[HAM] MDF

[Scott Hawthorn]

At 03:58 PM 6/1/2003, John Doyle wrote:
>In my opinion, MDF should not be used in a tone cabinet. One reason is that
>when you cut the louvres the exposed particle board will swell when the
>finish is applied and will look like ca ca. I  have seen this firsthand on a
>new Leslie. Scott H says that the one I saw was a prototype. He's probably
>right (usually is). (even if he is correct about the cabinet, the thing is
>still worthless because they use stepper motors to rotate the speakers which
>brings about all kinds of other problems).

I was referring to the organ. AFAIK, new Leslies are made of MDF. I also
understand that problems with the motor voltage choppers have been
resolved. I think that it's fine to have informed opinions about stuff, but
you really ought to choose your words more carefully (e.g., "worthless")
when talking about products you have not tried out yourself.

-Scott