"Safe" Mailbox Lets You Look Inside

"Safe" Mailbox Lets You Look Inside FARM HOME Miscellaneous 27-2-34 After September 11 and the mailbox bomber scare that came after it, Roger Schafer started thinking about how he could make rural mailboxes less of a target for terrorists and crazy men. The goal was to be able to see inside but not show everyone in the neighborhood your mail. His answer was simple: He cut small holes in the front and back of a standard mailbox using tin snips and then covered the holes wih clear plexiglass that he bought at a farm supply store. He simply attached the plexiglass to the mailbox with an epoxy adhesive. "It lets both you and the postal carrier look inside before opening," notes Schafer. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger Schafer, 16476 Hawk Dr., Birmingham, Iowa 52535).

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