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General Maintenance Tips => General Questions and Trouble Shooting => Topic started by: Tate on July 31, 2020, 09:19:17 PM

Title: Bakelite side plates
Post by: Tate on July 31, 2020, 09:19:17 PM
Guys,

Do you know when Penn stopped producing the Bakelite side plates?  Were they used on all models?  I see the new plastic is called Poly, what is that short for?

Thanks,
Tate
Title: Re: Bakelite side plates
Post by: oc1 on August 01, 2020, 07:07:00 AM
In this case, it is probably short for polymer which is any plastic or resin.  But, bakelite is a polymer too.

I'd like to know what year they switched too.  And, did it coincide with moving production overseas?  I wasn't paying much attention to Penn in those years.
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