On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 14:55:40 +0100, Jeremy Nicoll - news posts wrote:

"Arfa Daily" wrote:

... Nicely designed fixings and unambiguous assembly instructions.

I agree; there's only one problem with the instructions, which is that Ikea
have not managed to find a way of conveying to 'idiots' that although the
drawings look sparse in detail, the details they show are crucial.

So if for example they show pre-drilled holes in something, you really do
have to check that the piece you're holding/aligning has the same holes in
the same place. I've always thought this was obvious, but I think it may
be the reason that some people have so many problems.

The only problem that I had was due to the poor quality/printing of the
instructions.
Although assembly of the major components seemed obvious I decided to FTFM.
Had to keep looking a couple of pages forward to find out what not to use.
There were several parts of the same length and similar aspect ratio -
although of differing cross section - but the sketches were too poor to be
certain which was which without eliminating some.

I once assembled a "tall larder unit" (not from Ikea). Looked at the
leaflet, discarded it after checking that all components were present, built
the thing with no problem, then had to fit a not-too-obvious tie-bar across
it so that the shelves would stay in place!
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway