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On Aug 18, 12:16*am, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Just something to watch out for when buying commercial furniture
nowadays.

I noted that a bed purchased from John Lewis recently was manufactured
in Vietnam.

Very common indeed these days, shelving especially. *Must be a way of using
up short offcuts. *Very common in the absolute ****e flatpack Argos sell.
IKEA use this technique a lot, but with their stuff it seems to hold up.

In fairness there's nothing inherently wrong with this method, but the
jointed timber can be undersized just as solid timber can be, leading
to failure either way. Such wood always needs to be larger, as the
finger joints are inevitably weaker.

Softwood door frames supplied by builder are finger jointed. I suppose
it might reduce warping?

regards

--
Tim Lamb