Tadd was living in Lynnwood.  Scott, in west Seattle had a complex ham radio digital network link at his house, on top of the hill.  The system required about 12 little boxes that had wires running between them.  The common system for assembling the link involved stacking all of the boxes up.  Since the boxes were sometimes dissimilar and needed to be randomly opened, removed, or serviced, this eventually let to a tangled web of wires and a pile of poorly stacked boxes. 

Tadd built this bench to hold the individual boxes, each on its own shelf, while allowing enough room for computers and service equipment.   The bench had to fit into a room that wasn't big enough for a regular Taddbench structure.