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In addition to securing the ends and
> adding something to the top and bottom to soften a blow a 2 litre
> plastic soda bottle or even some of the wide mouthed large plastic
> water bottles suspended between the main triangle with the cap left on
> tight can soften quite a blow from a side on squashing. You see it's
> light, if needed can be pre-squashed to fit most any width and with cap
> in place the air pressure makes for a very strong bit of moulded
> plastic shock absorber especially when it will spread the load along
> the cardboard sides.
work even better if you leave some of the soda in the bottle. Not much, just enough to have the carbonization make the bottle a bit harder. It will mot break the bottle, since it will deform before anything else.
Gotta love plastics!
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