One thing I like about having roommates is learning from them. My newest roommate helped me transform a There, I Fixed It submission into something a bit more aesthetically appealing.
Before:
After:
Although aesthetics improved, my drive to change the packaging was to reduce the shipping charge from $75 to within my $25 charge (of my selling price for shipping), which I did. Another victory!
And although I have room for improvement, I can now make a box for $0.25 to pay for tape. (Cardboard is plentiful in urban and suburban environments.)
There are two key points:
- to make a crease going across the grains, use a 2×4 or some piece of scrap wood to make a nice straight crease.
- wherever you want a fold, make a cut in the extended part of box, then fold the excess to form the sides of the box.
- (It’s basically like wrapping gifts but with a more rigid material, nbd.)
So easy they should just call it easy.
As an aside, my newest roommate’s name is Jules. Therefore, any one thing he does is equivalent to 1 Jule. For teaching me this, I traded 1 Jule for a six pack of his favorite beer. A 6-pack of beer is equal to 1 Jule, Q.E.D.
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Rooster said,
June 27, 2010 @ 7:18 am
What’s a pack of a 6-pack of your favorite beer? I’m’ assuming that since he taught you this he has more social currency and that the exchange rate is in his favor.