Thread: Pen Lost by Postal Service(newest member)

No wonder they took it--a most beautiful pen, we will have to keep our eyes open as we travel around. Amos

In Australia insurance is automatic to a certain amount .... perhaps you have

A: A general claim against USPS (if that was the carrier)

B: Insurance on the item that you may be unaware of

Very sorry to learn of your lost pen - it is something special and I'd love to know which kit you used...

BTW and apologies for going off topic ... I am sure there is, but could someone point a novice (me) to where I can see a diagram/s illustrating each pen component and their respective names?

..spewin!!

Phil,

When I send a parcel to anywhere these days I tend to use a cocoon of that stiffish plastic foam sold to put under camping sleeping bags. Trust me it is featherweight and sure removes the probs of sharp edges created by pen boxes and pen blanks that can cut the package open from within.

Have a gaze at the most delicate 95% Huon Pine on a block of Huon Pine it took me nearly half a day to package to my satisfaction. The unit had that blue foam stuff wrap for the row boat with oars tucked in the middle, I screwed the open plastic weave rectangle plastic basket through the base from the hot dollar shop lining the box with blue foam, taping the box thing with broad gaffer tape, cut blue foam to cover the whole unit placed in stiff light weight cardboard. All in all as much time spent as necessary to my satisfaction. It arrived unscathed in America. Just noticed the roof was back to front in the pic.

When I send pens on swaps I wrap them in tissue tight packed in small steel boxes wrapped like mummies in gaffer tape, the blanks in blue foam plastic, the two lots in a cocoon of blue foam taped again placed in the envelopes sold by Australia Post. Many parcels I have received by USPS came in one flat rate box cut to fit in another.

One famous occasion I sent a swap to Texas the address was a long in numbers street I missed an 1 in that street, well USPS stuffed up every phoned instruction and it cost me postage to Texas that street back to me readdressed by me to Texas, cost me a bomb arrived safely my packing in an envelope each way.

I feel for you losing that pen did you replace it? What is the end result?

Kind regards Peter.

Originally Posted by seriph1

In Australia insurance is automatic to a certain amount .... perhaps you have

A: A general claim against USPS (if that was the carrier)

B: Insurance on the item that you may be unaware of

Very sorry to learn of your lost pen - it is something special and I'd love to know which kit you used...

BTW and apologies for going off topic ... I am sure there is, but could someone point a novice (me) to where I can see a diagram/s illustrating each pen component and their respective names?

If you go to the Timberbits website here:

https://www.timberbits.com/instructions.html

you can download instructions, diagrams etc for the various kits.

I am sure some of the other suppliers provide the same service.

Thanks very much Avery .... you're right of course ... they're precisely what I need to start with