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Figure 1. The insert for the cabinet in place, made entirely from recovered wood.
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It's been a while since I updated on the radio cabinet project - to tell the truth, I've only been working on it sporadically, an hour or two here and there, but progress has been slow.
The interior of the original cabinet housed the electronic parts of the radio, and was never meant to be finished. To that end, I decided to make an "insert" for it, one that could hold the LP's in the bottom, with a small shelf above for CD's. Something I could simply slide into the existing cabinet and tack it with a couple of brads to hold it in place (figure 1). it's construction is quite unremarkable, so I don't have any photos of it during construction.
This would also give me the opportunity to put a back on the cabinet, at least for the interior - the view from the back of the cabinet will never be seen, and I didn't want to disassemble it - so the existing hole in the back (originally there for ventilation of the tubes and what-not for the radio) will remain, and the records inside will be protected from dust. The back is actually a piece of 1/4" hickory plywood I had left over from making kitchen cabinets a few years back.
Someone asked me recently about what I use to protect the finish of my saws (and by proxy other tools, both hand and machine tools). The answer is straight forward, though perhaps not as simple as I initially thought… I use paste wax to help protect them from rust and also to reduce friction in their use. I also use paste wax on some of the furniture I make and restore also. I have often sensed a bit of confusion on using waxes, what they are and how they work, in conversations I've had with others. Some revile it – likely because of a bad reaction with a finish of some sort or perhaps in some cases because of unrealistic expectations.
