Well I did a "phenolic" search on yahoo and got pretty much what I expected.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=define%3APhenolic Phenolic doesn't really say anything about the design or function of the adapter. It does say what kind of material it's made of. Phenolic plastics are thermosetting which (if I can recall from my 'engineering materials' course) means that they're strong, hard and have good heat tolerance. But as a plastic are still light weight and have several other advantages. I'm thinking maybe it would be easier to fab something out of this than metal? Thoughts. I guess what matters is what Tony P says.
