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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 47 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Ever heard of Big Deal Custom Cases? They're a company in Winnipeg, Manitoba who started out making road cases for musicians before diversifying into laptops, field equipment, basically anything breakable anyone needed to carry from one place to another.

Imagine what they thought when NASA phoned them up to build giant cases to carry the sails for the James Webb Space Telescope from the manufacturer to their headquarters.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What the hell I thought they were just a local place that does work vehicle retrofits and other small stuff. That's awesome.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 7 points 12 hours ago

Yeah! I didn't know until I visited with a friend of Gary Dealy (nicknamed Big Deal.) They have framed photos of the whole process. You should ask about it if you're in there, Gary told us the whole story. Very nice, cool, hilarious people.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

I’ve had one of their cases for my Epiphone for 20+ years now, I’ll be dead long before that thing ever needs replaced.