AW: little OT : drilling pcb's

[Hugo Haesaert]

Hi All !

Afaik the resin used to make "Pertinax", which is a brand-name, is 
phenolic(sp?) resin .  Gives off phenol fumes, pretty unhealthy .

I bought a Roland M480, new, years ago .  Could not stand to use it 
because of the stench, filling the whole house .  The thing spent 2 
or 3 summers in the garden shed, plugged in for weeks at a time, then 
weeks not, till it cooked(dried) out the excess ;-)

This resin was used extensively in the fabrication of particle board, 
but this has been banned now for indoor use in Belgium (Europe ?), 
the phenol-bearing panels now being coloured green to show the 
difference .  Might be different where you hail from .

Btw, was'nt this the resin used to build the (in)famous Trabant ?

Take care .


Keep 'em oscillating :)


Hugo
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