A while back I saw a picture of the Philips Roller Radio from the early 80’s thought the design would work out well in wood. So I did this guy. The face, back and handle pieces are made from multiple pieces of 1/8" and 1/4" plywood cut on my 40 er 32watt ebay laser. The middle sections I cut on my CNC router. It turned out slightly larger than actual scale.
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Thats awesome! great design
That’s awesome! It looks almost real. I like the tape cassette engrave. Now you just need to figure out how to hook up an MP3 player inside.
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Very cool work @izitvintage. Why stop with just an MP3 player. It would be great(er) with portable speakers mounted behind the classic speaker grills.
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Wow, great job! I really like the grill work over the speakers. And the handle. And the little knobs!
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Beautiful work!!
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Fantastic!!
It actually has 5/14" speakers a 20watt stereo amp and bluetooth connectivity!
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probably floats too! 
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This is SO awesome! I never knew I wanted one of these until I visited this thread… 
I like it.
When I saw your images I knew I had found a “box” suitable for a 50 Watt amp with a Bluetooth connection. Might have to swap out the push-button digital controls for analogue rotary potentiometers to maintain the retro feel.
What is the sound quality like?
Best laugh of the day…
Thanks for that.
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That is beautiful… Nice work! Thanks for sharing!
That is inspiring!
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In all seriousness this is awesome. I have a portable speaker that floats and it made me think about how that’s the only thing that could make this cooler, but then I caught myself. Then I started thinking about the witch trial in Monty Python
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SQ isn’t bad considering i decided to keep it more in line with the dimensions of the photos I referenced, rather than the needs of the drivers. Its a little peaky in the higher bass regions, kind of like a consumer boombox from the 80’s!
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Love it! I think I might have to take a shot at a cathedral-style radio when I can after seeing this.
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Very impressive! Did you finish it with anything? or is that just the natural wood?
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This is what is so great about this forum. We can share, experiment, and best of all communicate with each other in a respectful fashion. Excellent work and very creative.
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Ducks float. If she outweighs the duck, BURN HER!!!
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