The name of the game? Reproduce the Macintosh SE original boxing from photographs and measurements. So, let’s start out out, the data:
20200829/https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&controller=topic&id=60202&page=2&tab=comments#comment-649300
20200829/https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VzPV8MtS3qOpWC62HtaMCkKF6aeY0b5S
Now, the research. First of all, the Wikipedia article on the subject of corrugated cardboard boxes.
20200829/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrugated_fiberboard
Now, let’s look for sources on how to custom manufacture boxes and styrofoam blocks. Here’s a good one that is locally close to me for cardboard boxes, start here with one of their stock boxes, then you can move to a custom box job.
20200829/https://www.libertypackaginginc.com/services/stock-boxes-and-specialty-packing/
20200829/DuckDuckGo custom packaging styrofoam blocks
Expanded polystryrene (EPS) packaging is the name of the game, it’s what you want to recreate. Univfoam looks like a pretty good company to do business with for making custom such packaging, CNC routing to cut away large blocks is the tech they use for the custom foam block creation. Come with STL 3D models and you should be good to go.
20200829/https://plastifoam.com/custom-packaging/foam-pads-sheets-sets-blocks/
20200829/https://www.protopakengineering.com/custom-foam-packaging-design
20200829/https://univfoam.com/
20200829/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene#Expanded_polystyrene_(EPS)
Sure, if you want authenticity, this is the material to use. But be forewarned that the recyclability of this material is not very sound, its production accounts for greenhouse gas emissions, and it is somewhat flammable.
So, my assertion of the technical information you need to know for box manufacturing of the Macintosh SE box?
Regular slotted contianer.
19.5inx15.5inx20in
Liberty Packaging’s standard box size 20 x 20 x 14 (model # 99) comes pretty close.
Box certificate data:
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST CONTAINER INC.
MODESTO, CALIFORNIA 95351
BOX CERIFICATE
THIS
SINGLE WALL
BOX MEETS ALL CONSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE
FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION
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BURSTING LBS PER
TEST 275 SQ INCH
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MIN COMB LBS PER
WT FACINGS 138 M SQ FT
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SIZE LIMIT 90 INCHES
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GROSS
WT LT 90 LBS