On my job site, the work radio pulls more than its share of the load. It’s the first thing plugged in and the last thing unplugged. But job sites are dangerous places for radios. They are dropped, hit by falling tools and debris and slowly suffocated by dust. To protect my new radio from these evils, I housed it in a box made of 1/2-in. maple plywood, shown in the drawing.
The front of the box has a pair of grooves that house 1/8-in. maple plywood doors. The outer door is solid, while the inner door has cutouts that correspond with the speakers. I covered the cutouts with a tightly woven cloth to keep dust out of the speakers. Both doors have walnut pulls at one end. I lined the inside of the box with foam to keep the radio from rattling around, and I put four maple feet on the bottom of the box to minimize scratching. Access to the power cord is through a hole in the back of the box. Besides protecting my $200 radio, the box has impressed my clients with the thoroughness of my work.
MacGill Adams, Anchorage, AK
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