Re:Things Found Inside Cheap Chinese Products
by tjic on Friday October 14, 2016 @10:21AM
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Not a fake, but a clever improvisation: I bought a large woodturning lathe once ( Powermatic 3520, for those who care).
The lathe was shipped inside a heavy duty cardboard box. The box was strapped down to a pallet. When I cut the straps and lifted the box off the pallet, the lathe was bolted to the pallet. OK, great so far.
However, because the pallet has gaps and, I guess, salty sea air could get in that way, the pallet had been covered w a big sheet of metalized mylar. Very clever!
...and the metalized mylar was from a big roll of as-yet-uncut ramen wrappers. No English text, but covered in Chinese characters and pictures of steaming hot ramen.
The lathe was shipped inside a heavy duty cardboard box. The box was strapped down to a pallet. When I cut the straps and lifted the box off the pallet, the lathe was bolted to the pallet. OK, great so far.
However, because the pallet has gaps and, I guess, salty sea air could get in that way, the pallet had been covered w a big sheet of metalized mylar. Very clever!
...and the metalized mylar was from a big roll of as-yet-uncut ramen wrappers. No English text, but covered in Chinese characters and pictures of steaming hot ramen.