2023 Pass Around Box Mega Thread

[Eddyde]

How about the person at the "beginning" of the cycle removes all items that are still in the box from the previous cycle. Then offers them for free, cost of postage only on the for sale forum? I did this last year when I removed some heavy items that had been in the box for at least 2 cycles. One member took some of the items, the rest eventually went into the scrap bin. The "beginning" of the cycle could shift periodically as to not bourdon one person with the task.

 

[woodchucker]

I like your suggestion . . . except, I wonder how the date could be durably, and easily applied to the items. I can't think of a method that takes very little (essentially zero) time or maintenance, but is available to every/any participant. If one wraps each piece in layers of paper (time consuming) the item would be easy to date mark and protection might be enhanced, but I'm certain that the item would be separated from its dated wrapping after one or two subsequent participants unwrapped it to view the item. I think it would boil down to too much trouble (not following the process).

I just thought of a possible solution. Every participant takes a picture of his contributions, prints an 8.5" x 11" of the image and writes the date on it. The sheet is placed into a sheet protector and put in the box. Can everybody take a photo? Can/will everybody print it 8.5" x 11" (B&W would be OK)? Who's got a sheet protector to contribute? It's the easiest way I can think of but I don't expect it would be universally adhered to.

nah, that's too fraught with errors. I like the idea, and it's easy to mark small items, put them in a small zip lock and mark the zip lock with a sharpie.
We could easily load a bunch of small zip locks in the box. Everyone has a sharpie.

 

[400bird]

Scrolling back through the old pictures, most everything has a smooth metal surface. Sharpie seems simple. There's some stuff that we wont want to sharpie, in that case, masking tape, then sharpie.

 

[jason867]

Bumping.

I just signed up, new to this hobby, just got a Bridgeport, hoping the box starts passing around again soon.

I do have some spare stuff i could donate that other noobs might could use...