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[DobieLover]

I started shipping hatching eggs last week.

I found a video on YouTube showing how to make your own foam egg shippers out of 3" mattress toppers. The lady mentioned she bought hers at Walmart. I looked on Amazon and found one for half the price so I bought that one.

When I started to drill the holes for the eggs it worked okay for about the first 3 holes and then it started to grab and twist and mangle the foam to the point where I had to throw the first block away. I managed to get through two more blocks so I could ship a batch of eggs yesterday but they were very ugly and I was not at all happy.

While I lay awake until past 1:00 in the morning trouble shooting literally everything in my life, it suddenly dawned on me, "what if I freeze the block before trying to drill it?" The only difference I could see between the topper I purchased and the one the lady on the video purchased was mine had "cool gel" memory foam. Which they all seem to have these days! Maybe that had something to do with it. Well sure enough, I took my block out of the freezer and it drilled beautifully! So much faster and very clean and neat.

I also saved the plugs and sliced them into four pieces each to stick in the bottom of each of these holes to further cushion the eggs.

 

[RoyalChick]

I started shipping hatching eggs last week.

I found a video on YouTube showing how to make your own foam egg shippers out of 3" mattress toppers. The lady mentioned she bought hers at Walmart. I looked on Amazon and found one for half the price so I bought that one.

When I started to drill the holes for the eggs it worked okay for about the first 3 holes and then it started to grab and twist and mangle the foam to the point where I had to throw the first block away. I managed to get through two more blocks so I could ship a batch of eggs yesterday but they were very ugly and I was not at all happy.

While I lay awake until past 1:00 in the morning trouble shooting literally everything in my life, it suddenly dawned on me, "what if I freeze the block before trying to drill it?" The only difference I could see between the topper I purchased and the one the lady on the video purchased was mine had "cool gel" memory foam. Which they all seem to have these days! Maybe that had something to do with it. Well sure enough, I took my block out of the freezer and it drilled beautifully! So much faster and very clean and neat.

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I also saved the plugs and sliced them into four pieces each to stick in the bottom of each of these holes to further cushion the eggs.

Good thinking!

 

[sourland]

I started shipping hatching eggs last week.

I found a video on YouTube showing how to make your own foam egg shippers out of 3" mattress toppers. The lady mentioned she bought hers at Walmart. I looked on Amazon and found one for half the price so I bought that one.

When I started to drill the holes for the eggs it worked okay for about the first 3 holes and then it started to grab and twist and mangle the foam to the point where I had to throw the first block away. I managed to get through two more blocks so I could ship a batch of eggs yesterday but they were very ugly and I was not at all happy.

While I lay awake until past 1:00 in the morning trouble shooting literally everything in my life, it suddenly dawned on me, "what if I freeze the block before trying to drill it?" The only difference I could see between the topper I purchased and the one the lady on the video purchased was mine had "cool gel" memory foam. Which they all seem to have these days! Maybe that had something to do with it. Well sure enough, I took my block out of the freezer and it drilled beautifully! So much faster and very clean and neat.

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I also saved the plugs and sliced them into four pieces each to stick in the bottom of each of these holes to further cushion the eggs.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I started shipping hatching eggs last week.

I found a video on YouTube showing how to make your own foam egg shippers out of 3" mattress toppers. The lady mentioned she bought hers at Walmart. I looked on Amazon and found one for half the price so I bought that one.

When I started to drill the holes for the eggs it worked okay for about the first 3 holes and then it started to grab and twist and mangle the foam to the point where I had to throw the first block away. I managed to get through two more blocks so I could ship a batch of eggs yesterday but they were very ugly and I was not at all happy.

While I lay awake until past 1:00 in the morning trouble shooting literally everything in my life, it suddenly dawned on me, "what if I freeze the block before trying to drill it?" The only difference I could see between the topper I purchased and the one the lady on the video purchased was mine had "cool gel" memory foam. Which they all seem to have these days! Maybe that had something to do with it. Well sure enough, I took my block out of the freezer and it drilled beautifully! So much faster and very clean and neat.

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I also saved the plugs and sliced them into four pieces each to stick in the bottom of each of these holes to further cushion the eggs.

Have to remember that when I ship any.

 

[SkyAJK]

Good Afternoon, it is now 2:50pm Tuesday and being the last day of March, gee times just past me by. I am sleepy as anything..but soon I will have to go down the garden attending to my chickens.

Tomorrow morning I wake up and here it is....April and of course soon come April fool day and Easter long weekend.

Trying to cut my dogs long toes nails and they just scream as soon as they see the nailclip come near them...

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good Afternoon, it is now 2:50pm Tuesday and being the last day of March, gee times just past me by. I am sleepy as anything..but soon I will have to go down the garden attending to my chickens.

Tomorrow morning I wake up and here it is....April and of course soon come April fool day and Easter long weekend.

Trying to cut my dogs long toes nails and they just scream as soon as they see the nailclip come near them...

Starting as pups I use two people then Dremel with cone sanding head dremel hold toe firmly sand as close to the quick without hitting it.