http://www.fineartship.com/2009/06/say-no-to-donuts/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.fineartship.com/2009/06/say-no-to-donuts/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Hugo Alvarado Fri, 28 May 2010 12:54:07 +0000 http://www.fineartship.com/?p=645#comment-277 Very awesome read. Honestly! Very awesome read. Honestly!

]]> http://www.fineartship.com/2009/06/say-no-to-donuts/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Ashley McGrew Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:30:23 +0000 http://www.fineartship.com/?p=645#comment-118 I beg to differ (well sort of). My comment is one that I think is frequently appropriate. In many cases problems associated with a product or material have more to do with its application than it's inherent merits. I have been in the field for a while in both commercial and institutional capacities and while I have seen everything described above associated with skidmates I a have also seen them used very successfully. In fact put in a few years back in the day in the New York office of FAE and saw more art crates come through in a couple weeks than most fine arts services providers will see in a year. In my view it is the human element - knowing how to use your tools and materials - that makes the difference. For instance I know that the Getty has used skidmates successfully for many years and it is not because they are cutting corners on their interior padding ( sometimes 3" sorbethane between inner and outer containers). Yes I have seen missing donuts, crushed, pierced, and loose donuts, but I have also seen handles set at 40" hieghts, skids on twelve hundred pound crates that were made with skids 1/2" too long or placed 1/8" too close to allow for pallet jack use as well as a hundred other abominations. My main clearly positive comment on skidmates is to say that my favorite function for their use is storage pallets. Double up some ply so that it has a nice thin flat top and then throw on 5 skidmates and you have a really effective, fast and efficient storage pallet that will minimize shock (because the object is not in a crate after all) and fork evenly up to a high shelf if need be. My two cents worth. You have a killer website by the way and really sound crate designs from what I can see and I am not known as a generous person when it comes to this kind of stuff. Good work. I will make every attempt to check in on your blog in the future. The blog in itself is a contribution to the profession. Ashley I beg to differ (well sort of). My comment is one that I think is frequently appropriate. In many cases problems associated with a product or material have more to do with its application than it’s inherent merits. I have been in the field for a while in both commercial and institutional capacities and while I have seen everything described above associated with skidmates I a have also seen them used very successfully. In fact put in a few years back in the day in the New York office of FAE and saw more art crates come through in a couple weeks than most fine arts services providers will see in a year.
In my view it is the human element – knowing how to use your tools and materials – that makes the difference.
For instance I know that the Getty has used skidmates successfully for many years and it is not because they are cutting corners on their interior padding ( sometimes 3″ sorbethane between inner and outer containers).
Yes I have seen missing donuts, crushed, pierced, and loose donuts, but I have also seen handles set at 40″ hieghts, skids on twelve hundred pound crates that were made with skids 1/2″ too long or placed 1/8″ too close to allow for pallet jack use as well as a hundred other abominations.
My main clearly positive comment on skidmates is to say that my favorite function for their use is storage pallets. Double up some ply so that it has a nice thin flat top and then throw on 5 skidmates and you have a really effective, fast and efficient storage pallet that will minimize shock (because the object is not in a crate after all) and fork evenly up to a high shelf if need be.
My two cents worth. You have a killer website by the way and really sound crate designs from what I can see and I am not known as a generous person when it comes to this kind of stuff. Good work. I will make every attempt to check in on your blog in the future. The blog in itself is a contribution to the profession. Ashley

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