[Boatanchors] cabinet material??

[Paul Kraemer]

McMasterCarr has perforated steel and aluminum sheet with many different 
patterns and gauges.
I recently purchased some the close to same pattern and gauge as the L4B 
cover. It is also common for speaker grilles like in the MS4
Paul K0UYA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John King" <k5pgw at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:05 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] cabinet material??


> Today, I was in a soundproof booth taking a hearing test and lo and 
> behold, the walls were covered with painted perforated steel paneling. 
> Being an avid "ham", I noticed the material on the wall had perforations 
> that appeared to the same or close to those on my Drake L4B amplifier. I 
> noticed that the panels were approximately 30 inches wide and about 8 ft. 
> long.
>
> I felt like I was inside a very large RF amplifier. Behind the perforated 
> metal was thick sound proofing material. The perforated metal looked like 
> cabinet material and appeared to be the same thickness as an RF cabinet 
> might be.
>
> It would be great to have a source of beautiful cabinet material such as 
> that. I am sure it is available, but I have no idea of the manufacturer or 
> the source. The Sams Club hearing Aid dept. had no idea of the source of 
> the material.
>
> Has anyone run across perforated steel material such as the described 
> steel?
>
> Thanks for reading. 73, John, K5PGW
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