Wrong, I'm afraid.

The problem is systematic, and I don't know why you believe they have good intentions or want to make things right when they knew this cheapening would have such results.

They're using cheap, soft, un-aged wood and don't appear to be allowing adequate drying and hardening time for the clear either. That and a host of other issues.

They're doing this because it's cheap and increases their margins. They're not going to go back to a much more expensive product which they previously used (which still would have been much cheaper than what's in JJP, HW and DP machines). So the problem isn't going to be fixed. There might be ways of making it less horrific, or the consequences appear less quickly, but it can't be 'fixed' without reverting to a more expensive product.

LOL.

You jump in to defend the indefensible on their part at every opportunity.

I criticise the patently indefensible. I don't hate Stern per se - else I probably wouldn't have a Luci or ST Premium - but what they're doing at the moment is appalling, and that people are allowing them to get away with it is even worse.

They were supposedly working on a fix when production was mostly halted for nearly a month, resulting in their highest production month in 10 years in August, yet 2-3 months later they're still shipping games in exactly the same state.

The cause is due to what I specified. If you believe that they go back to using a higher quality of materials, you're living in dream land. Have they gone back on ANY of their other cost saving measures, despite frequent outcries? The answer is a resounding no.

I'm not making any assumptions about the wood. It's a fact. That's why the wood is very visibly different, that's why the durability is so low. It is an assumption regarding their clearcoating ... but an educated one.

So they're going to go back to better quality PFs for Premiums, replace all the LE PFs, and let the Pros continue with the current archetype?

Do you believe what you're typing? Not worth even talking to you.

You missed the part where Gary threw a wobbly over whysnow not staying quiet about all their shit, and briefing against him and having him removed from any promotional opportunities.

So I doubt it.

I think that's going to happen on the vast majority of these games, just a question of when .. the wood is so rough and the streaks of sapwood in the shooter lane that I've seen in most look way too dark and soft to be being used for this kind of thing.

if it's not apparent in the shooter lane, look at the side of the pf or underneath ...

there's still some conflicting information, but some claim (still) that there are 2 pf suppliers. pretty sure churchill have been phased out entirely by now though. all the ones i've seen have soft, rough looking wood ... your one might 'just' have poorly applied / cured clear.