motor 36 through a transmission supporting legs 38 are provided which are attached at their top end to a supporting mechanism for the tub 28 and at their lower ends to the base panel 22 suspension mechanisms 40 are associated with the legs 38 to dampen the vibration produced by the rotating and oscillating mechanisms of the washer cycle selector and control switches 42 are mounted on the front panel 14 for manipulation by a user to program the washer to operate through an automatic series of washing rinsing and drying steps the assembly of the front and rear panels is shown in greater detail beginning in fig2 where it is seen that the front panel 14 is comprised of a sheet material such as sheet metal and has a front face or wall 44 with the bottom edge 46 and and a side edge 48 the sheet material is bent around the bottom edge to form a narrow bottom wall 50 formed at right angles to the front wall 44 the bottom wall 50 has an associated short rear wall 52 which is formed at right angles to the bottom wall 50 and which extends upwardly parallel to the front wall 44 a side wall 54 is formed at the edge 48 of the front wall 44 which extends a short distance perpendicularly rearward from the front wall 44 the side wall.