[Swansea Hackspace] mame/arcade cabinet

[Alan Cox]

On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:03:28 +0000
Neil Jones <neil at aurinia.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 08/12/15 11:51, Aled wrote:
> > Just saw these now these emails are going onto my spam folder somehow,
> >
> > Veneered chipboard is the stuff, - like what you get in cheap Argos furniture, or MDF but sawing up MDF is probably a bad idea unless it's done outside the dust from it is really nasty stuff.
> > MDF
> Can I reiterate this SAWING UP MDF is not a good idea! It is quite 
> well-known!
> Please see this article which compares the danger to asbestos.
> 
> http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1997/sep/21/antonybarnett.theobserver

Why not just read the official guidance not a nearly 20 years old
newspaper story. Especially as the materials themselves have changed
rather a lot in that time!

http://www.hse.gov.uk/woodworking/faq-mdf.htm

Alan