 1000+). I know it sucks to pay 30 cents a piece (or 30x2=60 cents per shipment), but it is so nice not having to cut it yourself, and they are all nice and uniform.

 

http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-3384/Corrugated-Pads/9-x-12-150-lb-Corrugated-Pads?FromOrderHistory=Y

 

 

[jcjames]

 

I don't think 9" would fit in the mailers I use (unless I get wider mailers or trim each board). And buying the cardboard would triple my cost of packing materials. (mailers are 30cents each). BUT, it would save me some time... but that time is basically leisure time watching movies or a game on TV. Hmm...

 

I still like free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

I don't think 9" would fit in the mailers I use (unless I get wider mailers or trim each board). And buying the cardboard would triple my cost of packing materials. (mailers are 30cents each). BUT, it would save me some time... but that time is basically leisure time watching movies or a game on TV. Hmm...

 

I still like free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How much is your time worth?

[jcjames]

 

I dunno - I'd just be sitting there eating wasabi-ginger potato chips watching the Cardinals game or a movie anyway.

 

At least it gives me something mindless to do at the same time.

 

 

[ygogolak]

I don't think 9" would fit in the mailers I use (unless I get wider mailers or trim each board). And buying the cardboard would triple my cost of packing materials. (mailers are 30cents each). BUT, it would save me some time... but that time is basically leisure time watching movies or a game on TV. Hmm...

 

I still like free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How much is your time worth?

 

Exactly, but you can't get paid for every hour you are awake, that's why he said leisure time.