Barney Hagger, The Sonus Radiogram (STUDENT 2024)

Student:

Tertiary

Name of school or tertiary institution, name of woodworking teacher (if you have one), and name of photographer:

School: The Chippendale school of furniture. Tutor: Ben Dawson. Photographer: Anna Paxtot

Inheriting the original 1967 HMV radiogram from my grandfather, I wanted to repurpose it, giving it a new lease of life. As this is my first piece of furniture I tried to incorporate as many techniques of woodworking into the player as possible, thereby giving me the most rounded education from my course here at Chippendale. This includes CNC, lasering, veneering, laminations, turning, waterfalled mitred edges and introducing fuming to half of the spiral design whilst leaving the other side natural. The electrical components were in need of repair so I found an expert, delivered the radiogram along with a reverse jig to be retrofitted to in order to make sure that any alterations would accommodate the new carcase. The laminated speaker horns are both functional and aesthetic considering the grain direction to mimic sound leaving the unit and also to actually project the sound out. The spiral design consists of 24 individual pieces of American white oak that have been CNC cut, routed and meticulously sanded. half of which were fumed to give the contrasting colour and were then glued together, shaped and mitred to give the waterfall continuing spiral effect.

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