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In Reply to: RE: Tube Doctor posted by cabelok on December 02, 2015 at 21:51:45
I bought a box of about 300 new bottles at a junk store. Great for storage, or shipping.
"I can't compete with the dead". (Buck W. 2010)
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Love this idea! And you can see through the vial to check tube ID.
FWIW... 13 dram size seems to fit most 12A(_)7 sized tubes. And the 30 dram vials fit GT octals.
13 dram = ~2.5 inches high by 1-1/8 inch in diameter.
30 dram = ~3 inches by 1-1/2 inch.
Rx vials can vary in actual dimensions. Check before buying.
Can you get bottles that fix larger octals --- like 5U4GB tubes? Or coke bottles like 6L6GAs?
Thanks!
Actually, the cost is damned cheap, especially if you're shipping or storing a $50 tube.
Just a suggestion.....
"I can't compete with the dead". (Buck W. 2010)
We spend tons of money and then hide the tubes in little boxes...
Very nice! Some day I'll get my ebay tubes in order. Right now it's U-line boxes, a vintage tube box with styrofoam on both ends and bubble wrap. My customer's seem to like a vintage box even if it does not match the tube.
Your method would be great for a unhappy person I sold a 6k11 to last month. He messaged me a 3 paragraph dissertation about my rotten packing job before he even tried out the tube. He was a rookie with 24 feedbacks so I let him have it. Explained I am not shipping Faberge Eggs and no one questioned my packing before. I also told him that marking fragile on first class package usually mean it will be drop kicked into the mail box by the carrier He sends the tube back Fedex overnight at his expense in a 12x8 carton. Tube tested the same as when it originally shipped.
I never mark my tubes shipments as fragile.
The last broken tube a person received was, you Mac, many years ago and that was my fault. I was a rookie packer.
"I can't compete with the dead" (Buck W. 2010)
"It would take me forever. I don't think I have forever" (Byrd 2015)
I've looked up other vials online...they aren't necessarily cheap, but....if you're shipping tubes, there's not a better packing media that I've found. The cost could be justified. Customers like my method. I wrap the vial in bubble wrap, and pack it in a custom made box that I've tested by whipping at a concrete garage wall from 10'....several times, with absolutely no damage to the contents, or the box really.
I was fortunate to get about 300 for $3.00.
"I can't compete with the dead". (Buck W. 2010)
How do you prevent the tube from rattling around inside the plastic bottle?
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You need to have foam strip at the bottom so that the top engages and holds the tube. Add until it holds perfectly, better than any box.
This is a good idea that's looking for a problem to solve. :)
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Easily done. All of my 9-pin signal tubes are shipped inside a small zip-lock bag with a tests slip. When the tube and slip in the bag are rolled up and inserted in a 2-1/2" Rx vial along with a sliver of foam on one side...it makes for a nice fit. No top needed. I didn't get tops with my vials....which was fine...don't need 'em. I might cap it off the vial with a small piece of foam.
"I can't compete with the dead" (Buck W. 2010)
"It would take me forever. I don't think I have forever" (Byrd 2015)
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