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Perspex Sweet Pastels Retro-style Radio Enclosure

2022-12-29 | By Kitronik Maker

License: See Original Project

Courtesy of Kitronik

Guide by Kitronik Maker

Emma shows you how to make a laser cut retro-style-radio enclosure for our ‎Stereo Amplifier Kit, with Perspex Sweet Pastels acrylic. You can make this ‎enclosure with any acrylic you want but we think that for the best results possible, ‎the Sweet Pastels range is the way to go.‎

As always, we've included our designs as a free DXF download. Use the designs ‎as is or add your own design flourishes. Let's, get to it!‎

We Used:‎

  • Perspex Sweet Pastels 3mm x 600mm x 400mm
    • Candy Floss Blue
    • Parma Violet
    • Spearmint Green
    • Lemon Bon Bon
  • Mirrored Acrylic
  • Kitronik Stereo Amplifier Kit
  • ‎4 x 6mm plastic spacers
  • ‎4 x 10mm pan head m3 screws. (Board Mount)
  • ‎2 x 6mm M3 Pan Head Screws (Battery Door)
  • Soldering Iron
  • Solder
  • Plastic Glue. (Such as such as Superglue or Plastic Cement)
  • Laser Cutter
  • This DXF File

Perspex Sweet Pastels Retro-style Radio Enclosure:‎

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First, grab the DXF File and either take it straight to your laser cutter software or ‎pop it into your CAD program of choice for some tweaking (shown above in ‎LibreCAD).‎‎

Step 1: Laser Cutting:‎

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Laser-cut your parts and attach the small decorative pieces using a suitable ‎adhesive such at plastic cement or superglue. The image above illustrates how the ‎pieces should be cut and engraved.‎

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The picture above shows how it should look when the decorative pieces are all ‎attached in place.‎

You can customise the engraving (just in case you don’t want your radio being ‎Kitronik branded) and you can use whatever colours you like! We just loved how ‎the pastel colours looked with this retro style.‎‎

‎Step 2: Build the Kit and Attach it to the Baseplate:‎

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Solder the kit together, making sure that any cables or components that won’t fit ‎through the enclosure after they are attached are threaded through in advance - ‎this includes the jack cable and speakers.‎

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Screw the board down to the mounting plate using four 6mm plastic spacers and ‎four 10mm pan head m3 screws.‎‎ ‎

Step 3: Assemble the Enclosure:‎

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Close up the kit! Using an adhesive to strengthen the joins, slot the sides onto the ‎base first and as you do so, slot the tabs on the speaker mount into the holes in the ‎sides. Once this is in place and the adhesive is dry, pop the front on over the ‎speakers, and then the back. Once all sides are dry, slide the top on and you’re ‎done!‎

©Kitronik Ltd – You may print this page & link to it but must not copy the page or part thereof ‎without Kitronik's prior written consent.‎

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STEREO AMPLIFIER
Kitronik Ltd.
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