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  • Hmmm - I was intending to do all the work outside and with a mask. Am I actually better off using a different material?

  • Bear in mind that article is 20 years old and MDF is still being sold, so it could be that it no longer has the same problems that it did in 1997. I don't know anything about MDF though; I would try to find some more modern information if I were you.

  • I really wouldn't worry about it given the limited amount of contact you're likely to have in a relatively small project in those protected circumstances.

    The one you linked to appears to be an MDF main board with pine stand and I suspect the only reason they used MDF for the main section was they couldn't find a sheet of pine the right size without it costing a fortune. You could get decent ply instead if MDF is a worry - some really fancy finishes possible with it, using it for the stand and main section. Typically for the super-fancy finishes you'd either be using lasers or at least a router with a lot of care but I'm sure you could get something decent done with some simple tools.

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